"A&M are pumping their latest project. It’s a whopper. If the sisters get their way with local politicians (once again), the old Rand Estate will turn into a five-storey, 111-room luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel," writes Garth Turner.
"Should any future council enact an interim control bylaw, underwritten by a duly compliant study, it will be largely legally unassailable," writes Brian Marshall.
"Niagara-on-the-Lake should not be treated as an extension of a 'Vegas North' casino economy. We are not a desert entertainment strip," writes Keith McNenly.
"I have heard that during his 26 years as mayor, Henry Paffard advocated for the planting of over 1,000 trees. By any measure, that’s a lot of limbs and leaves and shade and oxygen. And with trees come squirrels," writes Ross Robinson.
"Regardless of differences of opinion over development projects, I recognize that public discourse should be conducted respectfully and without casting aspersions on others," writes Stewart Hall.
Dear editor:
Your letter writer Kit Andres speaks of the Mennonite duty to condemn violence ("Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict," (March 14).
This is a...
Well, once again that furry, little, loveable groundhog – Wiarton Willie – seems to have accurately predicted the coming of an early spring (although,...
Over the past few years, this column has stressed the importance of sympathetic — and contextually appropriate — design to achieve new developments (or...
Dear editor:
In The Lake Report on Feb. 15, columnist Brian Marshall wrote a rather sympathetic article, (“A concrete look at local governance,”) that essentially...
It was perhaps fitting that Niagara-on-the-Lake boxer Mckenzie Wright’s latest ring battle occurred on International Women’s Day.
Fighting in the 50-kilogram weight class, the diminutive...
Dear editor:
As we await the publication of Niagara-on-the-Lake's tourism strategy report, it was amusing to read about the committee members, and others, sanitizing particular...
Dear editor:
It has been years since I have read such a heartless letter by Beth Macdonald, "Time to change thinking about our environment," (The Lake Report,...
Dear editor:
I have read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece respecting Freedom to Read Week, ("Censorship and what we are allowed to...
Dear editor:
This is an open letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake parents.
Does it make sense to you that a town with 1,000-plus teens doesn't provide a high...
Dear editor:
I am reading in amazement about "messy" trees and making room in yards for completely unnecessary landfill toys (the manufacturing process and environmental...
From newborn to their nineties, the women of Niagara-on-the-Lake turned out this past Monday morning in a show of strength and solidarity.
Tomorrow — Friday,...
Dear editor:
We read the article about town council’s discussion regarding our present tree bylaws (“Restrictions on tree cuttings are unfair, councillors say”) in the...
