"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.
From the simplest cells to complex creatures gifted with language, imagination and creativity, life has a beginning, interims and an ending.
There’s no escape....
Dear editor:
NOTL Cats Rescue is very pleased to announce we’ve surpassed our fundraising goal for 2023.
With the support of the community, area businesses, volunteers...
Dear editor:
It may well be that Niagara-on-the-Lake needs to spend more on its infrastructure.
Most residents would likely agree that having raw sewage leak from...
Dear editor:
Regarding your story, "Contentious King Street condo project appealed to land tribunal," (Nov. 30), despite all the presentations and arguments against this development...
Science, the study of the natural world, evolved early, possibly in nascent forms long before the emergence of modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
Enabling...
Dear editor:
It seems Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again trying to implement changes to government operations that will run contrary to the interests...
Dear editor:
Next July, 22 Niagara Pathfinders, Rangers and their leaders plan to take the trip of a lifetime. Thanks to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Kinsmen, that...
Keith McNenly
Special to The Lake Report
What is it with Ontario Progressive Conservative politicians that as soon as they gain power they have to find...
Artificial intelligence seems to be taking over the world these days, what with repeated scary predictions in media, online and in science and medicine...
Dear editor:
I'm a longtime fan of your excellent weekly publication and I enjoy writing letters to newspaper editors.
I've always enjoyed the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's "Exploring...
The following letter to the community was submitted by the board of Willowbank in Queenston.
As you know, Willowbank is a unique private career college...
Dear editor:
I read Peter Rusin's Nov. 2 letter suggesting the proposed St. Davids roundabout will probably cost $10 million or more with necessary expropriations.
I...
Growth is inevitable, but it can't compromise the town's unique character
At a black-tie gala at the Court House on Saturday night, the Niagara Foundation...
