A hotel next door. A tax bill that makes you question what you’re getting. Parked cars that block your view of the road. For residents who shared their thoughts with The Lake Report, the municipal election comes down to decisions they can feel close to home.
In its Oct. 13, 2022 election edition, The Lake Report outlined the top issues facing voters, including regional taxes, overdevelopment, tourism management and transparency. Four years later, many of those same concerns remain part of the conversation.
Looking at the participation of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s eligible voters during the last four election cycles, turnout has tended to oscillate between either slightly less than or slightly more than half of the eligible population of electors casting their ballots.
Most people know this lifelong Niagara-on-the-Lake resident as Karen Taylor-Jones. But as a candidate for town council in the upcoming election, she is listed and will appear on the ballot as Karen Jones-Taylor.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Residents' Association spent weeks putting election candidates in the hot seat. But when it comes to telling voters who deserves a seat at the table, the group is staying out of it.
School's Brave Space Club a special place for students like Ryder Rempel
Gender just isn’t that important to Ryder Rempel.
Ryder was right at home among...
Words are well and good, but for one Indigenous community leader, people are missing the point of land acknowledgments.
Jennifer Dockstader, the Fort Erie Native...
The Niagara Health Coalition was one of many coalitions that participated in a citizen-run referendum against new rules for health care across the province.
The...
Jamaican government sent team to Canada to investigate claims
Members of a migrant farmworkers group are worried that a report by a Jamaican fact-finding team...
Julia Sacco
The Lake Report
And it's happened again.
For the second time in as many days, Niagara-on-the-Lake's rainbow crosswalk has been vandalized – before anyone had...
Natalia Sepúlveda-Lastra and her late fiancé's dreams of opening a cafe truck are finally becoming a reality.
Ryan’s Lounge cafe truck opens on June 3...
The Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake's Paul Harris Awards Gala celebrated another year of outstanding achievements in the community and beyond.
The May 23 gala held...
For Josipa Petrunic’s first time running the region's folk arts celebration as president of Niagara's Croatian National Centre, she took inspiration from other cultures.
“We...
Students from Westlane Secondary School in Niagara Falls learned the value of volunteering last week at Red Roof Retreat.
Red Roof Retreat is a charitable...
Not everyone may be aware a momentous piece of Black history took place here in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
A new museum exhibit being unveiled this June, however,...
If the environment fails, nothing else will matter – that was a sentiment one Niagara-on-the-Lake resident shared during one of several information sessions held...
The St. Davids Firefighters' Association served up breakfast for the community one last time Saturday before taking their summer break.
Last weekend's breakfast at the...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is, proudly, a little more colourful as June begins.
To kick off Pride month, the town finished painting a new rainbow crosswalk on Anderson...
Like many of her teachers and fellow students at Crossroads Public School, 13-year-old Alanna Kroeker knows what it's like to have her family touched...
