"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 entirely agree with the article by letter writer Lydia Madonia, ("Over-tourism, development could hurt NOTL," Sept. 21).
Her concerns with respect to over-tourism...
Dear editor:
Thank you for all of the articles in The Lake Report this summer highlighting our Niagara-on-the-Lake lacrosse teams.
After many years of the lacrosse board...
Dear editor:
I occasionally read Brian Marshall's Arch-i-Text column. It sometimes consists of fabricated nonsense, so I don't take it too seriously.
However, it occurred to...
Dear editor:
I wanted to express my total agreement with the extremely well-thought out letter from Lydia Madonia, ("Over-tourism, development could hurt NOTL," Sept. 21).
Her...
Dear editor:
Perfect weather and a beautiful setting at Simcoe Park brought out many eager participants to support the Terry Fox Run and to remember...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town steeped in history.
In fact, we honestly wonder if any other community of similar size can boast nearly as many connections...
Queen Street was busy last weekend with visitors of all ages out and about, enjoying what we lucky NOTLers take for granted.
Temperatures were perfect...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
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...
Dear editor:
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...
