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.
Increasing attendance is a key to the survival of Queenston’s RiverBrink Art Museum, say several people who attended the museum’s open house last Friday.
The museum held...
Steve Hardaker
Community Correspondent
Noticing a Canada goose in distress, Niagara on the Green resident Robin Fisher quickly hatched a plan Monday to rescue the bird...
Local history and culture will soon hit the road with the launch of Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s Tiny Museum – a 7-by-16-foot miniature replica of the centre’s link-building...
Tourtieres and home baked goods will once again draw crowds to the Queenston Library for the annual bake sale hosted by the Queenston Residents Association...
As Niagara-on-the-Lake council searches for a new chief administrative officer, some town councillors say the Ontario ombudsman report on the controversial hiring of Niagara Region’s CAO was released...
Steve Hardaker
Community Correspondent
Do you have a passion for dancing the evening away to a live band in a social atmosphere?
For the past two years, the...
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s town staff are launching a pilot program to collect traffic data along various roads across the municipality in efforts to address residents’ concerns about speeding...
An 86-year-old woman was behind the wheel when she mistakenly accelerated and crashed into the Royal Bank of Canada branch on Mary Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake last...
Brock University will begin two research projects focusing on cannabis after becoming one of Canada’s first universities to obtain a cannabis-related research and development...
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s drinking water results showed low lead levels in the past, which is why for several years the town has been granted regulatory relief from lead testing,...
The cannabis business in Canada is facing falling stock prices, revenue shortfalls, staff layoffs and senior management shakeups as the industry shakes down, painting a...
Photo gallery: The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake was covered with ice and snow during the weekend, creating an opportunity for great pictures. Here are some from the community and some from our photographers.
GRIMWOOD, Allan David (Butch) 1947-2019 - Passed away surrounded by family on November 20th after a short battle with cancer.
Loving husband of Claudia (nee Erwin)...
Jaclyn Willms
Special to The Lake Report
Lets do this together.
I’m challenging you to do six minutes of exercise everyday until Christmas.
This is the time of...
For Niagara College alumna Emily Kudluk, participating in the college's Faceless Dolls workshop was about cherishing the memory of her aunt Denise Bourdeau, who was killed by her ex-partner and found several months later on the banks of Grand River in 2007.
Mike Keenan always tried looking on the bright side, even after living through several crises at different stages of his life.
He wrote about how he’s...
Sunday, Nov. 24 marked the 8th annual Village Holiday lighting ceremony.
At 5:30 p.m. Dale Des Islets welcomed the local residents who gathered for the...
