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Hometown Traveller: The Queen Mary 2

At the reception desk of a five-star hotel in Singapore, the front desk clerk pointed a silver gun at the foreheads of my wife and I.

Stay Fit NOTL: Fitness on vacation

Jaclyn Willms Special to The Lake Report It is the season for vacations and travelling and your fitness and health may get pushed to the back burner. Don’t let it! Here are five

Cooking with Collin: Homemade tomato sauce

Collin Goodine Special to The Lake Report Last week we featured a recipe for Italian-style meatballs, so I thought I would share with you a very simple, but tasty tomato sauce. After all, how can

Golden Plunger: Niagara College Teaching Winery

Niagara College Teaching Winery 135 Taylor Rd., NOTL One of the wine experts at the Niagara College Teaching Winery will lead your group out to their vineyards (weather permitting) to discuss the growing season, terroir and

Stories of black history in NOTL: Settlement in Niagara

Shawna ButtsNOTL Museum ???????Special to The Lake Report/Niagara Now Niagara is one of the few towns in Ontario that has had black residents since the province’s inception. However, in the years following the War

Cooking with Collin: Meatballs to fill and warm a hungry belly

Collin Goodine Special to The Lake Report Whether they are Swedish, sweet and sour, teriyaki, Italian, pork, beef, turkey or chicken – meatballs are always a crowd pleaser. The versatility of the meatball is a

The Golden Plunger: Two Sisters Winery

Betty & Jane Plunger Patrol While patrolling along the Niagara Parkway we happened upon a lovely winery called Two Sisters. This scenic establishment is nestled into the Niagara Escarpment and is considered “small,” but the

Glendale Notes: Mayor meets with residents

Steve Hardaker Community Correspondent A small but very inquisitive group of residents met with Lord Mayor Betty Disero at the Holiday Inn Express in Glendale for her monthly coffee chat on Feb. 11. Residents

Hometown Traveller: Paring down our ‘stuff’ so we can travel the world

Graham McMillan Special to The Lake Report How much “stuff” do you own? You’ve probably never done an inventory, but you know it’s a lot. Nature abhors a vacuum, we are told, and

Don’t Ever Quit: Epilogue as prologue

An excerpt from “Don’t Ever Quit: A Journal of Coping with Crisis & Nurturing Spirit,” by Mike Keenan, a member of the NOTL Writers’ Circle. From Part One – Epilogue As Prologue. Mike Keenan Special

Cooking with Collin: Valentine’s Day macaroons for someone special

Collin Goodine Special to The Lake Report This Valentine's Day surprise your loved one with a classic French cookie. With the time, effect and patience these beautiful macaroons (or macarons, en francais) take to

Cooking with Collin: Save shells for Icewine Lobster Bisque

Collin Goodine Special to The Lake Report The other night I had the privilege to dine with some very good friends and enjoy an array of Niagara’s finest wines and spirits. The dinner

The Golden Plunger: The Epicurean

Betty & Jane Plunger Patrol The Plunger girls stopped by The Epicurean Restaurant in the heart of NOTL for a bite of lunch and a peak at their “Privy” facilities. We couldn’t resist

Op-ed: Let’s improveCanadian competitiveness through tax renewal and updated process

Gary Zalepa NOTL Regional Councillor With over seven years working on municipal councils, I have come to the conclusion that Canada’s method for funding all levels of government needs major structural change. Taxation

Stay Fit NOTL: Flatten (and flatter) your core

Jaclyn Willms Special to The Lake Report Your core is the foundation of all your movement — your body’s power, stability and strength comes from your core. Whether you’re looking to flatten your

Golden Plunger: Willow Cakes and Pastries

Willow Cakes and Pastries Cafe 242 Mary St., NOTL Although this is Willow’s first review, this is not its first Golden Plunger Award. It made our list in 2017. Willow is a local favourite

Op-ed: Lord mayor explains town’s budget and tax increases

With a large spending increase in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s 2020 operating budget and a municipal tax increase of 8.62 per cent, The Lake Report asked the lord mayor to explain how we got to where

Writers’ Circle: Dids’ Story: The human truth about war

This is the final of three parts. The whole story can be found online at www.niagaranow.com under “featured columns.” Richard West NOTL Writers’ Circle We spent 1944 on Arctic Service

Wine Country: Perridiso: A bit of paradise in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Victoria Gilbert Special to The Lake Report In the south of Italy, a farmer and his donkey, laden with a barrel of wine on either side, make their way down the mountain as

Hometown Traveller: Prague If our friends could just see us now

Graham McMillan Special to The Lake Report Welcome to Prague (again). Well there’s travelling and then there’s travelling. The former is ticking off the sights, sipping cappuccino at quaint sidewalk cafes, and writing

Cooking with Collin: Grandma-inspired love of pickled beets

Collin Goodine Special to The Lake Report As a child growing up in a French-Canadian home, with my parents originally from the east coast, Grandma’s pickled beets were on the kitchen counter or

Writer’s Circle: Dids’ story: Chasing a German warship

This is the second of three parts. Richard West NOTL Writers’ Circle There were six children in our family. I was the youngest, 10 years younger than my brother Dick. Being the youngest, I had

Major retailer shows leadership in getting rid of plastic bags

Norm Arsenault Special to The Lake Report In a move that can only be interpreted as a major environmental step forward, Sobeys, one of the largest grocery chains in Canada, will be removing

Hometown Traveller: Centuries of history and the welcoming people of Iran

The news has been full of tragedy and war-mongering in Iran lately. This story from NOTL residents Pam and Nick Cannon’s trip to Iran in April 2018 shows that people the world over are the same. The Cannons have escorted

Wine Country: With icewine and food, opposites attract

Victoria Gilbert Special to The Lake Report Three Niagara-on-the-Lake producers were asked about their favourite icewine and food combos and although their icewines were as different as the individuals themselves, the consensus is icewine

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