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Opposed: Demands to remove protesters too much

Dear Richard, While I agree the Sentineals deserve a break, I don’t agree that the Lord Mayor and council can “get these protesters out of our town.” Whether you like it or not

Agreed: Re: Enough horsing around

Dear Richard, Thanks for your well-written editorial in support of the Sentineals and the horse carriages. Hopefully your message will be taken to heart by the powers that be. Love the paper by

Stories by Selina Appleby: Part 3 The Silver Thimble

SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED The heat of the summer had made playing baseball in the playground impossible. The field was so dry that the three baseball bags stood like clumps in a desert

Stories by Selina Appleby: Part 2 Rose’s Garden

SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED She was a divine gardener. Every day she appeared in her garden as soon as the sun settled in the sky. Slight and trim with her wispy white hair

Stories by Selina Appleby: Part 1 B&B&B&B

Wallbangers remember the horror of Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Writer’s Circle: Lightning People

SUBMITTED BY RICHARD WEST.WRITER'S CIRCLE Backstory The following is a version of the original short story that eventually morphed into a 150-page book – The Lightning People. This piece blossomed into Chapter 1

Opinion: Doublethink education and democracy

SUBMITTED BY HERMINE STEINBERG.OPINION Disruption doesn’t necessarily mean progress, and reform doesn’t always equal improvement. What these terms do mean is change, and the next big disruption on the horizon will be in

Letter to the editor: Increased parking fees welcome

SUBMITTED BY SANDRA DAVIS.OPINION Concerns expressed by the NOTL Chamber of Commerce regarding a parking fee increase for tour buses using the lot at Fort George fail to consider three key issues: the

Letter to the editor: Snow removal needed

SUBMITTED BY SUZANNE KAVANAUGH.OPINION Dear editor, I respectfully suggest that the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake make an effort to purchase some much needed snow removal equipment. Surely with the higher fees being charged for

Opinion: Site plan approval process flawed

SUBMITTED BY TERRY DAVIS.OPINION If the garden project being built opposite the Pillar & Post is anything to go by, NOTL’s approach to urban planning is seriously flawed. At the public meeting held

In Memoriam: Zuhair Kash Kashmeri

Cartoon: A very expensive Christmas

SUBMITTED BY KRYSIA ZYGMUNT.OPINION

Letter to the editor: To the lord mayor and council members

SUBMITTED BY SCOTT GAULD.OPINION I have been following closely all of the events of council since your new terms began, and I am getting very concerned. What I am seeing is a council

Letter to the editor: NOTL horses demand the right to work

SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS (on behalf of local working horses).OPINION It has come to our attention, the gainfully employed horses of NOTL, that there is a movement afoot to challenge our right to

A tree bylaw on private property? Disappointing!

SUBMITTED BY CLAIRE CRONIER.OPINION I was quite disappointed to read in The Lake Report that a tree bylaw was passed by council on Dec. 5, 2018. How is it that a topic of

Wallbanger Winnipeg Native Perry Johnson Just Misses Hat Trick in Blue Team Victory

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

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

Consecutive Wallbangers games end in disappointing ties, rule changes considered

‘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;

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