Letter to the editor: Other houses look worse
SUBMITTED BY JANET GUY.OPINION Dear Mr. Harley, Some of your letters to the editor speak disparagingly of Cannery Park in St. Davids. “The finishings in the Model Homes cried ‘cheaply built.’ The homes
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Letter to the editor: Virgil needs some spice
SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS.OPINION Central Virgil has become the place where architecture goes to die, all creativity crushed beneath the weight of proliferating uniform square boxes. Irritated defenders of this “progressive” building often
Letter to the editor: MYAC 2018 recap
SUBMITTED BY BETHANY POLTL.OPINION December of 2018 was a busy month for the Lord Mayor Youth Advisory Council! We are happy to report our Second Annual Niagara Youth Holiday Celebration was a great
Letter to the editor: Response to Mr. Moorhead
SUBMITTED BY JOHN & PATRICIA, BRAMPTON.OPINION My wife and I have been frequent visitors to Niagara-on-the-Lake for many years and have developed an affinity for the people and lifestyle of this town. We
‘Why you should move to Canada’ video secures Niagara College student a free flight
NIAGARA COLLEGE (Jan. 2, 2019) Second year business – sales and marketing student Lucas Holtvluwer has won a free flight, courtesy of Air Canada, as part of the first round of the three-part
Winery icons honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
SUBMITTED BY DONALD J.P. ZIRALDO. Canadian winery icons Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, who revolutionized an industry and then helped create Brock University’s renowned grape and wine research centre CCOVI, have been honoured with the first Lifetime
Writer’s Circle: Christmas with Uncle Willy
CHRISTMAS WITH UNCLE WILLY By: Drake Spentington (a.k.a. Bill Hamilton) Here it was, Christmas Eve, down on the farm, Uncle Willy was at it spinning a yarn. At his elbow was Jimmy;
Writer’s Circle: Precious Gifts
By Hermine Steinberg Precious Gifts (Based on a true story) The first snowfall of the season had finally arrived and marked the unofficial beginning to winter festivities. Trees glistened in the sunlight against
Friends of One Mile Creek, a local investigation
SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL FOX.OPINION When we bought a house in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1999, I appreciated its proximity to a small creek that flows through much of Old Town. We’re not on the creek,
Letter to the editor: Response to Benny Marotta
SUBMITTED BY S. MOORHEAD.OPINION Response to Benny Marotta: After reading your ‘woe is me’ letter in the Nov. 29th The Lake Report, I just have to respond. First let me point out that
Letter to the editor: Response to Benny Marotta
SUBMITTED BY DON LAIRD.OPINION Dear Benny, How are you? I am fine thanks, we are enjoying the start of the winter weather but are looking forward to getting away in January. If you
Letter to the editor: Response to Benny Marotta
SUBMITTED BY DEREK COLLINS.OPINION Re. Marotta letter. The Lake Report, Nov. 29. 2018. It would seem to be a rather pointless effort to attempt a detailed response to all of the complaints, allegations
Letter to the editor: Response to Benny Marotta
SUBMITTED BY SHAUN MCDONALD.OPINION Hi Benny, In response to your letter to the Editor in the November 29 edition of this paper, I have to agree that you probably have done everything completely
Letter to the editor: The Lake Report is my paper
SUBMITTED BY BETTY CLARK.OPINION I appreciate our local paper. What a comfort, in this age of fake news, to be able to read something and know the newspaper office is literally around the
Writer’s Cirlce: A fall of power
SUBMITTED BY BILL HAMILTON. It was Thursday, June 7th, 1956, and like any boy at the age of eight I was playing, carefree with my friends in the field adjacent to our home.
Pleasant Manor corrects the record
Pleasant Manor appreciates this opportunity to correct and clarify some of the statements made about us in the Nov. 15, 2018 issue of The Lake Report. Pleasant Manor currently accommodates 41 long-term care
Wallbangers hockey features close and clean games
Early each Sunday morning from October until late April, approximately 22 enthusiastic Niagara area hockey lovers show up for their Wallbangers Old Timers game. Both dressing rooms are filled with good-natured banter, and
Letter to the editor: From Benny Marotta
SUBMITTED BY BENNY MAROTTA.OPINION What is happening with your neighbourhood? I feel for the concerns of some of the residents and I wish there was more communication between us. The problem that we
Letter to the editor: Destruction at Randwood Estate
SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL HOWE.OPINION Dear Lord Mayor-elect Betty Disero and council-elect, The Niagara Foundation is profoundly disappointed and frankly shocked to learn of damage to historical attributes of the Randwood Estate as well
Letter to the editor: Canada Post
SUBMITTED BY SAMUEL A. YOUNG.OPINION Clearly the dog and pony show over the past year which Canada Post calls bargaining is anything but. The majority of the blame which got us to this
Letter to the editor: One residents ideas for the old hospital
SUBMITTED BY TOM THORNTON.OPINION The elections are over and we now have a new mayor and a number of new council members. During their campaigning I made a suggestion to a couple of
Letter to the editor: Tree protection should be for new development
SUBMITTED BY BUDDY ANDRES.OPINION It was very interesting to note that once our election signs were removed from our roadsides, they were immediately replaced with signs stating the following: “My trees don’t need
Unique frost-hopped beer on tap at NC Teaching Brewery
NIAGARA COLLEGE What started as an unexpected crop loss for hop-grower Mireille Allard turned out to be the unlikely inspiration behind the Niagara College Teaching Brewery’s frosty new brew. Allard co-owns Houblonniere Lupuline
Niagara Colleges’ event management program wins international gold award
SUBMITTED BY NIAGARA COLLEGE The world’s largest association of event management professionals has recognized Niagara College’s Event Management (Graduate Certificate) program as the pinnacle of event management certificate programs. The International Festivals and
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