"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:
I earlier protested the upcoming installation of a speed camera near Crossroads Public School ("Speed camera near Virgil school is just a cash...
Dear editor:
Further to the Nov. 2 photo accompanying the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's featured Exploring History photo "‘Solid Comfort’ at Niagara Camp," here are two postcards...
Dear editor:
Is it really comforting to you that our federal government has demanded supermarket chains hold their prices?
Going from the dream world of politicians...
The days come and go, and the seasons gently change. We somehow manage to keep up with the many shifts, technologically, socially and geopolitically.
Occasionally,...
Dear editor:
I would like to share some budget shock regarding Niagara Region's proposed St. Davids roundabout at Four Mile Creek and York roads.
I deal in expropriation...
In 2018, Canadian physicist Donna Strickland received the Nobel Prize for physics, alongside French scientist Gérard Mourou, her doctoral supervisor.
Her contribution was related to...
Dear editor:
So, Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa says residents aren’t opposed to a St. Davids roundabout, ("Owners worry roundabout will kill St. Davids businesses," Oct....
Dear editor:
I want to applaud Brian Marshall for his Oct. 19 column, “Embracing Glendale through a more inspired design,” where he questioned the rationale...
It is important at this time of year that we remember.
Remember the sacrifices and the contributions of those who gave their lives in two world wars...
Dear editor:
Change is constant. Sometimes there’s no getting around it.
Supply, demand, development. To some these almost can be fighting words. They don't have to...
Patrick Gedge
Special to The Lake Report
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, its councillors and staff are mandated to legally and ethically uphold the official plan and its bylaws...
Dear editor:
During a litter cleanup on Sunday, Oct. 22, along about a two-kilometre short stretch of Lakeshore Road leading into Old Town, more than...
Dear editor:
The Fallsview Casino buffet in Niagara Falls has now closed, however, it appears the "Queen Street Buffet" in Niagara-on-the-Lake is still open.
Why are...
