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.
With snowbanks well over a metre high and drifted snow packed hard by the wind, Niagara-on-the-Lake residents spent hours Monday digging out from the overnight snow...
Only 43.6 per cent of Niagara kids have one COVID shot so far
Niagara’s top doctor says parents need to get their children vaccinated, or they should...
Two residents who were in palliative care and contracted COVID-19 at Niagara Long Term Care have died, as an outbreak continues at the Wellington Street care...
When temperatures hit -18C or lower vines can suffer serious damage
Unexpectedly frigid temperatures last weekend meant the wind machines were running in many vineyards around...
Director of community and development services Craig Larmour has retired after five years with the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
“Working with staff, that’s been my favourite aspect of...
The Friends of Ryerson Park and the Chautauqua Residents Association have asked the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake to make parking restrictions in the neighbourhood of...
While enduring nearly two years COVID-19, we have been bombarded with new words, new phrases and new knowledge. We have learned so much about things...
For the family-owned Budapest Bakeshop in downtown NOTL, it’s all about freshness, uniqueness and tradition.
The Queen Street bakery focuses almost exclusively on high-quality chimney...
Niagara-on-the-Lake's January Icewine Festival is officially cancelled.
The festival is another casualty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and continued provincial restrictions on gatherings.
A press release Friday...
Tai York now playing for the Barrie Colts
NEWS FLASH: Shortly after 11 a.m. today, Jan. 13, the OHL announced the postponement of several IceDogs games, including...
The streets of Old Town were cold and lonely on Tuesday, but at a patio on King Street one warm pocket of friendship was ablaze.
Outside Balzac Coffee...
Chief planner Craig Larmour is retiring from the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake on Friday.
“Craig will be sincerely missed,” chief administrative officer Marnie Cluckie said during...
Everything is in place for the community ice rink in Virgil’s Centennial Sports Park to start getting used, except some volunteers to help supervise it.
"We just need...
In 1868, Claude Monet (1840-1926) was in Paris, committed to painting, selling little, submitting work to the Salons but being rejected, seriously in debt,...
Return of missing woman's ashes brings family some closure
With the remains of Ashley Simpson finally brought home, her parents Cindy and John Simpson say they...
Thanks to the support of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club, the Healing Arts for Kids program is returning to the Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre.
Coming up on its...
A $49,500 grant from the province's Community Building Fund will allow the Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre to continue offering virtual arts education and increase in-person programs and marketing.
A portion...
A pedestrian crosswalk on Niagara Stone Road near the NOTL Community Centre could be in the works if town council gets its way.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s councillors...
