"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.
Dear editor:
It's unfortunate that your interesting article, "Speed camera on Niagara Stone Road now active," (Jan. 11) ended with the declaration that information about...
Dear editor:
In the busy-ness before Christmas a letter writer to The Lake Report on the issue of a proposed residential development was headlined “No...
Kip Voege
Special to The Lake Report
Every year, Niagara-on-the-Lake town council and staff draft a budget for the following year.
And each year it gets...
Dear editor:
When I moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake 20 years ago, the thing I most admired were the efforts of certain individuals and groups to protect...
Dear editor:
In response to your Jan. 4 article, “Divide grows over using heritage trail in Solmar subdivision work,” given the widespread financial support of...
One of the prized democratic institutions in a full, free society is the concept of open, accountable and transparent governance.
At the federal and provincial...
Dear editor:
It is deeply concerning to me that, behind closed doors, our elected officials would offer access to a proposed subdivision development via one...
Dear editor:
Our town council was elected by the residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake to represent them and their interests to their benefit in all municipal affairs.
However,...
Dear editor:
If you see a flash while driving through Virgil near Crossroads Public School, it means your licence plate has just been photographed and...
'Twas ten days before Christmas when in the Virgil Government House,
Council met in secret, quiet as a sneaky little mouse.
While good town residents celebrated...
Dear editor:
As we enter 2024 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, add Upper Canada Lodge to our growing list of lost infrastructure: the high school, the hospital, Parliament...
Dear editor:
Niagara-on-the-Lake lends itself to Christmas and generally I hope that we have all enjoyed the time with each other to celebrate, catch up...
