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.
'Stay away' is the key message. And bylaw officers will now ticket those violating provincial orders
Stay away.
That’s the succinct message Niagara-on-the-Lake wants tourists to...
Service club commits to raising even more to help developing countries
Jodey Porter of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club remembers a child’s plea from her last...
Some 30 wardrobe staff from the Shaw Festival are using their expertise to produce masks and gowns for health care workers.
With the festival suspended...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has approved spending about $1.5 milion for two streetscape enhancement projects on Niagara Stone Road in Virgil and on Glendale Avenue at York Road.
However, some councillors have...
An irregular winter means Niagara-on-the-Lake is enjoying an earlier and longer daffodil season this spring.
Sheila Hirsch-Kalm, a member of the NOTL Horticulture Society, thinks...
Niagara-on-the-Lake residents in a long-term care facility are staying connected with the community through a new pen pal program.
Tara Druzina usually works in planning and development for...
Even though the town has shut down short-term rentals due to COVID-19, there are continuing public concerns that some rentals are still operating illegally.
A post...
This story is the first in a series, profiling all three of Niagara-on-the-Lake's nurse practitioners. This week's profile, Erin Jarvis, is the sole nurse...
Bottle drive donations being accepted at a NOTL drop-off location are now the sole fundraising source for the Canadian Air Cadets 809 Squadron.
The donation bin,...
The water level in Lake Ontario is not expected match the record high of 2019, according to Brett Ruck, environmental services supervisor for the Town...
Financially scraping by, week-to-week, festival hopes to return to stage in July
The Shaw Festival is counting on the federal government’s promise of $500 million...
Specifics on pandemic cases would help town handle response, Disero says
The Region of Niagara is still not releasing numbers of cases of COVID-19 by municipality, and...
Public health officials investigating a "respiratory outbreak" at Niagara Long Term Care (formerly Chartwell) in Niagara-on-the-Lake say the virus is neither COVID-19 nor the flu.
The virus in the...
New technology shaping performances during pandemic
In these new times, all of us have had to adapt to changing situations. The TD Niagara Jazz Festival is...
Smile, love and stay calm — those are just a few of the messages circulating in one Niagara-on-the-Lake neighbourhood after someone started leaving out stones with notes of positivity.
What is this Spanish Influenza of 1918-19 and what can we learn from it today?
Sarah Kaufman
Special to The Lake Report
Among the COVID-19 global crisis discussions, there have...
The visionary trailblazer, mentor, promoter, leader, neighbour and friend, died March 13
To better understand the unique personality of Donna Scott and to bring her contribution...
The community group Save Our Rand Estate has been reprimanded for violating confidentiality rules set out by the Conservation Review Board during settlement proceedings in a...
