"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
Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli's op-ed column last week, ("Liberal budget shortchanges tourism sector"), omitted key facts about the federal government’s support for tourism...
Dear editor:
I commend The Lake Report, and specifically Kevin MacLean, for reaching out to me directly and quickly after I expressed concern about political...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding our MP Tony Baldinelli's guest column, "Liberal budget shortchanges tourism sector," published April 29.
I object to this blatant political advertisement...
Dear editor:
With regards to Niagara-on-the-Lake's public parks needing to be inclusive to “everyone,” I agree with Coun. Erwin Wiens.
Where I differ with his opinion is the use...
Dear editor:
We often walk to Ryerson Park and notice drivers looking for parking. They can hardly find any.
The residents living in the area surrounding Ryerson...
Dear editor:
In the April 29 article in The Lake Report, "NOTL seeks feedback on Ryerson Park," Coun. Erwin Wiens took the opportunity to make many remarks about...
Dear editior:
Don Cameron’s response ("Perhaps U.K. visitor should reconsider plans," April 8) to my April 1 letter ("For U.K. visitor and son with autism, bird cannon...
It’s 1852 in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the second Presbyterian church in town had just opened its doors. Built a mere five-minute walk from St. Andrew’s...
Dear editor:
As I write this on April 23, Ontario is registering between 3,000 and 4,000 new positive cases of COVID-19 daily with some 700 people in...
Dear editor:
A letter writer wrote to express his frustration that your paper seemed to criticize our prime minister, ("Keep opinions in the opinion section," April 15). Apparently he...
Back in Canada's wonderful and chest-expanding 1967 Centennial Year, which was also my second year of Grade 13 at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in St....
Dear editor:
The lack of public consultation on the future of the former hospital site in Old Town is concerning.
During the 2018 municipal election campaign,...
Dear editor:
I was surprised to find that Penny-Lynn Cookson in her detailed description of "L'Absinthe" by Degas (Eye for Art, April 22) did not mention the...
Dear editor:
In a letter to The Lake Report on April 15, ("Town was right to impose development freeze"), I expressed my personal opinions concerning developer Rainer Hummel and his...
Dear editor:
Sincere thanks to Dr. William Brown and his family for sharing their own personal journey through the unimaginable effects of isolation, ("Imagine isolation in...
Dear editor:
For many years, my mother Brigitte Knauer lovingly tended the graves of her mother, mother-in-law and sister, as well as that of her husband Harry Knauer (my...
Tony BaldinelliSpecial to NIagara Now/The Lake Report
On April 19, the federal government unveiled their long-awaited budget.
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to participate in...
Robin Jinchereau
Special to The Lake Report
Most of us are aware that carbon emissions are increasing globally and this results in global climate change.
The International...
Drs. William Brown, Martha Truncale and Timothy BrownSpecial to The Lake Report
With this the third surge, Ontario enters yet another lockdown to contain the spread of a...
Dear editor:
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Lake Report since it began publishing a few years ago. Coverage of our town council meetings, our...
