For those who've already made up their minds on who they want to represent Niagara-on-the-Lake in municipal government and at the school boards for the next four years, you'll have a chance to cast your ballot early.
What happens in America does not necessarily stay there, especially for a border town like Niagara-on-the-Lake. So, The Lake Report asked NOTL’s municipal election candidates a blunt question: What do you think of Donald Trump? Here's what they said.
Two of the most talented, up-and-coming young Canadian golfers are growing up in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s tiny hamlet of St. Davids (pop. about 3,000). Eli Perng and Kaige Zhu are off to high school after a whirlwind summer in which they played more than a dozen high-level tournaments across Canada and North America.
The reed grasses growing behind the natural resources minister at Niagara College’s campus in NOTL were a ready-made backdrop for his announcement Wednesday: $5 million to fight the invasive plant species phragmites across Ontario.
The Scotsman Hotel has avoided an almost $303,000 parking bill after Niagara-on-the-Lake council approved a plan that will allow all 12 required parking spaces to fit on the Old Town property.
Evan SaundersSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Council members narrowly defeated a plan Monday to immediately address light pollution complaints from Virgil’s popular pickleball courts.
The pickleball courts...
Anjulika Chand has been nominated as one of our Pandemic Heroes by Penny-Lynn Cookson. Chand, 55, is a front-line respiratory therapist at Etobicoke General...
Rob Begin is happy construction crews can resume building his new restaurant and brewery in St. Davids.
The project was shut down during the provincewide...
After 53 days in outbreak status and two resident deaths, Virgil's Pleasant Manor is now free of COVID-19 cases, Radiant Care CEO Tim Siemens says.
With that news, there's...
The Shaw Festival has cancelled its major 2021 production of "Gypsy: A Musical Fable."
Continued lockdown restrictions in Niagara Region "have made it clear" that the...
Penny-Lynn Cookson
Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
In this on-going year of COVID-19, when we are isolated at home and not seeing family and friends,...
Evan SaundersSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Niagara-on-the-Lake is about $1.8 million short of having a sustainable budget for roads, says a company hired by...
Dr. Martha Brown Truncale, whose father William Brown usually writes our weekly medicine and science column, is a dentist in Kodiak, Alaska. Her mother...
Niagara-on-the-Lake Lord Mayor Betty Disero says people need to "remain vigilant" after the provincial stay-at-home order was lifted and Niagara Region moved into grey-lockdown pandemic status on...
Niagara-on-the-Lake has seen a 50 per cent reduction in active COVID-19 cases since last week.
As of Wednesday, there were eight active cases in town, down...
When Reclaimed from Roots owner Mike Werner installed a new $50,000 automated system for cutting wood, he expected it would be a big step for his handmade furniture business.
Gail Kendall
Special to The Lake Report
A number of NOTL residents have growing concerns over the safety and lack of respect for area land owners who have...
Julia Sacco
Special to The Lake Report
Canada's education system can do a much better job at teaching students about the role Black soldiers have played...
Barbara WorthySpecial to The Lake Report
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's virtual presentation, “The First Cut is the Deepest,” takes a look at medical practice in the army during the...
Andrea Kaiser will once again represent the Liberal party as the candidate for the Niagara Falls riding in the next general federal election.
Kaiser officially announced her candidacy...
Even when organized activities are suspended, NOTLers find ways to have an impact
Editor's Note: Life since COVID-19 has changed things for all of us....
Tony ChisholmSpecial to The Lake Report
Our second History in the Vineyard (at home) take-out event on Feb. 11 was very successful.
The committee that worked on...
Evan SaundersSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake lost about $719,000 worth of water in 2019, according to a Deloitte audit report....
