"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:
I am writing in regard to the article "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional marriage' sign," published on July 29.
If the editor had...
Tony BaldinelliSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Climate change is an important issue facing our generation and generations that will come after us. Human activities...
In last week’s column we reviewed a number of considerations related to context being fundamental in developing good residential infill design. Height, massing, topography,...
No one knows when storytelling began but it would have required symbolic thought and language and the cognitive ability to imagine and literally "talk about" the...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Is there a more rhapsodic image of intimate love than Gustav Klimt’s "The Kiss"?
As we move on from...
Ross RobinsonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
I have had it with the obvious demeaning of our female athletes.
Volleyball, the indoor version, is my favourite...
Obtaining even basic information from Niagara Regional Police about incidents they are investigating or ones in which charges have been laid can mean the...
Dear editor:
I really appreciated Richard Harley’s July 29 article, "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional marriage' sign," addressing some of the responses to the...
Dear editor:
I am writing about your coverage of a Virgil man's "Celebrating our traditional marriage" sign (July 8) and your July 29 follow-up story,...
Dear editor:
It is extremely disappointing that town council is allowing the Pedal Pub to continue operations on our very busy roads in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Coun. Clare Cameron...
Sometimes it seems a higher power gets involved in our lives, creating an unique tableau that will be remembered forever.
On Sunday evening, as the sun...
Dear editor:
As more people are accommodated in the town, all the advantages they came for are disappearing: a local clinic/hospital, schools, retirement homes.
This is surely...
During my speaking engagements on Canadian architecture, one of the questions I’m most often asked is, “Do you have a favourite architectural style?”
Although I...
Penny-Lynn Cookson
Special to The Lake Report
As time and space coalesce, how will we remember these COVID-19 days, weeks, months?
Will we despair of time lost...
Dear editor:
With all the political pre-election campaigning and posturing by Justin Trudeau, the proposed border reopening on Aug. 9 not only could be scuttled by the U.S. government...
Dear editor:
I was not aware until recently that traditional marriage is under threat (" ‘Traditional marriage’ sign decried as homophobic, hateful," The Lake Report, July 8).
Same...
Dear editor:
I just can’t help but comment further on the now infamous Niagara-on-the-Lake gateway project.
It is a bit difficult to tell for sure from the...
