The lights were low and hopes were high as supporters gathered at Vaughn Goettler’s Ricardo Street home on election night. By night’s end, he had won the three-way race with 5,101 votes.
Niagara-on-the-Lake has chosen its next lord mayor: Vaughn Goettler defeated deputy lord mayor Erwin Wiens and regional councillor Andrea Kaiser in Monday's municipal election with an outright majority.
Erwin Wiens, who served the past eight years on council, acknowledged disappointment with the election result but said he was proud the outgoing council's accomplishments.
The people of Niagara-on-the-Lake have spoken — at least, 9,262 of them have. The 2026 municipal election saw a slight uptick in voter turnout compared to the election four years ago.
As soccer fans count down the days until the final match of the tournament, set for July 19, the Town of NOTL is inviting residents and seasonal farmworkers to gather for a community viewing of the championship match.
The luxury automotive and lifestyle event will take place Sept. 18 and 19 in Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake, featuring an expanded aviation, yacht, motorcycle and automotive display at the airport.
The self-guided tour will feature eight private gardens across Niagara-on-the-Lake, showcasing a variety of landscaping styles, flower beds, water features and garden designs.
About 390 metres of concrete sewer pipe will be replaced as part of Mississagua Street's reconstruction starting later this year. Town staff said the additional work will not extend the project's timeline.
The nine-jet Royal Canadian Air Force demonstration team was in southern Ontario as part of a visit to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, drawing eyes skyward across the region.
Hoverlink says final permitting for an 18-acre South Shore waterfront terminal on Lake Ontario is expected to be completed in late 2026. The company still hopes to launch the service in 2028.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is cramming a lot into one June weekend: strawberry treats, live music, Father’s Day at Fort George and a summer solstice celebration, plus other fun activities.
The curtain falls on the Royal George Theatre. As the final section of its landmark Queen Street facade
comes down, a building woven into generations of Niagara-on-the-Lake memories takes its final bow.
After picking up passengers at Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls, the bus scheduled to leave NOTL at 11:20 a.m. mistakenly headed toward Pearson before returning to the airport for its pickup.
The developer behind a new St. Davids subdivision came to town with a request to change its plans for a new block of townhouses and was met with disapproval from half of council, with questions about the proposal will impact St. Davids' already-strained stormwater system.
Melanie Farquhar on Johnston Street has watched the shooting of the film adaptation of romance novel "Beach Read" next door for a week. She says it's been a front-row seat to something special.
The program offers municipalities up to 90 per cent funding for eligible projects to support housing, but they must reduce residential development charges by 30 to 50 per cent, or more, for at least three years.
Council backed recommended long-term funding targets, which would mean tax and rate increases over the next five to 20 years in an effort to close that gap.
One councillor questioned how much say the town has when regional work affects local traffic, saying the relationship between the region and NOTL appears to be a “top-down relationship.”
The agency that helps Niagara young people struggling with mental health problems has launched a major new campaign to pay off the mortgage on its headquarters and free up millions of dollars to treat kids at the grassroots level.
Life is busier than ever these days in this part of the province, but for Felicia Izaguirre Werner, the hustle and bustle of Niagara is a welcome sign of how much the place she's from has grown.
A new used bookstore in Virgil is turning readers into donors, with every book, puzzle and game sold helping fund programs for seasonal agricultural workers in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Visitors toured the gardens across Old Town and Queenston, with the biggest draw this year, and a new feature of the tour, being the McArthur Estate's garden.
A rainy Sunday afternoon provided an unlikely backdrop for Antonio Vivaldi's "Spring," as Music Niagara opened its 28th summer festival with a concert featuring emerging Canadian musicians.
The annual Niagara-on-the-Lake versus Vineland farmworkers cricket match washed out Sunday for the first time in its roughly 35-year history, but the rain couldn't stop the good vibes.
The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre has secured a little more than $15,000 to allow dozens of children to attend the centre's summer art camp free of charge.
Summer officially begins on June 21, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. A gathering is set to take place that evening at Ryerson Park, featuring yoga and handpan drumming.
Chautauqua is the winner of the Town of NOTL's Neighbourhood of the Year contest and will host a party supported by the municipality on July 11 in recognition of its win.
