"How will heavy construction be handled during the next three summers when Queen is shoulder-to-shoulder with tourists, cars are everywhere and festival season arrives?" writes Garth Turner.
"This simplistic design approach to apartment buildings has dominated the sector for decades and has resulted in a quasi-institutionalized environment within the resultant neighbourhoods," writes Brian Marshall.
"Are we getting better when compared to other nations? Perhaps, but there are so many more events now. Many more opportunities to grab a medal," writes Ross Robinson.
"AlphaFold2 was like a loyal grad student who learned under the tutelage of humans at Google — not human of course, but a student nontheless and perhaps deserving of a share in the prize," writes Dr. William Brown.
Dear editor:
Regarding your June 6 editorial about the numerous accidents with that big maple tree on Lakeshore Road ("No more fatalities — cut down...
Dear editor:
There are two development proposals for major hotels in Niagara-on-the-Lake that have council approvals. Both require amendments to the town’s official plan and...
Dear editor:
So, Rainer Hummel says Benny Marotta's proposed five-star hotel is needed, ("‘This is not Disneyland’: Residents angered after two hotels approved," The Lake...
Dear editor:
The 5-4 verdict by council on major hotel development proposals is a great wrong. It feels like a crime. A political crime.
Therefore, this...
Dear editor:
The Niagara Foundation presented to council last Tuesday about a proposed land use change for 325 King St., the former location of Parliament...
Dear editor:
The June 6 story, "New crossover lights are a safety hazard, residents say," is an interesting article, however I think more reporting and...
Dear editor:
The basis for councillors approving the zoning change for the former Parliament Oak school site is that the town is desperately in need...
As a species, humans consider themselves set apart from all other species because we possess gifts denied other creatures: our considerable powers of imagination,...
The first black hole was not photographed until 2019. It's gargantuan, billions of times the mass of the sun and much larger than the giant black hole found at the centre of our Milky Way, for which studies a Nobel prize was awarded and shared with evidence that general relativity provided a "robust explanation" for the shape of black holes.
Dear editor:
With the ever-increasing approvals of multi-storey condo buildings, highrise hotels, Dairy Queen, the Tour de France every weekend on our roads and residential...
For the nay-sayers who lamented, "Please, not another 'My Fair Lady,' " rest assured, the performances and presentation of this musical comedy are stellar, with a depth of social issues still relevant today.
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to speak in various venues about heritage architecture.
During these talks, one of the things I’ve consistently noted...
Dear editor:
The process for considering development applications in Niagara-on-the-Lake needs to be more transparent.
Of late, it appears, almost anything goes, regardless of the town's...
Dear editor:
I am appalled and beyond disappointed that our town representatives could conceive, in their wildest nightmares, of the proposed hotel at Queen and...
Dear editor:
Last week's charity golf tournament organized by Evan and Jessie MacDonald, of MAC Inc. in Niagara-on-the-Lake, was a remarkable success, raising $16,268 for...
Tony Chisholm
Special to The Lake Report
The Upper Canada Heritage Trail committee was established in 2017 to develop the old rail line in Niagara-on-the-Lake into...
