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.
Sunday afternoon the Niagara-on-the-Lake Farmworker Hub’s social space opened for the first time and welcomed workers to a place for rest and relaxation.
Director Julia Buxton-Cox...
Niagara-on-the-Lake residents could have the opportunity to add more greenery to the community with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s Trees For All planting partnership.
The...
This year’s Niagara Festival of the Performing Arts is returning to St. Davids-Queenston United Church and the Yellow Door Theatre in Virgil with the introduction...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is proposing to spend almost $900,000 on 16 new staff members in 2023.
Discussion over which positions make the cut have...
The owner of a large Niagara-on-the-Lake chicken farm is confident all the precautions he takes will prevent an avian flu outbreak at his operation.
Two farms...
If you're single, finding an affordable rental is a huge challenge
First in a series
Debbie Delesky couch surfed for more than a year before finally...
Tax reductions, better access to markets among concerns cited by industry
Niagara wineries travelled to Queen's Park with an important message, as well as some...
Second in a two-part series
With the number of text, phone, door-to-door and email scams targeting seniors and vulnerable people across the region, it's good...
Editor’s Note: Police have closed their investigation into this matter and no charges were laid. Niagara Now’s April 19, 2023 reporting in this respect...
Deadline for applications for CERT program is March 24
Niagara Region is looking for 100 new volunteers for its Community Emergency Response Team, known as...
The Welland Canal reopens early this Wednesday morning, so drivers should be on the lookout for raised bridges and passing ships.
This means ships will...
Niagara Stone Road is all chewed up after a seven-year plan finally hit the road. Literally.
Anyone driving through Virgil should expect traffic delays while...
First in a two-part series
With Fraud Prevention Month well under way across Canada, so are telephone, text message and door-to-door scams.
One scam in particular...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has introduced a new labour-saving online program that will allow residents to obtain building permits electronically.
The new service makes it...
NOTL wrestler wins provincial gold, then dislocates elbow at nationals
He remembers hearing four distinct snaps.
Eden High School wrestler and Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Zubin Gatta was...
With the NOTL Youth Collective’s winter session wrapped up, volunteers are looking back and reflecting on the innovative centre's first eight weeks of operation.
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