Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Niagara Wharf 1908
Here is a 1908 photo of the Niagara Wharf. You can see Fort Niagara in the distance as merchants and farmers pack onto the docks awaiting the next steamer. Tourists filled the steamers coming
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Glendale Notes: Progress is ramping up on new QEW interchange
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Sports: Jr. A Predators’ season ends with loss in semifinals
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COVID-19: Parenting during pandemic is new territory
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An appreciation: Two bright stars dimmed for Shaw
Mike Keenan Special to The Lake Report Tennyson said, “The old order changeth, yielding place to new.” The Shaw Festival mourned the loss this winter of two of its longtime stars, David Schurmann and
Exclusive: Historic postcards offer new look at old Fort George
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Sports: Jr. A Predators expect tough first-round playoff series
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Op-ed: Wayne Gates: Let’s plan Parliament Oaks future and do it right
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SPORTS: Jr. A Predators lose two on scoreboard, win two by default
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Sports: Changing of the guard at NOTL Golf Club
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Sports: Predators net two weekend wins as push toward playoffs continues
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Predators gearing up as Jr. A season hits final stretch
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RiverBrink returns Feb. 2 with exhibition on lichen art
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NOTL youth council has big plans for 2022
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Op-ed: Forced vaccination is wrong, but let’s deal with COVID peacefully
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Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Polish Snow Cow
Polish Snow Cow This photograph from the winter of 1919 shows William Donald Harrison and Allan Blake Harrison admiring the “snow cow” sculpture in Simcoe Park. This one and others in the park
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Jr. A Predators run streak to 11 but end first half with tough loss
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Streaking Predators facing tougher test vs. North York
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Farm worker retires after 35 yearsat Pillitteri
Promises kept: The saga of how Rodney Smith and his family came to Canada and built a life here Jamie Slingerland Special to The Lake Report After 35 years in Niagara, Rodney Smith is retiring
Op-ed: All you need is love and a strategic plan
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