"So, what direction will NOTL voters choose? That’s impossible to predict but what we do know is it has never been easier to exercise your democratic franchise," writes Kevin MacLean.
"At the end of the day, we need someone who can get Ford to respect us until we can try again to vote him out. The question, I guess, becomes, what’s the best strategy?" writes Richard Harley.
"If we elect the same people (and most are reoffering) we’ll get the same result. More hotels. More bending over for tourism. More construction. More old buildings razed. More density. More compromise. More loss," writes Garth Turner.
"If you are one of the approximately 191,000 Niagara residents that live outside the boundaries of the three large cities, you have just been marginalized as a perpetual member of the minority," writes Brian Marshall.
"He had the large sculpture placed in front of the Prince of Wales Hotel, but local leaders didn’t think it belonged at the corner of King and Queen streets. Much controversy ensued and Gerry the Giraffe was soon turfed," writes Ross Robinson.
Dear editor:
I attended the Remembrance Day service Saturday in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Once again, I left feeling disappointed and frustrated that the ceremony, still, after many years,...
Dear editor:
This is an open letter to Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa and members of town council.
How much longer must residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake witness the overbearing mudslinging...
Dear editor:
I have written on several occasions advocating for roundabouts, especially in small towns with traffic lights.
I find the lack of proper understanding...
Keith McNenly
Special to The Lake Report
'Tis the season of ghosts and goulies, with decorations, costumes and candies leading up to the great day, then...
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....
