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.
Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!
All of them were roaming around Fort George on Saturday, as costumed kids did some early trick-or-treating.
Children who...
Niagara-on-the-Lake has won another major award in the annual Communities in Bloom competition.
This year, NOTL earned third-place honours for its celebration of the Year...
The annual halloween party at the Niagara Regional Native Centre is one of the staff’s favourite celebrations.
Long-serving members of the friendship centre’s team can’t...
Sipping wine never tasted so good.
For the month of November, all of the proceeds from the $35 Winemakers’ Selections Tasting Pass will be donated to the...
The historic Parliament Oak property in Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake has been sold to Two Sisters Resorts Corp. for $8 million.
In an interview Monday, company...
Remembrance Day is a time to be thankful.
That’s what 11-year-old Nathaniel John Fee-Symonds said while he watched volunteers hang about 4,000 poppies Tuesday outside...
Tickets for the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club’s 23rd annual Holiday House Tour are selling briskly – and some time slots are already sold out.
On the...
Appeal court orders town to pay Hummel's legal costs
Niagara-on-the-Lake council acted illegally in 2018 when it ordered a freeze on development in Old Town,...
Appeal court rejects lower court decision, orders town to pay Hummel's legal costs
A St. Catharines judge's ruling that the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake did nothing wrong...
After months of searching, Niagara-on-the-Lake found its new fire chief. Right here in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Deputy chief Jay Plato has been promoted to fire chief and...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has a series of programs planned to commemorate Remembrance Day this year.
The events during the first...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is deeply rooted in the past, but some may not know about the quirky layers of antiquity layered between the major historic events...
Coming in third in the municipal race for lord mayor wasn’t what Vaughn Goettler envisioned.
But still, the retired businessman was in good spirits Monday...
Giving back to the community is important, says physiotherapist Trevor Kwolek.
Starting Nov. 1, his new physiotherapy clinic in the medical centre plaza behind Simpson's Pharmacy...
People cheered as re-elected Coun. Erwin Wiens walked into the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre auditorium Monday night with his wife, Dorothy Soo-Wiens.
He received a total...
