"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.
I am not going to discuss the many yea's and nays of the all-important and increasingly emotional "vaccine or no vaccine" debate.
Atypically, symptomatically or asymptomatically, I put...
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...
Dear editor:
Bird cannon explosions will start again in a couple of months. These are a source of major stress for all residents living near vineyards.
These cannons...
The NOTL Chamber of Commerce, Lord Mayor Betty Disero and chief administrative officer Marnie Cluckie last week held their first state of the town address,...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Vincent van Gogh left the Netherlands to join his art dealer brother Theo in Paris where he would...
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library.
In 1940,...
Dear editor:
In response to a letter by Samuel Young, "Seniors conflicted on AstraZeneca vaccine," I can understand where a little science might seem intimidating, so...
Dear editor:
A dear friend told me recently that one of her relatives had an unusual experience after receiving a second COVID shot.
The relative expected that...
Niagara's paramedics deserve recognition as Pandemic Heroes, says retired paramedic educator Rick Chandler.
In nominating the region's paramedics, he noted that every day they respond to calls...
Dear editor:
We’ve all seen, heard and read a lot (too much?) about Canada’s COVID vaccination situation – most of it negative.
I shouldn’t comment on the macro...
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. ________________________________________
We learned...
Dear editor:
It is not at all surprising that the long-term construction hoarding on Queen Street erected by Solmar (developer Benny Marott) and Niacon in place...
Dear editor:
On vineyards where propane cannons are detonating (decibels 120 to 130 known to cause health issues to hearing and nervous system) are workers...
Dear editor:
The author of the March 4 letter, “Town needs homes to better respect NOTL heritage,” has no inkling of the specific area’s heritage at all.
Does...
Dear editor:
Canadians ought to be ashamed that Ralph Dangelmaier, an 83-year-old American from Florida (who is here with his wife, a Canadian, while she...
Dear editor:
My wife and I visited the MacBain Community Centre in Niagara Falls on Sunday morning, March 21, for our scheduled COVID-19 vaccination shots.
We were both...
If you're like us, the first reaction to Niagara Region's plan for COVID-19 vaccine clinics for those over age 80 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, might have been: what...
