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.
About 300 people got stuck in the parking lot the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre Saturday.
The afternoon was the final of three drive-thru flu shot days at the...
Children of Niagara-on-the-Lake are bringing a little cheer to 227 long-term care residents thanks to the town’s first Christmas card contest.
The winning designs will be made into...
Community's generosity ensures every resident of NOTL long-term care homes receives gifts and cards
A simple idea to provide Christmas stockings for the residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s...
Everywhere man Terry Flynn says the Christmas trees at the Niagara Lions annual fundraiser are hot sellers this year.
"It's been a crazy and I know it's gonna...
Steve Ferley
Special to The Lake Report
The history of The Schoolmaster’s House (307 Mississagua St., at Gage) stretches back to around 1818.
By 1846, the property...
Niagara-on-the-Lake band Back in the Daze is bringing an online performance to people across town and beyond this Saturday.
The five-piece cover band is known...
A long list of firefighters have earned exemplary service medals for a combined more than 280 years volunteering for the Niagara-on-the-Lake fire department.
An heirloom box of recipes helped Kim McQuhae of Gryphon Ridge Highlands secure first-place at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for her Plum Nutty...
Ross Robinson
Special to The Lake Report
Even on a very chilly Saturday in late November, the Memorial Park tennis courts were full of fun-loving former athletes. ...
Marion GrieseSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Up until last March, before restrictions were put in place, I was volunteering with Therapy Tails every week,...
A culvert replacement and two new culverts will cost the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake $712,000.
The contracts were approved Monday for a replacement culvert on Mississagua Street...
Niagara-on-the-Lake filmmaker and Shaw Festival actor Howard Davis a.k.a. Haui hopes his new movie will help to celebrate the differences in people.
Davis released his feature-length film "MixedUp" on...
A couple of weeks ago The Lake Report quietly kicked off a campaign to help local businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic.
With support from the NOTL...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has hired a new chief administrative officer after a months-long search.
Marnie Cluckie will take over the job as the town's top...
Disero unsure if 'heavy hand" of region rules is appropriate in NOTL
New COVID-19 rules across the province, along with additional restrictions by Niagara’s acting medical officer...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is down to two active cases of COVID-19, as the Niagara region moves into the province's recently updated orange "restrict" level.
As of Tuesday, the following emergency...
Heddle Shipyards, operators of the Port Weller Drydocks, has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement to fabricate components for three ships now under construction at...
