"Some homeowners pay fees and plant replacement trees in good faith, while others, it turns out, can appeal and be exempt from the law as written. Ridiculous," writes Kenton Needham.
"Accessibility is not just about complying with the law. It is about hospitality. It says that every customer matters and every visitor deserves the opportunity to enjoy everything our beautiful store has to offer," writes Cheryl Katz.
"I take the aerial view of the Parliament Oak fiasco surrounded by the large green trees and surrounding side streets ... as devastating, sad and tragic," writes Richard Peter Rand.
"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.”
Kyra Simone
Special to The Lake Report
Canadians produce 25 per cent more waste around the holidays than any other time of year. But simple switches can...
David IsraelsonSpecial to The Lake Report
Did Ontario Premier Doug Ford think that because we’re in a pandemic, nobody would notice how he keeps trying...
The following letter was sent to NOTL town and regional councillors and a copy was submitted to The Lake Report.
Dear councillors:
After reading the headline in...
Dear editor;
"The famous personages of Randwood," (The Lake Report, Dec. 3), part one in a series on the Rand Estate is an interesting article written...
Dear editor:
I'm a 79-year-old resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
I walk the Niagara Botanical Gardens and adjacent hydro corridors almost every second or third day.
I often see...
Dear editor:
Thank you so very much for the wonderful exposure in The Lake Report prior to our cat rescue event, "Fundraiser supports NOTL Cats Rescue," (Nov....
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...
To achieve a seamless presentation when renovating any type of house involves equal measures of art and discipline.
Unfortunately, far too often art trumps discipline,...
Unfortunately, misinformation is everywhere in 2020.
And unfortunately, some of that misinformation made it into a public meeting of Niagara-on-the-Lake council last week thanks to...
Dear editor:
I am very concerned about the process undertaken by the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake with respect to its proposed changes to the short-term rental bylaw.
Discussing specific changes...
Dear editor:
I have followed the recent discussion regarding proposals to limit short-term rentals to owner-occupied properties, with interest and sadness.
We have visited Niagara-on-the-Lake on a...
Dear editor:
A recent letter to The Lake Report extolled the virtues of Sweets and Swirls, the NOTL Community Centre cafe.
The writer felt the cafe’s...
Dear editor:
First let me preface this letter by strongly stating that the taxpayers, not tourists from Texas nor Hamilton etc., elect the lord mayor 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...
Ross Robinson
Special to The Lake Report
After the wonderful discovery of the Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls last weekend, I have again struck...
Dear editor:
I am happy with the town's proposal that short-term rental houses should be owner-occupied and their licences should be issued only to NOTL residents. This...
Our town council deserves massive applause for taking a head-on approach to tackling the issue of short-term rentals in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Council is moving to restrict all...
Dear editor:
The Friends of Ryerson Park is a very large group of NOTL residents that has identified the issues and remedies to the extensive problems...
Ross RobinsonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Do yourselves a favour, and enjoy an incredible evening drive to Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls. Trust...
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 had to read Mike Kennan’s Oct. 26 column "Should seniors engage in regular exercise?" twice to decide if was he simply poking a little humour...
