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.
Planned Giving Program aims to have residents remember the library in their will
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library's newest program is not about books, community connections and...
Kevan Dowd
Special to The Lake Report
Was it payback? A grudge match? Or just hard-fought hockey?
It’s hard to know what to call Friday night’s Jr. A...
The family of Niagara-on-the-Lake's Jaena Thompson has dedicated a bench at Sunset Beach in her memory.
They also have started a GoFundMe to help raise funds...
It is now against the law to park adjacent to or in a town park overnight in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Council unanimously passed a new bylaw on Sept. 27...
Most of the town-ordered repairs to the historic Rand Estate have been deferred till spring, but developer Benny Marotta has been told to ensure the buildings...
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is helping Niagara College to establish a bursary to help underrepresented women in the beverage alcohol industry.
The LCBO has...
NOTL restaurants were practically running out of turkey by the time Monday rolled around on Thanksgiving weekend.
At Treadwell Cuisine, that’s exactly what happened.
Manager April Kilpatrick said...
Undermanned NOTL team expects new players to arrive this weekend
Kevan Dowd
Special to The Lake Report
The Jr. A Niagara Predators had plenty to be thankful...
Sandie Bellows, chair of the Niagara Parks Commission, died Sunday evening after a battle with cancer. She was 60 years old.
“Sandie Bellows and I became...
Town inspectors are busy and you trust developers to follow rules, mayor says
The Vrancor Group managed to pave over a conservation area near the Holiday Inn Express in...
Renowned polio fighter speaks virtually to 60 district Rotary clubs
When Syme Jago spoke to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club last year about her decades-long personal fight...
Super senior Warren Tutton schooled some of his fellow members of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club last week, winning two of the closest-to-the-pin shootouts as the...
With proof of vaccine requirements rolled out across the province, there has been some confusion among restaurant employees on just how to enforce the order...
Sandie Bellows, chair of the Niagara Parks Commission, died Sunday evening after a battle with cancer. She was 60 years old.
“Sandie Bellows and I became...
Statute only governs business signs and is not unconstitutional, lawyer says. But enforcing it on people's lawn signs is a whole other problem
Signs, signs, like the old song...
Indigenous elder reflects on importance of helping community
Anishinaabe elder Albert Choken, a residential school survivor, cultural icon in his community and resident of Queenston,...
Save our Rand Estate, the community group best known as SORE, has been fighting since 2018 to protect the historic property in Old Town.
Now, the group...
Virgil school involves all staff and students in encouraging compassion, empathy
Inside Crossroads Public School, 6,509 orange hands adorn one prominent wall, each hand created by the...
