A 27-year-old man is facing impaired and dangerous driving charges after police say his vehicle went airborne and slammed into a building early Wednesday morning, causing an estimated $120,000 in damage.
The annual scavenger hunt event raised $75,000 for the respite care organization, allowing it to comfortably finish the project of rebuild its main facility, set to reopen the start of next year.
Some voters came to town hall Wednesday morning convinced Niagara-on-the-Lake needs to change course. Others came because voting early was simply easier. And some came away thinking there is not much to fix at all.
Timothy and Frances Price have been attending plays at the Shaw Festival since the '80s, the same decade the theatre company expanded to putting on productions at the Royal George on Queen Street. "We enjoyed the town, we enjoyed the plays and the community," said Tim.
Youth took the lead at the Niagara Regional Native Centre’s annual powwow Saturday, connecting culture and celebration. “The powwow is a deep place in connection,” said Lou Davis, one of the event's youth co-ordinators. “I’ve been coming here since I was a fresh newborn and came into this world.”
The asset management plan will guide decisions on maintaining and investing in critical infrastructure such as roads, water systems, parks and recreation facilities.
Queenston marked Laura Secord’s 250th on Saturday with speeches, a cake crafted by Niagara College and a pointed reminder that local history links to today’s cross-border economy.
A human skull discovered near Read Road and the shore of Lake Ontario late last month has led to a homicide investigation, Niagara Regional Police confirmed.
The 45th annual Terry Fox Run set off from Simcoe Park in Old Town on Sept. 14, with teams of local business, cancer survivors and families joining a community push to finish what Terry Fox started.
Friends and fellow gardeners are remembering Joanne Young for her vast knowledge in all things horticulture and her lighthearted teaching style. She was 56.
The Sept. 18 presentation will examine how museums around the world built their collections over the past century — and the ethical dilemmas many now face as a result.
After more than seven years searching for life beyond Earth at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Danielle Simkus has returned to...
Access to Brock’s Monument will be closed starting this month for major masonry repairs, backed by a $1.1-million federal investment. Work is expected to...
Overcrowding at St. Davids Public School has prompted renewed calls for safety improvements, but the District School Board of Niagara says it won’t provide...
Almost everyone who was alive on Sept. 11, 2001, remembers where they were when the planes struck, Kathy Weiss, president of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber...
Konzelmann Estate Winery faced further criticism from residents on Tuesday as its proposal to create a wedding ceremony space went before council. Concerns were...
It’s been 75 years since the doors of a Niagara-on-the-Lake institution first opened.
Penner Home Hardware, or "Penners" as most locals know it, celebrated its...
Tensions flared at a Niagara-on-the-Lake council planning committee meeting Tuesday, as residents expressed frustration over a proposed private road through the Rand Estate.
Council chambers...
The sun is setting on the Royal George Theatre.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake municipal heritage committee has approved the demolition of two heritage buildings at 178–188 Victoria...
Published by Mosaic Press, the book tells the life of Bosc Sr., a fifth-generation French-Algerian winegrower, who fled Algeria in 1962 and later carried out Ontario’s first commercial planting of vinifera grapes.
NEWS UPDATE, Tuesday, September 9: This story has been updated to reflect that police confirmed there is no risk to public safety.
Homicide detectives are...
What started as an attempt to put out a fire on a street sweeper last Wednesday led to 25 litres of oil being spilled in the Virgil Reservoir. Now, the province has gotten involved and is monitoring the situation.
More than 50 people attended a virtual open house hosted by the town on Tuesday, where Solmar presented its latest attempt to rezone land near the historic Rand Estate. Most participants expressed strong disapproval of the project.
In the past, Queen’s Royal, home to the town’s famous gazebo, has often been declared unsafe, so this year The Lake Report obtained and analyzed water test data gathered by Niagara Region staff to determine how good — or bad — the situation was.
Twelve-year-old Logan Loewen is one of five finalists in the Youth Athlete of the Year competition, raising money for two cancer research institutes in honour of his late grandmother, who died of cancer in February.
