"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.
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...
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,...
