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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.

Town hands out fines to people, non-essential businesses

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,”...

COVID-19: Heroes helping heroes: NOTL volunteers making masks for frontline workers

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...

Stratus ‘reinvented’ during COVID-19, retail staff working the vines

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...

Banning farm workers from stores is racial profiling: Brock prof

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...

NOTL hockey star drafted to OHL’s Barrie Colts

Draft day was a memorable one for Tai York and 15 family members 

COVID-19: Farm workers start to arrive

It’s the day before farm workers will arrive at the Wiens farm, after much anticipation about whether they even would be allowed in the country...

Updated-COVID-19: NOTL woman recovering from coronavirus

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...

SUV crashes into Old Town bank

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...

COVID-19: Back from Bali, safe and sound

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...

COVID-19: Fort George hosting online book club

Fort George is inviting community members to share some town history with the Friends of Fort George Book Club. As a way to keep the...

Virgil Stampede cancelled due to COVID-19

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...

COVID-19: Niagara-on-the-Lake extends closures to June 30

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...

Museum brings back Doors Open NOTL this fall

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...

COVID-19: NOTLers encouraged to give blood

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...

Editorial: A message to the people of NOTL

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...

COVID-19: Lord mayor is ‘begging’ residents to #StayHome during pandemic

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...

COVID-19: This is history: Museum encourages people to journal time in self-isolation

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...

COVID-19: Farmers in limbo waiting for arrival of migrant workers, Wiens says

Farmers waiting for seasonal workers to arrive are stuck in a state of limbo, Coun. Erwin Wiens says. Though the workers are said to be...

COVID-19: Shaw cancels all shows up to May 25

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...

COVID-19: NOTL businesses start selling their own hand sanitizers

Several NOTL businesses are making their own hand sanitizers to help area residents protect themselves against during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Teddy bears spread message of hope

It’s a message of community: we’re here for you during these tough times.

COVID-19: Singing the praises of choral music

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...

COVID-19: Home sweet home: Stranded NOTLers catch flight home from Peru

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...

Alex Hicks brings NOTL cooking to Food Network

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...

COVID-19: NOTL native faces mountain of uncertainty in Nepal

NOTL native Connor Crickmore is stuck in Nepal amid the pandemic and says while other countries have helped citizens return home, Canada has been...

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