"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.
No one doubts artificial intelligence’s ability to crunch huge amounts of data.
What surprises some, however, is how well it learns, innovates and even seems...
Kyra Simone
Special to The Lake Report
Minimal snowfall and balmy temperatures have caused confusion this winter.
A symptom of both the climate crisis and El...
Public libraries should be home to many viewpoints, not just progressive ones
Cathy Simpson
Special to The Lake Report
Almost as long as there have been libraries,...
Once hominin species developed the requisite cognitive underpinnings for imagination, creativity and symbolic language for sharing what was going on in their brains with...
Ruth Denyer
Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
My oldest brother Bob (a.k.a. Butch) died in a gliding accident when he was 25 in 1974.
Recently, a...
Dear editor:
I was shocked upon reading the headline over a report of Natalia Benoit and her political troubles.
The headline, "Reports show Natalia Benoit had...
Dear editor:
Reading Kip Voege's letter, “Sometimes trees just need to be taken down,” (The Lake Report, Feb. 1) was disheartening if not downright bewildering.
What...
Wayne Gates
MPP, Niagara Falls riding
Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
On Feb. 13, I celebrated the 10th anniversary of my election to represent Niagara-on-the Lake,...
In Ontario, the Residential Tenancies Act is the piece of legislation that — while being very broad, generally — provides explicit, legal requirements governing...
