"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.
Science, the study of the natural world, evolved early, possibly in nascent forms long before the emergence of modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
Enabling...
Dear editor:
It seems Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again trying to implement changes to government operations that will run contrary to the interests...
Dear editor:
Next July, 22 Niagara Pathfinders, Rangers and their leaders plan to take the trip of a lifetime. Thanks to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Kinsmen, that...
Keith McNenly
Special to The Lake Report
What is it with Ontario Progressive Conservative politicians that as soon as they gain power they have to find...
Artificial intelligence seems to be taking over the world these days, what with repeated scary predictions in media, online and in science and medicine...
Dear editor:
I'm a longtime fan of your excellent weekly publication and I enjoy writing letters to newspaper editors.
I've always enjoyed the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's "Exploring...
The following letter to the community was submitted by the board of Willowbank in Queenston.
As you know, Willowbank is a unique private career college...
Dear editor:
I read Peter Rusin's Nov. 2 letter suggesting the proposed St. Davids roundabout will probably cost $10 million or more with necessary expropriations.
I...
Growth is inevitable, but it can't compromise the town's unique character
At a black-tie gala at the Court House on Saturday night, the Niagara Foundation...
If you weren't born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but now call it home, chances are you moved here because of the lifestyle, small-town community feel, fine...
Dear editor:
I was delighted to read a report in your paper describing a group investigating the need for seniors housing ("Group plans independent survey...
Dear editor:
Your front-page, above-the-fold story in The Lake Report’s Nov. 2 issue, "Leaky sewers contaminating NOTL creek with E. coli, town says," should give...
