"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.
Kevin MacLeanRichard Harley
The Lake Report
Like most minorities and people who have endured decades of discrimination, members of the LGBTQ+ community have fought long and...
Another groggy early morning in downtown Chautauqua and the garbage truck is noisily making its way along our streets.
Ah hah. It’s Friday! How many...
About 100,000 years ago, 36 stocky people walked along a beach in southern Spain leaving footprints behind in the sand which later fossilized.
Most were...
Dear editor:
I have just finished reading Brian Marshall’s July 1 Arch-i-text column twice, concerning the Parliament Oak site and what is proposed for its development, "Parliament Oak questions."
I...
Dear editor:
I have spent hours studying the various reports and submissions for the proposal for the Parliament Oak site.
Thousands of words, trying to convince me...
Dear editor:
Most of the right things about the inhuman atrocity that were the residential schools are being said in the media.
But often writers and...
Dear editor:
The Pillar and Post "Monet" gardens are an emotional delight to the senses.
While absorbing the visual impact, my mood lifted and I thought...
Dear editor:
Not sure where this town is going, but this sign "celebrating traditional marriage" is definitely not the right way.
I was on my way to...
Dear editor:
What is civilization? From the dictionary, “a civilization is a complex human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain characteristics of...
David IsraelsonSpecial to The Lake Report
What should we do about Canada Day 2021?
It’s hard for anyone with a conscience not to be conflicted about...
The people who attended the anti-lockdown rally on the weekend should be ashamed and embarrassed.
Regardless of your stance on lockdowns, the rally was a...
For most healthy, middle-aged and especially younger people, infection with COVID-19 has been a non-event – a positive PCR test with few, if any symptoms...
Now that summer is here, some of the most beautiful, delicate insects are emerging and adding colour to our gardens.
Butterflies and moths are vital...
Dear editor:
During the early days of the pedophile priest scandals, what we all thought were isolated cases turned out to be, and continues to this...
Dear editor:
I enjoy Ross Robinson's cheerful articles but object to his call to remove Egerton Ryerson's name from the park in Niagara-on-the-Lake ("Town needs to rename Ryerson...
This afternoon I parked beside the old Parliament Oak school property and walked the block imagining the development as proposed by the owners, Liberty...
Please be kind to me as I ramble way out of my depth. But we need to talk.
Hundreds of unmarked graves. Islamophobia. Micro-aggressions. LGBTQ+ conversations....
Kevin MacLeanManaging Editor
We live in a white supremacist society.
This doesn’t mean people attending clandestine KKK meetings, but rather that our world’s dominant social, cultural...
