"Without hard boundaries including progressive taxation and dissolution of monopolies, oligarchy will continue to deconstruct society until elections, law, and truth become historical artifacts," writes Keith McNenly.
"The economy has flatlined. Trump’s war went badly. Inflation is back, so interest rates won’t be falling ... But people still want houses. And, of course, everyone wants to live here," writes Garth Turner.
"Any correctly thinking council — one that represents the good of the town and its residents as opposed to commercial real estate investors — would support proper controls and a cap on the short-term rental market," writes Brian Marshall.
"The relatively sudden demise of a once-accepted part of our lives, almost instantly replaced by handheld devices that mostly pass the time in our pockets," writes Ross Robinson.
It was raining, so we drove. But forget about parking. The streets of Old Town were jammed. Dorothy and I ended up walking through the wet and the dark halfway back from where we started.
"As a former library trustee in Lincoln, I’ve followed your reporting on the wrongful termination of chief librarian Cathy Simpson, who apparently was discharging her responsibilities dutifully, yet ran afoul of a strident cabal, consisting of a misguided resident, some mutinous library staff and a plainly hysterical library board chairperson," writes Kevin Burns.
Much of Niagara-on-the-Lake, it seems, is at loggerheads with its municipal leadership — not all, but a majority of councillors seem opposed to listening to the people who voted them in. Or, if they're listening, they're not supportive of what "the people" are telling them.
Dear editor:
The battle of the Titans vs. the NOTLers continues unabated.
The Titans want big hotels, big event venues, high-end condos, affluent customers, high traffic.
NOTLers...
As we move into summer, we sometimes start to see more diseases pop up in our gardens. Some plants are more prone to certain diseases than others, but even so, you can take some precautions to limit the amount of damage that the disease will inflict on the plants.
Dear editor:
Last week, I sent a letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake's town councillors and the lord mayor asking them to adhere to the town plan regarding...
Dear editor:
I read Coun. Maria Mavridis' response, published in the June 20 issue of The Lake Report, "Mayor and councillor push back against hotel...
Dear editor:
Recent planning decisions made in Niagara-on-the-Lake are so egregious that I believe the lord mayor, the members of council who voted in favour...
For much of our human evolution, climate played a major part in the success or failure of various human species variants — including the last, homo sapiens — the lone survivor as Chris Stringer so aptly put it in the tile of his 2012 book, "Lone Survivors: How We Came to be the Only Humans on Earth."
Dear editor:
Most people don’t understand that if the old Parliament Oak school site is rezoned commercial, allowing a building height of 19 metres, then...
This marks the debut of columnist Garth Turner as a regular contributor to The Lake Report. He's a longtime journalist, commentator and former federal...
Dear editor:
Councillors who voted for the Marotta hotel referred to an unapproved draft tourism report stating we need more high-quality hotels in Old Town.
Yet...
Gordon Cameron
Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
When Canada’s Parliament finally passed Bill C-18, a.k.a. the Online News Act, there was great rejoicing in the...
Dear editor:
Regarding your June 6 editorial about the numerous accidents with that big maple tree on Lakeshore Road ("No more fatalities — cut down...
