"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 editor:
Perhaps you have spared yourself the ordeal of daily news presentations.
Then you have not seen the public face of Premier Doug Ford who is...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
Patients, who recover from COVID-19 – especially those sick enough to need care in an intensive care unit and assisted...
Dear editor:
A concerning COVID-19 study, out of the USA , has alarming consequences for resident populations under 50,000 people.
To date the concentration of deaths have...
Dear editor:
As a global, philosophical, necessary conversation rages on regarding the future role and look of policing, please permit me to make a very...
The anti-racism rally in Niagara-on-the-Lake last week brought out about 400 people to stand in solidarity with black members of our community and around the world.
It...
The following is a partial text of Queenston resident Yvonne Bredow’s speech to the crowd at last week’s anti-racism rally at Voices of Freedom Park...
Dear editor:
We are angered and saddened by the senseless murder and violence suffered by members of the black and Indigenous communities, not only in...
Dear editor:
At the corner of Front and Simcoe streets near the entrance to the Fort Mississauga pathway stands a crooked, derelict flag pole, minus the flag.
I...
The following is a letter sent to The Lake Report and short-term rental operators in Niagara-on-the-Lake by NOTL Bed & Breakfast Association president David Levesque.
As...
Dear editor:
A news report last week stated that more, and more less fortunate, seniors from NOTL, are using the Newark Neighbours food bank to supplement their food...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
Given that the most common cause of death in COVID-19 is what’s been aptly called ARDS (Acute Respiratory Disease...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
Ever since COVID-19 emerged in China in late November this virus has kept the experts guessing. Despite similarities...
Dear editor:
While I was at Niagara-on-the-Lake's Voices of Freedom Park on Monday, a young mother came by with her three- or four-year-old son, Graham.
They brought...
The following is a letter to New Democrat MPP Wayne Gates. A copy was submitted to The Lake Report for publication.
Since I have not seen a formal apology...
Dear editor:
An advertisement in your newspaper on May 28 featuring a message from the interim CAO of Niagara-on-the-Lake, presumably using public funds, presents an interesting insight into...
Dear editor:
More than 80 per cent of COVID-19 deaths have occurred in seniors long-term care homes.
The outbreak, as quoted by 86-year-old Marie D'Rozario, a Toronto-area resident,...
