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.
It’s been a century since Niagara-on-the-Lake’s iconic clock tower cenotaph was erected. Then, in 1926, the Township of Niagara unveiled its own memorial in Queenston. In...
Turbulence and unrest continues to plague the Niagara Regional Native Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake after multiple resignations turned its board of directors into a skeleton...
Barbara Worthy
Special to The Lake Report
While February can sometimes be the coldest month of the year, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is offering the warmest of...
Height, character and traffic are among residents' concerns
Residents of a Niagara-on-the-Lake neighbourhood say they are alarmed to see a development proposal being reconsidered after...
Migrant workers hired under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program have started to arrive from the Caribbean and Mexico to help Niagara farmers.
About 3,000 seasonal...
Tracking wildlife just got a whole lot easier at Niagara College.
The Motus Tower Project at Niagara College's Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is...
Advocate Kit Andres hosts mutual aid event to welcome seasonal staff
For farmworker advocate Kit Andres, birthday #37 was the perfect opportunity to help out...
John Wickabrod is a 100-year-old veteran with a passion for potatoes, gardening and a love of animals.
In honour of his service, NOTLer Leslie Moulson...
Whether you come to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival for the drinks, the food, the history or the sights, the festival’s first weekend had it...
Sparkling, ice and everything nice.
Friday night's Sparkle & Ice Gala at the old Court House in Niagara-on-the-Lake kicked off the Icewine Festival in true...
After four years of trying in vain, an advocate from Niagara is hoping to convince regional council to declare homelessness, mental health and addiction public...
Council finally agrees on response, but administrators sent their own letter to province in November
After discussions at three separate meetings – and two months...
After suffering injuries and not being able to play his instrument, professional pianist Paul Tobey is making his comeback performance at the TD Niagara...
This year, seasonal farmworker advocate Kit Andres is celebrating their birthday in a different way — by holding a drive-up mutual aid event.
From 3...
From end-to-end, NOTL is overflowing with wineries offering delicious icewines.
On any given day it would be impossible to drink your way through them all,...
Andrea Kaiser was born into the wine industry. The daughter of Inniskillin co-founder Karl Kaiser, she definitely knows her way around a grape.
And this...
