"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.
Dear editor:
The following open letter from Niagara Health leaders was addressed to Niagara residents. It is co-signed and supported by more than 70 other leaders across...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
In this time of lockdowns and isolation and bans on social gatherings in restaurants and pubs, sales of wine...
Dear editor:
I read with interest Dr. William Brown's April 15 column, "Our leaders have failed us too often in this pandemic."
While I agree with some of...
Dear editor:
It is difficult to understand how anyone can look so unkindly on the suffering and chronic disabilities, for example hyeracusis (acoustic shock disorder),...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to Kyra Simone's Keeping it Green column ("Celebrate nature’s essential services this Earth Day," April 15) about cleaning up garbage around town.
I...
Dear editor:
When Richard West expressed his views about unnecessary sidewalks on Anne Street in the April 15 issue of The Lake Report, ("Is new sidewalk essential or...
Dear editor:
While most people write to newspapers to complain about someone doing something wrong, when someone does something right, they also deserve to be...
Penny-Lynn Cookson
Special to The Lake Report
Oh, to be in Paris at the Folies-Bergère, home of opera, dance, comedy and acrobatics. Built in 1869, it was...
Dear editor:
There has been a lot of information published about the possibility of blood clots in persons taking the AstraZeneca vaccine. As the science...
Too little, too late and sometimes wrong: That about describes the state of the pandemic for most countries around the world.
Thank goodness for success stories...
It is a fact that well-constructed buildings will often outlive the purpose for which they were originally intended.
Churches without congregations, factories that cannot support...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding your story, "Town hires 'fairness monitor' to oversee potential sale of old Niagara-on-the-Lake hospital site," (April 8).
I may be...
Ross RobinsonSpecial to The Lake Report
As we continue to wrassle with COVID-19, we must retain our ability to smile. As importantly, we must retain our...
Dear editor:
Niagara-on-the-Lake, widely referred to as the prettiest town in Canada, is blessed with many assets as well as outstanding beauty.
Take, for example, the...
Dear editor:
I take exception to your reporting on the Hummel Properties Inc. lawsuit against the Town of NOTL headlined as an alleged "insidious scheme" by the mayor...
Penny-Lynn Cookson
Special to The Lake Report
In the battle against COVID-19, the latest lockdown decree from the provincial government advises us to continue avoiding close...
