Tim Taylor, Author at Niagara Now

Veteran documentarian turns to memoir after decades behind the camera

Shelley Saywell, considered one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers, is the author of a recently published best-selling memoir, “If Only Love: A Memoir of Second Chances.”

Organist, retired pilot joins the Edison Singers

An affable, easygoing sort, Michael Bloss, is currently the music director at St. Mark’s Church in Old Town. And, up until this past fall, a full-time pilot for Canada’s leading air service company, Cargojet.

How NOTL’s Donald Triggs, latest Order of Canada recipient, brought his vision for Canadian wine to life

On March 19, Donald Triggs, 82, will be appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in an Ottawa ceremony. “Let’s face it: receiving the Order of Canada is a highlight of my life,” says Triggs proudly.

The NOTL economist who helps shape Canada’s financial future

Quiet and unassuming, Ted Carmichael is not one to broadcast his role in helping direct Canada’s economy, but the advice he and his fellow economists provide is crucial to the central bank’s decision-making — which literally can affect the lives of every Canadian.

Ring those bells: St. Mark’s celebrates summer long weekends

Almost 200 years ago, about 90 local townspeople raised enough money to mount a single bell in the belfry at historic St. Mark’s Anglican Church. Beginning this Sunday, June 30, at noon, the St. Mark’s chimes will once again come alive with contemporary music.

St. Mark’s concert recalls Canada’s D-Day sacrifices

D-Day has been called the greatest land invasion ever, the beginning of the end of the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, some 156,000 Allied troops landed on a strung-out 150-kilometre front

Arts: Edison Singers herald the Christmas season in NOTL

Like almost all professional musicians, Jim Bourne wears many musical hats. It’s a hard-won life, fuelled by passion more than money. It is just what he does. Organist, choir master, private tutor, musician,

Former diplomat embraces her Niagara roots

Margaret Huber helps Niagara Symphony in latest collaboration Margaret Huber is perhaps the only person in the region who could have given the Niagara Symphony Orchestra the counsel it needed. The question:

‘Royal Splendour,’ a world premiere showcased by the Edison Singers in NOTL

The Edison Singers, one of Canada’s foremost choral ensembles, is returning to Niagara-on-the-Lake to present the world premiere of Royal Splendour: A celebration of Royal Music in Words, Images and Song, a narrated

Massive oak was there one day, gone the next

Mother Nature works in mysterious ways. On a Saturday in late September, Rudy Enns, warmly embraced a mighty oak tree that stood on the edge of an orchard across from his home on

New interim president aims to revitalize Willowbank

School of Restoration Arts not accepting first-year students, for now When the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology wanted a chair for its first-ever bachelor of science degree in construction project management, it

Arts: With grandson off to Julliard, NOTL family seeks help with tuition

Dancer Ryan Sherk one of just 20 students selected for prestigious program Dance phenom Ryan Sherk has one tenacious grandmother in his corner. Ryan, 18, has just been accepted into the world-renowned

Bells of St. Mark’s come alive on long-weekend Sundays

For 195 years, the bells of St. Mark’s Church have been heralding important events in Niagara-on-the-Lake, marking disasters, tragedies and celebrations. This summer, on the Sundays of the three long weekends, the chimes

Out of the dark: Husband’s stroke inspires Jodey Porter to beat blindness

At 72, Jodey Porter has finished an illustrious career as a senior Ontario public servant. She has been, among other roles, an Ontario human rights commissioner, a member of the United Nations

Oh yes, they can bake a cherry pie

Each spring, the women of St. Mark’s Anglican Church (and a few friends) bake hundreds of cherry pies as the cornerstone of the church’s annual Cherry Festival. Their assembly line would have made

For longtime NOTL artist, gardens offer inspiration

Florals are her muse as Magdalena Titian wanders town on daily walks Almost every afternoon for the last 40 years, Magdalena Titian has wandered around town, picking her favourite routes along the lake,

Niagara Nursery School: Part 4: Time to celebrate 50 years of serving children

To help mark the 50th anniversary of the Niagara Nursery School and Child Care Centre, The Lake Report scoured the scant early records of the school, searching for photos and stories that would provide

Niagara Nursery School: Part 3: Memories fade but experiences are impossible to forget

Identifying the teacher and students of the single inaugural class of the 1973 Niagara Nursery School became a pleasurable crusade, a quest that took The Lake Report virtually around the world from St.

Niagara Nursery School: Part 2: From NOTL to a much wider world

In part 1 of our series last week, The Lake Report provided a glimpse into the early days of what was to become the educational foundation for many of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s young people —

Healing Cycle: A two-wheeled personal journey in aid of palliative care

My original idea was to cycle around Prince Edward Island on the new Island Walk Trail, 700 kilometres of panoramic beauty along the backroads and inlets of our smallest province. For the 10th

Niagara Nursery School: Part 1: Half a century of community child care in NOTL

Newark Singers commemorate Queens Platinum Jubilee with St. Mark’s concert

The Queen’s Jubilee Concert at St. Mark’s Anglican Church on June 4 is a thank you for the monarch’s 70 years of service, says the musical mastermind of the performance, Michael Tansley. A self-celebrated monarchist, Tansley comes by his

Embracing 180years of Niagara-on-the-Lakeheritage

Couple are on a quest to rekindle the Sherlock family legacy When acclaimed poet T. S. Eliot wrote “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and

For the Simpsons,health care is a familylegacy

Sean Simpson, owner of two pharmacies in Niagara-on-the-Lake, is the third generation of the Simpson family helping keep his community healthy. Just shy of 100 years ago, Sean’s grandfather graduated from

Carrying on the Bright family legacy at Willowbank

Former family homestead continues to evolve as acclaimed School for Restoration Arts When Willowbank, the picturesque heritage estate on the hill overlooking the village of Queenston, was saved from a wrecking ball

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