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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With Easter coming up this weekend, Niagara-on-the-Lake residents are being urged to celebrate the holiday indoors.
“We will celebrate together once we’ve wiped this virus,”...
Sean O'DonnellSpecial to The Lake Report
During this time of uncertainty and medical supply shortages due to COVID-19, a group of nearly 60 do-gooders from Niagara-on-the-Lake...
With COVID-19 emergency measures in place across the country, it’s a time for wineries to rethink and reinvent, and Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Stratus Vineyards is doing just...
Amid pandemic panic, people and businesses in town have been taking extra measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but a few businesses have been...
Margot Hickson is over illness and her husband Ian Reece's test came back negative
Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Margot Hickson, chair of the Music Niagara festival, is at...
A 33-year-old Niagara-on-the-Lake man crashed his Chevrolet Tahoe into the entrance of the Royal Bank of Canada on Mary Street on Sunday.
The incident took...
Gail Kendall
Special to The Lake Report
Home sweet home: 15,835 kilometres, three flights, not sure how many antibacterial wipes and I have never been so happy to...
The Virgil Stampede is cancelled due to COVID-19.
Marcia Penner, secretary of the Virgil Business Association, which puts on the stampede, said this is the...
The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is extending the closure of all town-owned facilities and the cancellation of in-person municipal events, meetings and programming until June 30.
“This...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum will spearhead Doors Open NOTL this fall as part of provincewide Doors Open Ontario heritage tourism initiative led by the Ontario...
Blood donations fell off sharply in the wake of measures like school closures and self-isolation guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
But days later, leaders including...
We all know these are difficult times, for everyone. Staying safe and healthy are paramount.
Here at The Lake Report, our skeleton crew, supplemented by input...
Lord Mayor Betty Disero is "begging" everyone to stay at home and maintain physical distance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disero gave an update on COVID-19 preparations during a council...
During this time of constant change and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s one thing that’s guaranteed: this will go down in history.
That’s...
The Shaw Festival has cancelled all public events and performances through May 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Festival officials will continue to monitor the situation to...
St. Mark's music director brings a lifetime of experience to NOTL
Editor’s Note: This story was written before we heard the unfortunate news that the March...
They wanted planes, they got them.
Two Niagara-on-the-Lakers who were stuck in quarantine in Peru have arrived home safely, and are now quarantining again.
Scott Robinson...
NOTL home chef wins cooking show crown
Alex Hicks is Niagara-on-the-Lake’s newest celebrity chef — though she doesn’t cook professionally.
Yet.
Hicks, 30, took home the first place prize...