"Our leadership gave the final green light to a modern complex that will forever, irrevocably, irreversibly change our landmark street. Not since 1847 when the Courthouse was built has anyone done this," writes Garth Turner.
"'Heartbreak House' is a profound examination of generational change, of dreams and ambitions shattered by war, of industry and government overturning social programs in favour of exploitation," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"What do we want our legislative bodies — municipal and provincial — to do to underwrite our shared wish relative to protecting Ontario’s heritage?" writes Brian Marshall.
"Do some patients with mid-to-late-stage dementia have abnormal electrical activity in their brains that contributes to their cognitive decline?" writes Dr. William Brown.
"Hats off to our first responders. These brave people go toward the fires to save lives and limit damage. Most people flee fires," writes Ross Robinson.
Dear editor:
The prettiest town in Canada seems to be dividing itself from the inside. The current “residents against tourism industry” climate scares me. Twelve years...
Sometimes the undertakings of government leave me confused. Take, for example, the recent draft bylaw addressing garage setbacks introduced by town council on Feb. 3.
In...
Dear editor:
We would like to address the idea of hollowing out of NOTL that was mentioned in three letters in your recent Feb. 27 edition.
Two of the...
Dear editor:
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss with editor Richard Harley his solutions to the supposed short-term rental problem in Niagara-on-the-Lake, (editorial, Feb. 20,...
Niagara College Teaching Winery
135 Taylor Rd., NOTL
One of the wine experts at the Niagara College Teaching Winery will lead your group out to their vineyards (weather permitting)...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding editor Richard Harley’s Feb. 20 editorial, “Solution needed for short-term rentals.”
There needs to be a response to this editorial because...
Dear editor:
This very morning I had the pleasure of reading your detailed and extremely informative editorial on short-term rentals and the like, (“Solution needed...
Congratulations to town council for declaring a climate emergency on Monday.
It’s good to see that our elected officials recognize the advice of the world’s...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
In 1979, Frans De Waal, then a young primatologist, wrote what turned out to be a bestseller, “Chimpanzee...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the story “South Landing Inn still operates today,” published on Feb. 13.
I enjoy all the History Unveiled stories, especially those of...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the editor’s note appended to the letter from Michael Howe, president of the Niagara Foundation.
The editor agrees that the prime...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
To hear proponents of evolution speak, evolution was (and is) all about natural selection by favouring certain traits, which...
Niagara-on-the-Lake has a short-term rental problem.
With the increase in investment properties and Airbnbs, and taxes on live-in bed and breakfast operators, there seems to be...
Dear editor:
I would like to comment on the issues in Samuel Young’s letter in the Feb. 13 paper, “Council caved to tourism interest in passing ‘political’ budget.”
He...
Graham McMillan
Special to The Lake Report
How much “stuff” do you own? You’ve probably never done an inventory, but you know it’s a lot.
Nature abhors...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
Three years ago, I wrote a column about sex and the elderly as a promo for an upcoming Infohealth session....
Dear editor:
In my Jan. 9 letter to the editor, (“On budget, councillors need to think like owners”), I wrote the following with respect to the upcoming budget review and...
Dear editor:
It was both disturbing and heartening to read Richard Harley’s Feb. 6 editorial “Journalists don’t answer to public relations depts.”
In the editorial an email from...
Editori's note: This submission has been updated. The letter writer originally questioned why Coun. Clare Cameron would not have volunteered for the St. Davids...
