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.
Niagara-on-the-Lake newcomer Ross MacIntyre says pursuing a career in music was always his only option.
And he has travelled the world for gigs, performed on...
Passed away peacefully after a long and courageous struggle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at Hospice Niagara-Stabler Centre, at the...
By Shawna Butts / NOTL MuseumSpecial to The Lake Report
Before the American Civil War, thousands of people enslaved in the southern United States escaped...
The collaborative project among the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Region and the Ministry of Transportation to redesign the Glendale QEW interchange is steadily moving forward.
Representatives from the...
The second annual food drive, launched by Reif Estate Winery in collaboration with Newark Neighbours in 2019, is expanding its reach this year by having...
Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Pauline Charlton is fed up with receiving fraudulent phone calls.
The recently retired York University professor of psychology, who lives on Charlotte Street,...
Period products, such as pads, tampons and cups, are a basic necessity, that’s why United Way Niagara is organizing a new community-wide campaign this year to help provide free menstrual products to Niagara residents.
The store on Queen Street that is now Just Christmas previously was the Niagara Advance’s printing and publishing office. Prior to the Advance, the store was home to...
Local teens got a taste of real-world career pressures during the District School Board of Niagara’s annual Technological Skills Challenge at Niagara College on Wednesday and both Joshua Dau and Katherine Kononyuk said they were eager to test their skills.
The room was filled with laughs as the Niagara-on-the-Lake Writers’ Circle held its seventh annual Rising Spirits award ceremony on Sunday, celebrating the winners...
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Niagara is one of the few towns in Ontario that has had black residents since the province’s inception....
Storyteller and drummer Babarinde "Baba" Williams returned to Niagara-on-the-Lake last Saturday to lead an interactive drumming workshop held at the NOTL Public Library.
In just one week, the Niagara-on-the-Lake community helped provide more than 300 pairs of socks to keep those in need warm during the winter season.
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Lord Mayor Betty Disero’s presentation on capital tourism projects on Monday night was “disappointing” and was meant to “justify a municipal accommodation tax,” says tourism industry representative Bob Jackson.
In a close vote, Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors have approved declaring a climate emergency in town.
Young climate activists Hazel Norris and Molly Shara addressed council Monday...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is synonymous with vineyards and wineries – they are an integral part of our landscape, our identity and our economy.
“Ripe, robust, remarkable” is how...
Climate concerns have sparked a new initiative called Sustain Niagara, created by two Niagara-on-the-Lake locals – they plan to kickstart the group by competing...
As Ontario's Progressive Conservative party was preparing for its two-day policy conference at the Scotiabank Convention Centre Friday, hundreds of teachers and education workers filled the streets outside the centre to strike against government cuts to education.
A major milestone was celebrated at the flag raising ceremony in Niagara-on-the-Lake last Thursday.
Members of the NOTL Kinsmen Club gathered at the town hall...
