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.
But utilities in Canada and the U.S. are working together to minimize the impact of major grid problems
Tim Curtis
Special to The Lake Report
With the...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
In the days when nothing went viral except disease, how authorities dealt with crises and communicated their message was...
Andrew Peller Limited's purchase of Niagara-on-the-Lake's Riverbend Inn and Vineyard was a "natural" step for the NOTL-based wine producer, chief executive John Peller says.
The company...
A former Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro executive who has been charged with defrauding the utiliity of more than $426,000, has now repaid all the money.
Hydro CEO...
Gail KendallSpecial to The Lake Report
Vlad Haltigin is one proud father these days.
The NOTL resident, a retired former executive with Xerox Canada Ltd., has...
For many years, Lisa and Steve Wilson would gather their group of friends for a New Year’s Day outdoor activity.
Traditionally, the activities have included...
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.
