"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.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town spreads right along the shores of Lake Ontario to the mouth of the Niagara River.
Five “villages” – Old Town, Queenston,...
Over the past few weeks, we have explored a number of 19th-century architectural styles and visited local examples.
From Georgian to Gothic Revival and...
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According to a recent poll released by Mental Health Research Canada, 51 per cent of Canadians said inflation was having a negative impact...
Dear editor:
I attended the virtual town meeting of Sept. 12, regarding the King Street proposal for an apartment building.
I heard the applicant's representative...
It has been a sad week for Canadian journalism.
The bad news started quietly Sept. 12 with word the Glengarry News, a 131-year-old family-owned newspaper...
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You may have noticed a new sign on Niagara Stone Road near Crossroads Public School in Virgil. It says, “Municipal speed camera coming soon.”
The...
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After reading Dr. William Brown's column last week ("Artificial intelligence plays a burgeoning role in health care," Sept. 7), it made me think back on...
Dear editor:
I would appreciate the opportunity to rebut Dolores Hindle-Derbyshire's opinion that "NOTLers" is not an appropriate nickname for those who live in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
I...
Dear editor:
Last week's letter, "‘NOTLers’ is not an appropriate nickname" was deeply misguided.
We need only look to our friends the Quebecers, New Yorkers and...
Tim Johnson
Special to The Lake Report
As we reflect upon the seventh annual Celebration of Nations Indigenous gathering in St. Catharines, it’s useful to...
The three most important evolutionary changes on the way to modern humans were bipedalism, repurposing the forelimbs and especially the hands for fashioning and...
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A democracy is based on laws and rules being applied equally and equitably to all people, without favour.
In a municipality, the rules for...
A while back, I rambled about the project-delaying archeological study overkill at the corner of Simcoe and Johnson streets, where a new culvert was...
The perfect marriage, in a technical sense, was the relationship between the computer and artificial intelligence (AI) which began in the 1940s and 1950s.
Like...
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Responding to the discovery of a case of oak wilt at Niagara College, the Chautauqua Oaks Project, in consultation with the Canadian Food...
In architecture, the term “revival” is applied to the various design schools that use visual styles that echo the elements of a previous architectural...
