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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 chief administrator Holly Dowd retires

Niagara-on-the-Lake chief administrative officer Holly Dowd is retiring. Lord Mayor Betty Disero on Monday announced that Dowd, who has been on medical leave for several weeks,...

NOTL library to hold annual garden fundraiser with gourmet eats

The fifth Annual Garden Party, which helps to support the community garden behind the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library, is back. Starting at 6 p.m., the fundraiser will run...

NOTL Guides head to camp

Four Niagara-on-the-Lake girls are en route to “life-changing” experiences at the provincewide LEAP camp for Girl Guides Canada at Doe Lake Camp near Huntsville this...

Great NOTL Walkabout: Trekking down the Heritage Trail

Welcome to the latest episode of the Great NOTL Summer Walkabout, a summer-long series of stories that will take you to all corners of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Heritage festival raises $2,000 for NOTL museum

“The Past is Present” Heritage Festival at the NOTL museum raised more than $2,000 for museum programs on Monday.

Thirty Bench Wine Makers’ 25th anniversary: photo gallery

Thirty Bench Wine Makers' celebrated their 25th Anniversary at an exclusive tasting of current and back vintage Thirty Bench wines.

Scout leader Mike Scott: Changing young people’s lives

For the past few weeks, Mike Scott has been in a West Virginia mountain haven, as co-leader of one of the largest World Scout Jamborees ever mounted—almost 45,000 Scouts (age 14-17) and leaders from some 120 countries.

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