"So, what direction will NOTL voters choose? That’s impossible to predict but what we do know is it has never been easier to exercise your democratic franchise," writes Kevin MacLean.
"At the end of the day, we need someone who can get Ford to respect us until we can try again to vote him out. The question, I guess, becomes, what’s the best strategy?" writes Richard Harley.
"If we elect the same people (and most are reoffering) we’ll get the same result. More hotels. More bending over for tourism. More construction. More old buildings razed. More density. More compromise. More loss," writes Garth Turner.
"If you are one of the approximately 191,000 Niagara residents that live outside the boundaries of the three large cities, you have just been marginalized as a perpetual member of the minority," writes Brian Marshall.
"He had the large sculpture placed in front of the Prince of Wales Hotel, but local leaders didn’t think it belonged at the corner of King and Queen streets. Much controversy ensued and Gerry the Giraffe was soon turfed," writes Ross Robinson.
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...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
I understand that town councillors are elected by the residents on the basis that they will represent their best interests and opinions when...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
Contrary to some of the comments made at recent Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake planning meetings, I don’t think that the staff and councillors are...
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic before effective vaccines were available, life-threatening cases were common even among healthy, young health care workers.
Even so, most fatal...
Dear editor:
It seems I am risking my life every time I walk to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library.
Last Thursday, I witnessed other dumbfounded pedestrians unable...
Dear editor:
Despite pressure from locals and a well-written article last year in The Lake Report by Somer Slobodian ("Kayakers are feeling pushed out of...
Dear editor:
Without question there is a worldwide rise in antisemitism.
But what is antisemitism other than an irrational and general hatred of Israel and the...
Dear editor:
In The Lake Report on May 16, physician assistant student Lara Fluri ("Physician assistant would enhance health care in NOTL," letter) tells us...
Don Mustill
Special to The Lake Report
Whether you believe in human-caused climate change or not.
Whether you believe humans contribute a little to the problem...
The following is an abridged version of the presentation that Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Tony Powell prepared for delivery to town council on May 14. The...
Beginnings and endings mirror one another in life.
At birth babies are nearly defenceless and despite a brain with an enormous built-in capacity for learning,...
