"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 TONY CHISHOLM, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
Re: the letter: Who wants to live beside a party house?, published May 9, the answer of course is...
At the beginning of last week’s Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing regarding SORE obtaining party status in ongoing litigation, Two Sisters Resorts Corp. lawyer Michael...
SUBMITTED BY DEBORAH SYMINGTON, NOTL.OPINION
Dear editor:
This letter is in response to Jason Clements' May 2 letter, (Short-term visitors are vital to NOTL's economy).
Unfortunately, many...
SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL MACDONALD, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor:
I was disappointed but not surprised when managing editor Kevin MacLean’s opinion piece (Stand up for libraries. And education. And...
SUBMITTED BY LOU FEDORKOW, QUEENSTON.OPINION
Dear Editor:
The interlibrary loan program has been the primary service I use at the NOTL library, as I am largely...
SUBMITTED BY DEBI GOODWIN, HARMONY RESIDENTS GROUP, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor:
Thanks to James Tupman for acknowledging clarifications that I made in a letter to address a letter he’d sent...
SUBMITTED BY JASON CLEMENTS, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor:
Do we not want tourists coming to NOTL?
I agree that local bylaws should be followed and all short-term rentals...
SUBMITTED BY VICTORIA MORLEY, NOTL.OPINION
In response to Brian Marshall’s feature Architext printed March 28, 2019 where he says, “I fail to understand people who...
SUBMITTED BY STEPHEN OPRICI, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor,
NOTL has a strong base of intelligent, proud and caring residents devoted to the preservation of historic sites, built...
SUBMITTED BY DEBORAH SYMINGTON, GARRISON VILLAGE, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor,
This is in response to the letter to the editor, by Alison Hepburn, dated April 4, 2019.
NO. The...
SUBMITTED BY JAMES TUPMAN, COLONEL BUTLER CRESCENT, NOTL.OPINION
Dear Editor,
We all should thank Debi Goodwin and the Harmony Residents Group she represents for clarifying the...
SUBMITTED BY DEBI GOODWIN, HARMONY RESIDENTS GROUP BOARD MEMBER.OPINION
While the Harmony Residents Group welcomes any discussion of what should become of the Department of...
