The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is currently not spending enough to maintain its roads, pipes and other municipal infrastructure, with a new plan identifying that the town is $13 million short on funding annually.
Niagara-on-the-Lake took its top priorities directly to the province earlier this week, pressing for progress on the proposed Glendale Eco-Park, affordable housing and renewed municipal funding at the 2026 Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference.
Apart from the extra costs imposed on businesses, one Queen Street merchant said she foresees "seven different trucks coming up and down the street" at different times in the future, which she does not think is a good look on a place meant for tourists.
Niagara-on-the-Lake might've spent last weekend digging its way out of the snowstorm that hit the region on Thursday, but come Friday and Saturday, hundreds were out on Queen Street deciding to embrace the joys that winter can bring — in this case, its liquid gold.
Firefighters’ bunker gear is designed to protect them in emergencies — but after a fire, that same equipment can carry cancer-causing contaminants, making access to clean backup gear critical.
The letter says the theatre cannot be reduced below its current 38,000-square-foot design without triggering a full redesign the charity cannot afford after spending more than $4 million on engineering and earlier revisions.
An intersection out in the farmlands is getting turned into an all-way stop after town staff shared that it's been the site of multiple collisions over the past couple of years — including five this year alone.
A group of local volunteers has raised more than $85,000 for a program that trains service dogs to help veterans and first responders coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.
A resident says the former Parliament Oak school redevelopment could worsen flooding along the nearby One Mile Creek if construction isn't properly managed.
"It's really just a place of community here," says Klassen. "We have an amazing core group of volunteers who become like your second family." She's nominated for a Women in Business Award in the not-for-profit category.
The season includes “Funny Girl,” running April 24 to Oct. 3, with Sara Farb making her Shaw debut as Fanny Brice alongside Qasim Khan as Nick Arnstein. Eda Holmes directs.
During the press conference for Canada, The Lake Report asked the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, whether foreign ministers will be pressing China about Hong Kong’s national security law and pushing for the release of Jimmy Lai in a unified voice.
Tears fell in Simcoe Park on Wednesday as residents, politicians and family members gathered in Niagara-on-the-Lake to demand freedom for Jimmy Lai — the Hong Kong publisher, democracy advocate and local hotelier now imprisoned for his beliefs.
On Wednesday afternoon in St. Catharines Superior Court, Justice Michael Bordin ordered Moore to serve 11 months in custody followed by a 20-month driving ban.
Museum CEO and curator Sarah Kaufman became emotional during her remarks, saying the funding was a long time coming and that she was grateful for the support.
Niagara-on-the-Lake town council has delayed a decision on the Shaw Festival’s proposed redesign of the Royal George Theatre to allow more consultation with the theatre company — during a meeting that ended with Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa leaving in frustration.
Major flooding hit Michael Watson’s property twice in 2024, damaging hundreds of young peach trees and about 20 to 30 per cent of his greenhouse production area.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is looking to settle a dispute with a Niagara-based homebuilder after he appealed to allow for specific exceptions to development plans for his property near Queenston.
For Niagara-on-the-Lake's British Army veteran Peter Warrack, remembrance is not only a day on the calendar but a daily duty: "Without our forces and our peacekeepers, we wouldn’t have the life that we live, which is a very privileged one."
Carvers from across Ontario gathered at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre last weekend for Wonders of Wood, where intricate creations and heartfelt stories revealed how carving continues to inspire creativity, connection and healing across generations.
A Niagara-on-the-Lake man has been arrested in connection with a series of indecent acts and assaults reported in Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake over three days, police say.
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.
