Monday night's debate moved through 14 questions on growth, taxes, transparency, tourism, climate change and how the next mayor should lead. The forum also exposed clear differences in how each candidate would approach the job.
When the Canadian Community Newsmedia Award winners were unveiled Monday, The Lake Report garnered 22 more national awards, bringing its provincial and national total to 192 since 2020, when the paper started entering industry award competitions.
The lifelong NOTL resident is speaking publicly about what he sees as NOTL’s biggest threat: overdevelopment. "I think that it needs to be reined in — and reined in responsibly," he says.
The media were invited to tour the Old Town property last Friday to promote the Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Holiday House Tour on Dec. 5 and 6.
When it comes to the role that Indigenous peoples had in some of Canada's most significant battles, Crystal Haverstock says many Canadians are only beginning now to grasp the depth of their military service.
As world leaders from the Group of Seven nations ready to meet in Niagara-on-the-Lake this week, the family of jailed publisher and hotel owner Jimmy Lai is calling on Canada to help secure his release after more than five years in a Hong Kong prison.
Hosted by the NOTL Newcomers Association, this event will see participating organizations set up information tables inside the NOTL Community Centre for people to learn about local services.
After two Old Town residents found themselves in a bind with their insurance companies while looking to officially make their homes heritage properties, the town is freezing the designation of their homes.
The manager of Newark Neighbours, Niagara-on-the-Lake's local food bank, confirms that the numbers are going up. The reasons people are coming are "all over the map," she says.
Two ceremonies are planned for Remembrance Day on Nov. 11: the Royal Canadian Legion’s service at the Queen Street cenotaph, from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m., and a second service at the Queenston cenotaph, from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Photo radar used in school zones and community safety areas will be removed by Nov. 14 at the latest. The lord mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake says he thinks the regional speed camera program was a good one.
If funding and airline partnerships fall into place, the goal is to eventually ready the airport for regular commercial flights, connecting Niagara to major Canadian and U.S. cities.
Whether it's places like Butler's Barracks or Queenston Heights, the fact that places like Garrison Village and the Jackson-Triggs Winery used to host military training grounds, or that the Royal George Theatre was built to entertain the troops of Camp Niagara, the legacy of war is everywhere in NOTL.
The show gathered urban photographers and explorers from Niagara and beyond who capture the forgotten corners of cities and give artgoers a look at worlds they rarely see.
A meeting intended to ease tensions over new school boundaries for Niagara-on-the-Lake elementary schools has only heightened frustration among Niagara on the Green families.
The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is prioritizing the dock area as it works on an update to its master plan for the site, the town announced last Wednesday — specifically, it'll be looking at ways to make Melville Street look better and create more amenities in the area.
On a chilly Friday evening in the heart of St. Davids, a parade of strange characters filled the barrel cellar of the Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery for a night of ghouls, goblins and frights — and a little viticulture.
Since November 2016, TyVes Taekwondo in St. Davids has been a place where people, young and old, can come together to learn and practice the art of taekwondo.
There was passion aplenty at Centennial Arena last Thursday – along with scooped-out pumpkin guts – as a couple of dozen children gathered to get ready for Halloween by carving up some pumpkins into ghoulish decorations.
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is urging Canadians to donate to a newly launched emergency fund to help Jamaican farmworkers rebuild after Hurricane Melissa — the most powerful storm to ever hit the island.
Residents from the Niagara on the Green community in Niagara-on-the-Lake are challenging a District School Board of Niagara decision they say was made too quickly and without their input.
The donation contributes to the museum’s $10-million expansion project, which will add a new wing featuring an elevator, community room, guest lobby and temporary exhibit space.
When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica this week, leaving communities without power and farmworkers unable to reach their families, the Farmworker Hub in Niagara-on-the-Lake moved fast to help.
This weekend, that landscape stretches from the Legion on King Street to the haunted grounds of Fort George, with parties, live music and a few friendly frights in between.
Niagara Emergency Medical Services is looking to relocate its station in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Glendale to be closer to Virgil, in an effort to respond to more emergencies in the community faster.
