"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:
As lawyers for injured cyclists and grieving families, we were devastated to learn that a cyclist was killed Saturday May 21 in Niagara. While...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the May 11 story, “Health coalition launches referendum to stop Ford’s expansion of private clinics.”
I have a few questions...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is finally going to make short-term rentals charge the same two per cent accommodation tax as hotels do.
Although the town is taking its...
Dear editor:
In recent months we have read and heard regurgitated arguments from various residents and (not in my back yard) groups railing against development...
Frank Hayes
Special to The Lake Report
I'd like to respond to Kip Voege's commentary, "Lawyer’s letter on cyclists not justified," (May 4).
I don't want to...
Fourth in a series
The first three parts of this series focused on how the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake must immediately apply its municipal accommodation tax...
Dear editor:
As a (relative) newcomer to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was surprised by the handling of the April 24 public/council meeting dealing with precious heritage issues...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding The Lake Report's headline on my letter in the April 27 edition, ("Didn’t like being told to respect council decorum").
It...
Dear editor:
I appreciate The Lake Report reprinting the column that originally appeared on Coun. Maria Mavridis' public blog, ("Councillor’s social anxiety led to recess...
The times they are a-changin'.
The famous vagabond poet from Hibbing, Minn., wrote those words in a much different context some 60 years ago.
But Bob...
The story of the Big Bang we're familiar with runs something like this:
For reasons unknown, and as yet enigmatic, incredibly tiny, dense, quantal energy...
Dear editor:
As a (relative) newcomer to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was surprised by the handling of the April 24 public/council meeting dealing with precious heritage issues...
