"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.
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:
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:
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:
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...
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...
