"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:
One could hardly disagree that members of the Marotta family has been treated by many in the Niagara-on-the-Lake community, including our elected officials,...
Dera editor:
Further to The Lake Report's Feb. 22 story, "Town’s restrictions on tree cuttings are unfair, councillors say," this subject requires better thinking about...
Dear editor:
The divisive, far right American culture wars have arrived at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public library and, shockingly, the call is coming from within the...
Dear editor:
When I wrote to members of town council about our tree bylaw and protecting trees on construction sites, particularly in Chautauqua, I only...
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...
