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Terry Fox T-shirts on sale for national hero’s birthday

The team behind the annual Terry Fox Run in Niagara-on-the-Lake will be at Hendriks Independent on Sunday, July 28, selling this year’s T-shirts and long-sleeved shirts for run this fall.

Kent Heritage Farms teams up with horticultural society

Kent Heritage Farms has been a local staple for decades. Paul Kent, the current owner and operator of the family-run business, sees it as an emotional legacy.

Sports: Pickleball club donates $2,000 to community groups

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Pickleball Club has been busy sharing the proceeds of its members’ spring tournament, handing out $2,000 in donations to three community organizations.

Arts: Music Niagara concert celebrates Ukrainian heritage amid war

Ukrainian refugees Victoria Biliak Katz and Olga Noskiv celebrated their heritage and the power of music at Music Niagara Festival on July 20, wearing traditional attire for the “Glory to Ukraine” concert.

NOTL’s Tiny Museum gets $5,000 power boost

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is getting a shot of energy from one of the province’s power suppliers, which will support its community outreach work — including its mobile museum, the Tiny Museum.

Treasure to be found at museum’s annual festival

There will definitely be gold to find on Monday, Aug. 5, when the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum hosts its Past is Present Heritage Festival, complete with historic demonstrations, live music, vendors, artisans and crafters.

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Niagara

Mosquitoes in St. Catharines have tested positive for the West Nile virus this summer, and Niagara Region Public Health is advising all Niagara residents to take measures to stay safe.

Sports: NOTL Soccer Teams of the Week for July 25

The Timbits Purple and Black teams are The Lake Report’s two features Teams of the Week for July 25.

Arts: Carroll and Rampersad to direct at Royal Shakespeare

The Royal Shakespeare is one of the world’s most renowned theatre companies. Started in 1875, it boasts some of the most iconic English-speaking productions, including Peter Brook’s legendary “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1970.

Sports: Champions crowned in mixed doubles tennis tourney

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club experienced another great display of tennis on the weekend, with the Mixed Doubles Championships — the club’s first tournament of the year.

Arts: Celebrate Niagara’s creative spirit at Pumphouse arts festival

The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre’s annual festival, Art at the Pumphouse, is back this year and set for the first weekend of August, offering art enthusiasts a chance see how creativity thrives in Niagara, all while immersing themselves in the scenic beauty of the Niagara River’s banks.

Get rid of junk papers at Palliative Care’s annual ‘Shred-it’ fundraiser

There’s few tasks more tedious than having to sort through mountains of personal paperwork to find the confidential papers that need to be destroyed and thrown away — and then, actually having to destroy and dispose of them.

Sports: NOTL Soccer Teams of the Week for July 18

U8 Sunset Grill and U9-10 Garrison House The U8 Sunset Grill soccer team is one of The Lake Report’s featured Teams of the week. Pictured are, front row: Brayden Kavanagh, TJ Gauld,

In-depth: From The Pointer — a feature-length look at the firing of NOTL’s chief librarian

The investigative news website, The Pointer, in co-operation with The Lake Report, takes a big-picture look at how Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece, published here during Freedom to Read Week, landed Niagara-on-the-Lake in the

PHOTOS: A rainy mid-July for Niagara-on-the-Lake

The town was hit with the lingering effects of Hurricane Beryl this week, which covered much of southern Ontario in heavy rainstorm.

Sports: NOTL Soccer Team of the Week for July 11

Meet the members of the NOTL Soccer Club’s U6 team, sponsored by All Green Irrigation.

Arts: Tickets on sale for Yellow Door Theatre’s ‘Seussical’ production

The Yellow Door Theatre Project is back with another summer production led by its talented cast of young performers from the Niagara region.

Arts: Niagara Symphony Orchestra to perform at Jackson-Triggs gala

The Niagara Symphony Orchestra is celebrating 75 years as an ensemble of musical talent this summer, with a performance at the Jackson-Triggs Estate Winery this Sunday, July 14.

Breakenridge story is focus of museum lecture

In his 1828 obituary, John Breakenridge, a Niagara barrister and son of a United Empire Loyalist, was noted for having built “several of the most elegant and tasty houses in town.” Those homes, and the story behind the couple who built them, is the subject of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s next lecture.

PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating summer at the farmworkers picnic

There were good vibes in the air on Saturday at Centennial Sports Park in Virgil, as local farmworkers and their friends gathered for the Jamaican workers social event, a new initiative hosted by the Jamaican Liaison Service.

Arts: Colin Brezicki launches anthology of award-winning short stories

Writer Colin Brezicki has a unique analogy for his creative process — he says that we carry stories inside us like embryos surrounded by amniotic fluid. “The fluid is made up of your reading,

Sports: NOTL Soccer Teams of the Week for July 4

The U9-10 Irish Design and Timbits Red teams Photography by DAVE VAN DE LAAR

Natural beauty worth capturing: artists painting at rose garden

Sometimes it’s not enough to stop and smell the roses — you’ve got to do something to pay tribute to the beauty of nature.

Sports: NOTL Soccer Teams of the Week for June 27

The NOTL Realty U9-10 and Timbits Grey teams are The Lake Report’s two soccer teams of the week for June 27.

Reading by Indigenous playwright at museum confronts ‘pretend Indian’ issue

Revelations about the true identities of prominent Indigenous individuals in the Canadian cultural landscape have been the subject of anger and disappointment in Indigneous communities over the past few years. Playwright January Rogers’ latest work, “Blood Sport,” is a satirical unpacking of this phenomenon and an examination of Indigenous identity.

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