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.
When Marie Vincent Enclonar starts her clinical placement at Radiant Care Tabor Manor this month, she’ll be familiar with the long-term care home.
That’s because...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Niagara Region are looking for a possible location for vaccine rollout in NOTL.
One site could be Centennial Arena in Virgil,...
Seasonal farm workers are arriving in Niagara-on-the-Lake again and things are going a little more smoothly than a year ago.
Coun. Erwin Wiens, a grape farmer,...
Retailers are innovating and adapting as pandemic rolls on
A year into the COVID pandemic, some NOTL businesses are doing just fine, thank you, while others are...
Eduardo Lafforgue, president of the NOTL Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Niagara, thanked the town's volunteer firefighters on Monday during a meeting of council.
Lafforgue's house on...
The Town of NOTL is allowing temporary patios to remain in place until 2022.
The patios were permitted last summer to help businesses that had reduced...
Tony BaldinelliSpecial to The Lake Report
Nearly one month into 2021, Members of Parliament are returning to Ottawa to focus on needed efforts to eventually...
Editor's Note: Life since COVID-19 has changed things for all of us. We’ve experienced hardships, heartaches, and challenges, but also new and sometimes unexpected...
Despite complaints from many quarters, and some municipalities permitting dog grooming, the province says grooming is still not an essential service.
"Dog grooming continues to be...
Resident dies at Pleasant Manor and hard-hit Niagara LTC starts rapid testing of residents and staff
Cases of COVID-19 in Niagara-on-the-Lake's long-term care homes have...
The Gaio family of Niagara-on-the-Lake took home $10,000 in their first appearance on "Family Feud Canada" Monday night.
For all NOTLers who sat cheering in front of...
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library.
You don’t...
Five people have died after a COVID outbreak at a Niagara-on-the-Lake nursing home.
The large COVID outbreak at Niagara Long Term Care surged over the past...
Maria Dos Santos was the first long-term care resident in Niagara-on-the-Lake to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
She received her first dose of the two-part Pfizer...
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 in Niagara-on-the-Lake has received $10,800 in federal COVID relief funds.
The money was part of $20 million set aside to...
Ravine, Garrison House and Ruffino's help with Friends of Fort George, historical society fundraiser
The Friends of Fort George, the Niagara Historical Society and Ravine Vineyard...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is kicking off its 2021 virtual lectures with a "provocative" series that will explore 19th-century perspectives on abortion.
The series, called An Atrocious...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake will look at solutions to problems with excess traffic and parking in Chautauqua.
In the meantime, councillors have asked staff to report back with...
Editor's Note: Life since COVID-19 has changed things for all of us. We’ve experienced hardships, heartaches, and challenges, but also new and sometimes unexpected...
