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Advance voting starts Oct. 5. Here’s how to vote in NOTL and online

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.

NOTL Votes 2026: ‘We are not the 51st state’: Council candidates condemn Trump

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.

Sports: Two ‘fore’ The Show: St. Davids teens set their sights on U.S. college golf

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.

$83K for Niagara’s fight against invasive phragmites

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.

Scotsman Hotel avoids $303K parking bill with valet plan

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.

PHOTO GALLERY: NOTL club crowns new champions after dramatic finale

Men's final goes down to the last putt.

Grace United jam sale a sweet success

NOTL’s Grace United Church was busy selling jams this weekend. The jams, made by church members, including John Greaves, a relative of the well-known Greaves...

NOTL design studio reopens as Madra Rua

A design studio specializing in the production of printed textiles and homewares has reopened under a new name and invited other local female-owned businesses to celebrate together. Pop-ups...

Liz Hawley was a creative community builder

Liz Hawley was creative, caring and compassionate. She was a community builder in Niagara-on-the-Lake, having unofficially helped with projects like Voices of Freedom Park and Landscape...

Arch-i-text: A French royalist in Niagara

The politics of Revolutionary France was a battleground of conflicting philosophies and interests; as Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye and other members of the constitutional monarchist...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Farmerette

Here is a photo of a farmerette from the Second World War working on one of the local farms with her supervisor, Mr. Woods....

Editorial: Town and police need to enforce laws on protesters

Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Niagara Regional Police — where are you? The ongoing carriage protests have become more than a nuisance to residents and visitors — and...

Carriage operators frustrated by lack of police enforcement

Residents, carriage operators accuse police of not acting on protesters out of fear of Charter battle   Editor’s note: This is the first of a series focusing on the...

New private guided tours and extended hours at Fort George this summer

The gates are opening at Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake with the announcement of small private guided tours on Wednesdays and extended opening hours from...

MJ’s fry-day to support woman with MS

A Niagara business is stepping up to help a former employee and family friend raise money to fund accessibility needs for her mother who has multiple sclerosis.  On...

Major franchises Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s could be coming to Virgil

Two major corporate fast-food franchises are knocking on NOTL’s door. Initial discussions about a Harvey’s and Swiss Chalet in Virgil took place at an urban design...

Golf: McCulloch wins NOTL Legends Cup

A new Legend was crowned at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club this week as Doug McCulloch won the annual Legends Cup competition. The tournament, played over...

Pumphouse reopens with tour and online art auction

Events at the Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre will look a little bit different in 2020.  Eight months into the year, the Pumphouse was able to...

Voting starts for NOTL photo contest

Hobby photographers' responses to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s call for submissions of photos that highlight the town brought in more than 250 photos since the beginning of...

Dr. Brown: Slow progress on Alzheimers

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.   Dr. William...

With buses idle due to COVID, seniors feel loss of ‘independence’

The NOTL Transit buses haven’t been in operation since COVID-19 shutdowns started in March and it’s unclear when the service might resume. The NOTL transit bus offered a...

Rochelle Byrne: Cleaning up the lake

Rochelle Byrne paddled her way into Queen’s Royal Park in NOTL late Saturday morning, leaving 420 kilometres of cleaner shores in her wake for the...

COVID forces Rotary Club to reinvent fundraising plans

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club is hard at work finding creative new ways to fundraise in 2020 and some of those ideas will come to life...

Petition against noise bylaw garners hundreds of signatures in hours

If you asked comedian Joe Pillitteri what he thinks about proposed changes to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s noise bylaw, he’d probably tell you they're more comedic than he is. Tuesday...

Town waives fees for restaurants with special patios

The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has waived all fees for business owners with special patio permits. The decision was made shortly after the town created space...

Business owner praises local first responders

Local business owner Maria Mavridis says she doesn't know how NOTL's first responders do it. She praised them and brought them water after a senior...

90% comfortable with mandatory masks, NOTL survey finds

Steve Ferley Special to The Lake Report Almost 90 per cent of Niagara-on-the-Lake residents are comfortable wearing mandatory protective face masks, according to a survey of...

NOTL’s Tiny Museum receives $50,000 in grants

Sarah KaufmanSpecial to The Lake Report The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum last week received more than $50,000 in grants, including a big boost for its popular mobile Tiny Museum. The museum was...

Rare birds spotted near outlet mall in Glendale

  Steve Hardaker Community Correspondent An abundance of rarely seen birds have been spotted at the storm water pond near the Outlet Collection of Niagara in Glendale. The area has proven...

Op-ed: Well-planned, sustainable tourism is goal of working group

David LevesqueSpecial to The Lake Report The NOTL Tourism Advisory Working Group is becoming an official entity under the auspices of Tourism Niagara-on-the-Lake, with a...

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