"Although this level of government has the greatest impact on citizens’ daily lives, it is weak, ineffectual, rudderless and dominated by special interests," writes Garth Turner.
Over the last five centuries, says Frank Lloyd Wright, what humanity has called architecture has been "phony": "It was not innate, it wasn’t organic and it didn’t have the character of nature.”
More than 40 years after the debut of this British farce on the Shaw Festival stage, "One for the Pot" returns with excellent performances that contain the elements needed to make this for-the-masses comedy a laugh riot, writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"As a pretentious British boss of mine said many years ago ... 'I have found that around the world, one can get on with two languages: English, and loud English,'" writes Ross Robinson.
"I provided you with an opportunity to do the right thing, which you have obviously declined to do. Please be advised that I intend to pursue this in the appropriate forum(s)," writes Derek Collins.
"The production value was incredible, but my basic theatrical IQ was forced to new levels by the extraordinary athleticism and body control shown by Matt Alfano as Alfie and Peter Fernandes as Francis," writes Ross Robinson.
"Perhaps it’s not too much for all of us to observe a minute’s silence on the 21st — just to think about what we might do to ease the world’s pain ourselves, or perhaps to say a silent prayer for peace," writes Hugh Church.
"Unneeded and inappropriately sited hotels, out-of-scale buildings in the wrong locations, blatant disregard for the official plan, 'the Gang of Five' with its flimsy rationales — the beat goes on," writes Terry Mactaggart.
"His editing, photo finding and encouragement helped us produce our well-read articles on the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake," write Denise Ascenzo, Linda Fritz and Elizabeth Masson.
"Gabriella is in her sixth season at Shaw and as a season pass holder I have seen her many times in a variety of shows over the years," writes Doris Bradley.
"If we really want to twin with Frankenmuth or a similar tourist destination, perhaps we should be very careful with what our town looks like to visitors," writes Bob Bader.
"Immigrants need safety and opportunity, and Western countries need their talents and energy to secure the country. It’s that simple," writes Dr. William Brown.
For almost six years, Kevin MacLean has been The Lake Report's managing editor — now, he is stepping down from overseeing the paper's day-to-day operations, though he will remain as a co-owner and regular contributor.
"There’s no escape: good genes, a healthy lifestyle, timely, effective intervention and treatment along the way, and luck, may put off this or that threat, but in the end, there is an end," writes Dr. Brown
"I love my parents for many reasons, including the fact that the differences between gentile and Catholic and Jewish were never discussed," writes Ross Robinson. "To my mom and dad, people were people."
"This is not a fair war, if it's a war at all. The Israeli military has met limited opposition, but appears intent to annihilate every facet of Palestinian living," writes Ken O'Malley.
"Let’s hope the mayor and council at least reconsider their recent planning decisions, and that when the time comes to decide on the future of the former hospital site, they don’t opt to — as the Joni Mitchell song goes — pave paradise and put up a parking lot," writes Terry Davis.
"There are some 1,500 workers around here. Most stay eight months. They do tasks Canadians reject. Our growers depend on them. To my eye, they also respect and help them," writes Garth Turner.
"Wind, rain and drought. It’s not going away unless, of course, you don’t believe in any of it. But it’s hard to ignore, isn’t it?" writes Jackie Bonic.
"My heart goes out to the Gatta family. Your grief is unimaginable but hopefully you can take solace in the legacy Kekoo has left behind. He will be missed," writes Stewart Hall.
Dear editor:
Your Sept. 5 story, "Migrant Workers have unequal access to resources, volunteer group says," is wrong in a few aspects.
The group, Justicia for...
"I’ve enjoyed learning and writing about those and other topics for much the same reasons I would imagine my readers do: we are curious and we want to understand as much as we can about who we are," writes Dr. Brown.
"In this triangle of love, originally described by Bernard Shaw as 'a mystery,' Candida must choose which of the two men will be her future," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
