"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:
I had the privilege (yes, privilege) to be involved with this year’s federal election.
My curiosity motivated my intentions regarding the electoral process in...
Dear editor:
I have been staying on York Road toward Queenston in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the last two weeks and have had a most unpleasant experience which...
Dear editor:
By the time you receive this response to the ludicrous letter to the editor from Elizabeth Oliver-Malone (“Attacks on Trudeau are more Conservative misinformation,” Oct....
Dear editor:
Thank you for featuring discussions in The Lake Report on the forthcoming crucial federal election, which will determine what type of country we...
Dear editor:
Thank you for the wonderful letter to the editor, (“More good things happen in Niagara-on-the-Lake,” Oct. 10), from Jane Calver regarding the helpful young man who stopped...
Four years ago, prior to the 2015 federal election, Scott Finlay of the Friends of Fort George shared these thoughts on Facebook. The posting popped onto...
Majority governments be
Based upon minority.
Minority governments be
Based on a majority.
Voters practice to believe.
Leaders practice to deceive.
This all in the bag of tricks
We call Canadian...
Dear editor:
Here we go again with letter writer George Warkentin’s attacks of misinformation, (“It’s not possible to defend actions of PM Trudeau,” Oct. 10).
Just read PM...
Dear editor:
We live on York Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake, between St. David’s and Queenston. Some of us have been neighbours for more than 40 years.
Until propane-fired cannon...
Dear editor:
When Niagara-on-the-Lake’s infrastructure – roads, sidewalks, wastewater treatment system, parking spaces – are already being used beyond their capacity, and residents will almost...
Every four years or so we get to exercise an inalienable democratic right by choosing our elected representatives in Ottawa.
For the past five weeks, and...
Dear editor:
I would like to respond to my critic, (letter, Oct. 3, "I trust Trudeau to deal with climate crisis, wage gap").
I totally understand your frustration,...
