"A&M are pumping their latest project. It’s a whopper. If the sisters get their way with local politicians (once again), the old Rand Estate will turn into a five-storey, 111-room luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel," writes Garth Turner.
"Should any future council enact an interim control bylaw, underwritten by a duly compliant study, it will be largely legally unassailable," writes Brian Marshall.
"Niagara-on-the-Lake should not be treated as an extension of a 'Vegas North' casino economy. We are not a desert entertainment strip," writes Keith McNenly.
"I have heard that during his 26 years as mayor, Henry Paffard advocated for the planting of over 1,000 trees. By any measure, that’s a lot of limbs and leaves and shade and oxygen. And with trees come squirrels," writes Ross Robinson.
"Regardless of differences of opinion over development projects, I recognize that public discourse should be conducted respectfully and without casting aspersions on others," writes Stewart Hall.
Dear editor:
Kudos to Paul McHoull for last week’s letter, ("Historic hotel deserves commemoration,") about the hotel that once stood at Queen's Royal Park and about...
Dear editor:
As we head into another general election, there is an abundance of evidence there are two segments of our population that politicians of all stripes...
Ross Robinson
Special to The Lake Report
Two aging and wily high-level tennis players and two teenaged and upcoming athletes competed fiercely in the opening round...
Unlike simple cells such as archaea and bacteria, viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID) are unable to make copies of themselves without host...
Dear editor:
?In your original article about Virgil resident Rudi Koller's "Celebrating Our Traditional Marriage" sign, (" 'Traditional marriage' lawn sign decried as homophobic, hateful," July 8), he said he...
Dear editor:
For many Niagara residents, the Civic Holiday weekend is an unfortunate milestone.
It’s when some of our Niagara farmers start their practice of using...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to MP Tony Baldinelli's opinion piece, "The Conservatives have plan to fight climate change" (Aug. 12).
"Human activities are having a real...
Dear editor:
I agree with much of what letter writer Elizabeth Masson has to say about the NOTL gateway project ("Like gateway project, town survey is deeply flawed," Aug. 12)...
Dear editor:
Regarding the new all-way stop and the traffic "bump out" at the intersection of Mississagua and Queen streets, I feel Niagara-on-the-Lake just joined...
Dear editor:
CAA Niagara has come up with an innovative business advertising campaign with the support of its municipal partners, including the Niagara Regional Police.
While...
In Ontario there is a legal statute called the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a behemoth piece of legislation designed...
Dear editor:
Part of the letter written by Derek Insley ("Developer is entitled to appeal ruling, and let's be patient with gateway plan," Aug. 5), in...
Dear editor:
My husband and I are taxpaying seniors who take walks most days for our physical and mental well-being. We live near Niagara Stone Road and...
Dear editor:
I just drove along the street beside the NOTL golf course to Niagara Stone Road.
Three new stop signs, which in my opinion are not necessary,...
Dear editor:
When is an expert an expert? It depends on the context.
Suppose Richard Harley (the author of "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional...
