"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.
SUBMITTED BY PATRICIA GREGOIRE, ST. DAVIDS.OPINION
Dear editor:
I am thrilled and delighted to announce that, finally, after two years, the weeding of the landscaping on...
SUBMITTED BY ANGELA WELCH, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
The Garrison Village community of Niagara-on-the-Lake has had some problems of late with Airbnbs, though not all are operated without consideration...
SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL EAGEN, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
I would like to compliment Hermine Steinberg on her timely article on the present economic trend regarding the very uneven distribution...
It’s been a tough few days in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Tragedy struck late Saturday night when a 33-year-old seasonal farm worker from Mexico was killed by the...
SUBMITTED BY SYLVIA ANGELKOTTER, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
I have to tell you of my experience on a recent Sunday at an open-air recording at St. Saviour’s Church...
SUBMITTED BY RICK MELOEN, HERITAGE TRAIL COMMITTEE.
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to the article “Trekking down the Heritage Trail,” (The Lake Report, Aug. 1),...
SUBMITTED BY SCOTT HANSON, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
The anti-horse carriage demonstrations continue and I wonder about Canadian law.
As an American who lived through the civil rights demonstrations...
SUBMITTED BY JENNIFER JONES-BUTSKI, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
I want to address an article that I read in the St. Catharines Standard.
It was about a NOTL woman named...
SUBMITTED BY LYNDA COLLET, NOTL.
Dear editor:
I would like to offer a huge thank you to the gentleman who very kindly returned my ID (which included...
SUBMITTED BY LEO VISSER, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
I have just a simple question.
If this group called SORE (Save Our Randwood Estate) wants to keep Randwood as-is,...
