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.
Pleasant Manor’s next transformation just got a six-figure push from the community: Two donations totalling $150,000 were presented Friday afternoon for Radiant Care’s planned intergenerational community hub and fitness and wellness centre in Virgil.
The new study will examine issues with flooding and erosion, potentially caused by development and more severe rainstorms as a result of climate change.
The facility would house local fruit and include the sale of agricultural tools and equipment. Neighbours worry the project will lead to more small plots of farmland like it being handed over for commercial use.
For months, Jim Burton and his foundation pushed the town to consider a wider range of possibilities for the site, arguing it should remain a community asset.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's mayor says the conflict of interest that once kept him out of parts of the Rand Estate debate is no longer relevant to the latest development proposal before council.
Frustrated by development battles, worried about traffic, concerned about Niagara-on-the-Lake’s character or convinced council is getting it wrong? Now’s the time to put your name on the ballot.
Now in its third year, the tour spanned 16 locations across town, giving the public a rare look inside daily routines behind artworks they would otherwise only ever see hanging on a wall.
Thirty-nine vendors, most with roots in Niagara, paid for tables at a new annual book expo Sunday to reach readers who will never find their work on a shelf at Indigo or through an Amazon search.
More than 80 members competed in the Tin Cup Pickleball Tournament across women's, men's and mixed divisions, marking a decade that saw the club's formation and growth from a handful of players to roughly 575 members.
Benny Marotta's latest plan for the Rand Estate received a frosty reception Tuesday night, as not one public speaker backed his proposal to build a five-storey hotel on the historic site.
Council voted Wednesday to start a two-stage search for qualified proponents for 176 Wellington St., the former hospital site that has sat in town hands since 2017.
When the Rand Estate hotel proposal came to council Tuesday night, Save Our Rand Estate came armed with lawyers, planners, engineers and other experts to articulate its questions and objections.
Daryl Novak and Laura Lynn Harry joined a handful of other Chorus Niagara singers last week to perform at the legendary concert hall as part of a special U.S. Memorial Day program.
The Royal George Theatre's 111-year-old history is coming to an end: teardown of the theatre on Queen Street began today following the dismissal of a legal challenge that put its demolition on hold for two months.
The ceremony was held without Pride Niagara, the region's most prominent LGBTQ+ non-profit organization. However, town officials maintain that this year's flag-raising was no different from past events.
The organization behind the ongoing revitalization of a historic plot of land in Old Town is inviting the public to have a look at the work it's done so far to transform a forest that's seen better days into an urban oasis.
Brian Crow does not describe his wife’s move into long-term care as a joyful occassion. But her move this year into the new building at Pleasant Manor has allowed her to access the care she needs, he says.
The NOTL Studio Tour on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 will see the works of 29 visual artists displayed at 16 locations across town, with some opening up their home studios to invite people in.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's annual farmers' market's organizer says it's waiting for more Niagara farmers to sign on, hoping to accommodate up to 40 vendors in its new, larger space.
Fort George National Historic Site brought Camp Niagara back from the dead last weekend, staging a full First World War re-enactment on the grounds where more than 75,000 soldiers trained before shipping overseas.
The 2026 Welcome Concert marked the 60th anniversary of Canada's seasonal agricultural workers program and returned the Toronto Mass Choir to the stage for the first time since 2016.
Ahead of this fall's municipal election, Coun. Gary Burroughs says Niagara-on-the-Lake’s next council needs to start by asking why some residents no longer trust town hall.
Resident concerns ranged from doubting the merits of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Comany deal and questioning why the NOTL community would have no access to the site.
Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa attempted to use of his provincially given "strong mayor powers" to save the project, but failed when council voted against the proposal for a second time.
