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.
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is kicking Sentineal Carriages to a new curb.
The company, which has operated horse-drawn carriage tours in town for decades, will be...
A video that claims to send an official message from the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Tourism NOTL has been making the rounds online, spurring action from the town.
Niagara Now...
But a large crowd of residents turns out to support Sentineal family's business
In the latest episode of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s carriage wars, animal rights activists descended on the...
Marion Hassebroek says the driveway to Queenston Mile Winery “isn’t compatible” with the residential neighbourhood on Queenston Road.
During Monday’s council meeting she outlined some...
As I mentioned in last week’s column, Peter Secord, apparently despairing of ever receiving a grant, left Niagara in 1793.
However, his absence did not halt the...
These former NOTL residents are posing underneath the wonderful horticultural arches that were made for the royal visit in 1901. The future King George V...
The Shaw Festival has officially pulled the plug on the last remaining shows that were planned for its 2020 season.
The remaining fall performances of "Charley’s Aunt" and" Flush" were...
Former Niagara-on-the-Lake town councillor Dennis Dick has died.
Dick, described in a statement issued by the Town of NOTL as "a beloved and passionate member...
Willowbank wants to keep a natural grassy “meadow” that led to a complaint.
Caitlin Wooll, education co-ordinator at Willowbank, made a virtual presentation to council Monday to...
Pedal Pub NOTL will continue to operate for the rest of 2020, town council decided Monday.
The unanimous decision is a 180-degree reversal from a vote on July...
Police allege that a Niagara-on-the-Lake man was impaired by drugs when his car was involved in a head-on collision that killed 60-year-old NOTL resident Liz Hawley.
Aubrey Blake Clements,...
Shaw to get $400,000 to stage outdoor performances
The federal government has unveiled a $500,000 grant to support the tourism industry in Niagara-on-the-Lake in the...
Perhaps the toughest annual test of golf was contested at the NOTL Golf Club last week, as almost 30 couples teed off in the Matrimonial Cup tournament.
It was wings up Saturday as Parks Canada helped celebrate National Flight of the Monarch Day, with a guided tour in Niagara-on-the-Lake attracting families, enthusiasts and hopeful butterfly gardeners eager to learn more about the at-risk migratory insect.
The driver who killed a Niagara farm worker in a hit-and-run last summer was tailgating, "driving aggressively" and passed a vehicle seconds before his pickup truck slammed into the woman who was walking along the dark, rural NOTL road.
When it comes to protecting trees in Niagara-on-the-Lake, residents are vigilant and concerned, especially when they see trees being taken down.
In the past week,...
Just three months after Niagara-on-the-Lake residents Syme Jago and Adrian Goldberg and a few friends raised thousands of dollars and hundreds of pounds of food for Newark Neighbours, the pair are planning to do it again, but bigger and smarter.
Coun. Gary Burroughs isn't happy with a proposed bylaw amendment that would allow as many as seven councillors to meet electronically for council meetings, even after the state...
Police have arrested a Niagara-on-the-Lake man who was involved in a collision that killed a 60-year-old woman July 29.
Aubrey Blake Clements, 32, is charged...
Threats, criminal behaviour won't be tolerated, senior officer says. But Charter ensures protesters can have their say
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series focusing on...
