"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:
The masonry wall at the termination point of Mississagua at Queen Street has been skilfully constructed but what a waste of craftsmanship...
Dear editor:
I was interested to read your extensive interview, "Schlange wants Niagara to reap benefits of amalgamation,” conducted with the former Niagara Region chief...
An estimated 5 million Canadians do not have a family doctor.
In Ontario, that total is about 2.2 million people.
Across Niagara and in Niagara-on-the-Lake, several...
The process of choosing Nobel Prize-winning work and winners begins soon after the awards ceremony the previous year.
Invitations are sent out for nominations to...
Dear editor:
Your Oct. 12 editorial, "An indoor swimming pool for NOTL," was an excellent opinion piece.
It was well-articulated in a non-threatening way and I...
Steve Hardaker
Community Correspondent
Would you welcome a 25-storey highrise apartment building in your Niagara-on-the-Lake community?
Or better yet, would you welcome a cluster of apartments...
Migrant farm workers are the backbone of Canada’s – and Niagara’s – agricultural sector.
Without the men and women who leave their families behind and...
Who wants an indoor swimming pool in Niagara-on-the-Lake?
Perhaps the better question is: Who doesn't want an indoor swimming pool in Niagara-on-the-Lake?
The idea has been batted...
Dear editor:
Wow! When developer Rainer Hummel goes off on someone, he really goes off.
I refer, of course, to his letter criticizing The Lake Report's...
The Nobel series, an annual November-December review of the year’s Nobel Prizes announced in October, has been a success for the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library...
In last week’s column we looked at the Canada-centric expression of Edwardian Classicism.
In that article, it was mentioned that during the latter part...
Dear editor:
It seems that the favourite recourse of developers when their plans meet with less than an enthusiastic response is one of personal abuse.
First...
There are many memorable sights and landmarks around Niagara-on-the-Lake.
In an area with so numerous links to important historical events, we are fortunate to have...
Dear editor:
I’m wondering what is happening when our town encourages people to apply to build projects that are totally contrary to the zoning, the...
Dear editor:
Niagara-on-the-Lake is undoubtedly a smart town with a rich history and an even brighter future.
However, the path to that future should be marked...
Well before Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier received their richly deserved Nobel Prize in 2022 for pioneering work on gene editing, it was obvious...
