"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 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...
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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...
A notorious stretch of Lakeshore Road needlessly claimed another life this week.
We are not sure what happened or why. Any number of factors could be...
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Exactly 10 years after Willowbank first received royal patronage from the then-Prince of Wales, in mid-May, marking the first anniversary of the coronation...
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I understand that town councillors are elected by the residents on the basis that they will represent their best interests and opinions when...
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Kudos on behalf of the community to St. Davids boxer Mckenzie Wright on her brave and commendable attempt to qualify in Bangkok, Thailand...
Community resistance to ill-considered government land-use dictates are mounting across Ontario.
On May 6, Oakville’s town council voted 14-to-1 against accepting the federal government’s densification...
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I've never been prouder to live in Chautauqua.
Last Saturday marked an extraordinary day for the Chautauqua Residents Association with its inaugural Chautauqua Art...
