"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.
Out of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France came an architectural style that attempted to combine functionalism liberally sprinkled with ornamental elements borrowed from...
As all my regular readers know, I believe the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake requires a comprehensive set of architectural guidelines that is both descriptive and...
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.
Dr. William...
Dear editor:
I am writing further to The Lake Report's front-page story, "Town of NOTL needs to find additional revenue sources: Bisback," published on Feb....
Dear editor:
The Chautauqua neighbourhood needs speed bumps!
There was a real traffic problem in this area last summer and it will be worse this coming...
Dear editor:
This dark photograph shows two unidentifiable, very hard-to-see NOTLers walk their dog on a cold, still, precious evening last week.
I I love my neighbours and...
It's been well-documented that Niagara-on-the-Lake council meetings go on and on and ... among the longest in the region.
Recognizing the problem, councillors last fall even...
Editor's Note: Life since COVID-19 has changed things for all of us. We’ve experienced hardships, heartaches, and challenges, but also new and sometimes unexpected...
Dear editor:
I read with interest the opinion piece in The Lake Report from our Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli, ("Trudeau has mismanaged pandemic response," Jan. 28).
Having managed...
Dear editor:
Before Christmas someone wrote regarding his objection to the recommendation by MPP Wayne Gates that the Ontario government take over the management of...
Dear editor:
Dumbfounded or gobsmacked for my fellow U.K. expats, disgusted and incensed was my immediate reaction to the Jan. 28 The Lake Report article, "Town looking for vaccine...
Dear editor:
It is very disappointing to see our MPP Wayne Gates simply playing politics when many are trying their best to find solutions to minimize...
The detour on Mississagua Street (or should it be Mississauga?) near Queen is certainly welcome news.
But I was shocked, shocked to read the project would not be finished...