Monday night's debate moved through 14 questions on growth, taxes, transparency, tourism, climate change and how the next mayor should lead. The forum also exposed clear differences in how each candidate would approach the job.
When the Canadian Community Newsmedia Award winners were unveiled Monday, The Lake Report garnered 22 more national awards, bringing its provincial and national total to 192 since 2020, when the paper started entering industry award competitions.
The lifelong NOTL resident is speaking publicly about what he sees as NOTL’s biggest threat: overdevelopment. "I think that it needs to be reined in — and reined in responsibly," he says.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s push to cut two council seats ahead of the 2026 election has been rejected by the province, leaving councillors divided over whether the move was rushed or needed.
For Sophie Clattenburg, a Grade 8 student from Virgil with a passion for chemistry, microplastics are a topic of great interest to her: "They're ubiquitous."
Shelley Saywell, considered one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers, is the author of a recently published best-selling memoir, "If Only Love: A Memoir of Second Chances."
It took just minutes for 8,000 chocolate eggs to vanish — scooped up by a sea of excited children who fanned out across the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre in a spring tradition nearly 50 years in the making.
"From Italy With Love," a new exhibition at Il Gelato di Carlotta, showcases the creations of artists who took part in artist and instructor Sandra Iafrate's painting workshops throughout Italy.
Running May 8 to 11, the festival will transform Old Town into a flower-filled showcase, with organizers promising expanded installations and new events for this year.
Niagara Parks Commission's CEO said while it’s encouraging there is agreement on the need to solve connectivity issues, concerns about aesthetics and location remain central.
Parking tickets dropped in Niagara-on-the-Lake last year, while the town’s drinking water met provincial standards — two of several updates councillors heard during the month of March.
As the town plans to redevelop the site of the former hospital at 176 Wellington St., the future of Royal Oak School, now operating inside the building, is increasingly uncertain.
Two rep hockey teams that competed in last weekend’s provincial championships encountered high-calibre opposition while turning in exciting performances.
Safety concerns at school bus stops in Niagara-on-the-Lake are prompting growing concern from parents, particularly in rural areas where children must cross busy roads with limited infrastructure.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is among a dozen historical organizations up for a $50,000 prize in a national competition — which the museum plans to use to turn a 115-year-old house into its own research centre.
From chess and cards to cribbage, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit, participants can take part in a whole host of board gaming. The sessions will run Monday and Friday afternoons starting April 17.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake native is set to record his first standup comedy special and second album at Navy Hall on April 11, marking what he calls a milestone moment in a career more than a decade in the making.
Global funding for HIV and AIDS programs is dropping. A Niagara-on-the-Lake fundraiser is here to help — and is warning that shrinking international aid has left frontline groups with a fraction of the funding they once had.
The event brought together Pride Niagara drag performers and a youth-serving charity in a deliberate pairing, one that organizers say reflects a real overlap in the populations they serve.
The Community Initiative for Animal Rescue ran the two-day fundraiser for Last Chance, which featured special appearances from three therapy miniature horses: Chewy, Houston and 2%.
The exhibition, called "Cianalas," takes its name from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning a deep longing for a place or a strong sense of belonging to one. It runs until April 25 in the Joyner Gallery.
From entrepreneurs to community leaders, Niagara-on-the-Lake residents are being invited to put forward nominations for the town’s annual Business Achievement Awards. This year's gala is set for May 20.
For Brian Johnston — a chartered professional accountant by training and longtime real estate executive — a community’s strength lies not only in what it offers today, but in how well it understands its past.
A Niagara-on-the-Lake subdivision proposal council had already rejected is back — and now approved — in a reversal that’s raising questions about cost, control and heritage protections.
Niagara-on-the-Lake council has approved a new advertising pricing chart and timelines, establishing a formal structure the town says could generate about $200,000 annually.
