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.
Group led by Brock professor wants to honour survivors of slavery
NOTL's Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground deserves a memorial to the survivors of slavery...
Katie Ryan
Special to The Lake Report
Red Roof Retreat is bringing back its annual Pasta with a Purpose dinner after three years of pandemic-related cancellations.
Steffanie...
A Niagara-on-the-Lake man was among eight people arrested after police seized more than 1,000 allegedly fraudulent artworks purported to have been painted by Norval...
Residents of St. Davids are alarmed that continued development of residences on Tanbark and Warner roads could overwhelm the infrastructure of their village.
And they...
The historic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake had a lot to celebrate last Wednesday evening.
The town was ranked second in Tripadvisor’s 2023 Traveler’s Choice “Best of...
Families can join Parks Canada and the Friends of Fort George for two special March Break programs next week.
There's a Children’s Tea Party on March 15 at...
Group would foot 'multi-million dollar' cost of repairs, updates
After the town decided in September to do nothing with the old Niagara-on-the-Lake hospital, a non-profit group...
The town's pickleball club is hosting Niagara Region’s first-ever international tournament and it is quickly outgrowing the expectations of its organizers.
And tourney co-chair John...
NOTL's Chris Morgan says Ontario Place reconstruction was also a factor
The reconstruction of Ontario Place, the death of the Queen and a walleye nesting...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is welcoming new residents to the neighbourhood with new welcome packages.
The program launched March 1.
Any resident who moved to NOTL after Jan. 1,...
The town is getting a new municipal clerk.
The municipality established a new position – a strategy and government relations officer – to help implement...
The popular "Learn & Live: Enriched Living For All Ages" series is returning to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library, starting off with sessions focused on...
Brock’s Monument perched high above Queenston is shrouded in a foggy mist early on a February afternoon while the Mackenzie Printery basks in sunlight....
Wayne Gates wants Niagara-on-the-Lake council to support him in fighting back against the province's controversial new housing legislation, Bill 23.
Also known as the More Homes...
Wine industry report predicts rapid growth, with widespread economic benefits for Ontario
There is a growing sentiment that the Ontario wine industry is poised to...
Those eager to jet across Lake Ontario on a hovercraft will have to wait at least another year.
When Hoverlink Ont. Inc., founded by Niagara-on-the-Lake...
The Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce is honouring an advocate of Indigenous culture at its 22nd annual celebration of International Women’s Day.
Michele-Elise Burnett is...
Katie Ryan
Special to The Lake Report
Crossroads Public School is bringing its home show back to town this Saturday after a three-year pandemic absence.
Ashleigh Dixon, leading...
One man’s quest to restore Niagara-on-the-Lake’s oldest rock collection could be a new history-focused tourist attraction for the town by summer’s end.
Ted Rumble, a...
