The NOTL Icewine Village runs Jan. 17 to 18 and Jan. 24 to 25 on Queen Street. Admission is free, with opportunities to taste wine and enjoy culinary pairings with a variety of icewines.
Jim Burton says the former hospital at on Wellington Street was built by the community, for the community — and he wants it to remain a place for the people of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
"Will builders and developers have free rein to 'build, baby, build' here in NOTL and everywhere else in the province? The future of places like Niagara-on-the-Lake hang in the balance."
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From a town council perspective, Coun. Erwin Wiens called the announcement “super exciting” and praised the province for recognizing Niagara as a tourist destination, funding the Shaw Festival and exploring improvements to the Niagara District Airport.
“Reading that there could be an appointment, I had just emailed Gary to tell him I had been interested if that’s a path council was willing to take,” Andrew Niven said.
Harvest may be nearing a close, but Oral Walters and Wayne Blake won’t be going home until the last grapes are picked and sorted. Together, they share their experience working at Stratus Vineyards this fall during harvest season.
Local animal advocates are calling on pet owners to make sure their cats are neutered and spayed after a number of kittens were allegedly dumped in NOTL.
With better-than-expected fall weather — sunny and a comfortable 20 degrees — an organizer says the scene was filled with families enjoying the activities and local vendors.
Visitors got to go inside 15 historic sites in Niagara-on-the-Lake this past weekend to learn more about the stories of the past that have shaped this town's history.
The three sessions will take place Oct. 28, 29 and 30, running from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Locals will have the opportunity to share what they think of the results.
While the lawyer hired by the town of NOTL for the Rand Estate hearing at the Ontario Land Tribunal is calling this month's ruling a "complete success," Coun. Erwin Wiens says he's frustrated the town had to enter into an approximately $3 million legal battle.
New Coun. Niven, filling a council seat left vacant in September, was formally introduced to the other councillors during Tuesday night's committee of the whole meeting, after already being sworn in earlier this week.
Three of the workers at Chateau des Charmes sit down in the warm October sunshine to talk about the season — they have been in NOTL since March and will be going back home in November.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Kaleb Dietsch made his debut as a full-time member of the Ottawa 67’s last Thursday night in St. Catharines before a crowd that included a large contingent of family and friends all there to cheer him on.
"For democracy to be successful, we have to have confidence in the people we elect ... in order to gain that confidence, we have to have transparency in the decision-making process," one NOTL resident told The Lake Report.
Early bird tickets for the Holiday House Tour, which will feature six of NOTL's historic homes lavishly decorated for the holiday season, are $45 each until Nov. 8.
In the 75 years the Queenston Volunteer Firefighters Association has been active, it has cumulatively given around $175,000 back to the community through donations.
The 2023 Shark World Championships hosted by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club in August of last year has been named winner of Sail Canada’s City of Kingston Regatta of the Year Award.
Those who were in favour of selecting Andrew Niven say the town's past decisions on handling council vacancies weren't based on a single hard-and-fast rule, as there is more than one legal option for how to fill an empty seat.
“It is amazing to think that for some 13,000 years, my ancestors have been living within the beautiful environs of the Niagara Peninsula," says co-editor Rick Hill, who will be at the Oct. 26 book launch.
New rules this year from the province of Ontario feature exemptions for development charges and an increase in the number of additional units allowable on many properties from one to two.
With the help of a Toronto executive search firm, the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is looking to select who will take over as its chief administrative officer, from a list of 10 to 12 candidates.
Members of Legion Branch 124 will be collecting donations in exchange for poppies along the streets of Niagara-on-the-Lake starting next Friday as part of the annual poppy campaign.
The lord mayor is inviting children in NOTL up to 13 years old to take part in his holiday card design contest — three winning designs will be selected and featured on the town's official holiday greeting cards.
