"Although this level of government has the greatest impact on citizens’ daily lives, it is weak, ineffectual, rudderless and dominated by special interests," writes Garth Turner.
Over the last five centuries, says Frank Lloyd Wright, what humanity has called architecture has been "phony": "It was not innate, it wasn’t organic and it didn’t have the character of nature.”
More than 40 years after the debut of this British farce on the Shaw Festival stage, "One for the Pot" returns with excellent performances that contain the elements needed to make this for-the-masses comedy a laugh riot, writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"As a pretentious British boss of mine said many years ago ... 'I have found that around the world, one can get on with two languages: English, and loud English,'" writes Ross Robinson.
"I provided you with an opportunity to do the right thing, which you have obviously declined to do. Please be advised that I intend to pursue this in the appropriate forum(s)," writes Derek Collins.
Andrea KaiserSpecial to The Lake Report
I am writing in response to a letter to the editor that appeared in The Lake Report on Feb. 25 that characterized...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to Samuel Young’s letter on making Queen Street pedestrian only, "Make Queen Street a pedestrian mall, with proper signs and...
Dear editor:
On May 8, the Ontario chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams stated that the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine would no longer be used...
Dear editor:
Kudos to Erwin and Dorothy Wiens and The Lake Report's May 13 article, "An uncomfortable message about race and tolerance."
I fully support the essence of Erwin Wiens' message...
For more than two decades in the mid-20th century, the Ranch bungalow had reigned supreme as the architectural style of choice. The sprawling single-storey...
Dear editor:
In my personal opinion the term NIMBYism (not in my backyard) is widely misunderstood and misused, and is invalid in many cases.
In it's simplest...
Dear editor:
Thank you so much for The Lake Report's article on May 13 ("An uncomfortable message about race and tolerance"), and for sharing Erwin and Dorothy Wiens' personal experiences...
Dear editor:
Few would disagree that social distancing on Queen Street during the tourist season is nigh impossible.
Using the past few weeks of traffic data,...
Dear editor:
I was surprised to read about the four-way stop being put in at the intersection of Garrison Village Drive, Perez Road and Jordan Street,...
Dear editor:
A recent letter to The Lake Report, ("Make Ryerson Park 'locals only' but open adjacent land for everyone," April 29), suggested that the defence...
Who is tired of lockdowns, shutdowns, restrictions, lineups, masks, sanitizers, social distancing, physical distancing, no congregating, no socializing, etc.?
Perhaps the better question is: Who...
Robin JinchereauSpecial to The Lake Report
You can diminish your carbon footprint by reducing or eliminating some of the products you consume or by cutting...
Julie (Sciara) McMillanMabel (Stevens) Hunter
Special to The Lake Report
When the McMillan family’s ancestors first arrived in Niagara-on the Lake, Canada was not officially a...
Dear editor:
I guess the town is not moving fast enough for the residents of Chautauqua!
On our regular drive around town on Saturday we noticed the town...
Dear editor:
As with the many changes we experienced post 9/11 (removing your shoes passing through airport security, limitations on liquids, 3.4 ounces in a...
Dear editor:
I agree with the sentiments expressed in your editorial, "Rand Estate deservea better," May 6, concerning the controversial residential development of the Rand Estate as...
It seems like forever, people and communities have had a love-hate relationship with developers and development.
Whether it was the burgeoning GTA starting in the...
No examination of church architecture in Niagara-on-the-Lake would be complete without including St. Vincent de Paul, which has been identified as “the oldest surviving...
