"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:
As residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake for 50-plus years, we have seen incredible development changes in our once-perfect community.
But over the years, as developers grasped...
Dear editor:
Forty-plus years would seem sufficient time for our prior and current council members to discuss a solution to the ever worsening Old Town...
Dear editor:
What happened to motorists' courtesy and common sense?
Recently I was driving along Mary Street toward Mississagua when I came upon waste collectors picking...
Wayne Gates
MPP for Niagara Falls riding
While celebrating the Peach Festival in Old Town here in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I spoke to many business owners, farmers and...
Dear editor:
Letter writer Derek Collins' complaint that maintaining the rainbow crosswalk deprives residents of some democratic process (“Taxpayers deserve a say regarding costs for...
Dear editor:
On behalf of Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care Service, we are happy to report that our Shred-it fundraiser was a huge success on Saturday.
We...
The brain is incredibly complex – so complex that some scientists – including Nobel Prize-winning particle physicist Steven Weinberg, were prompted to wonder whether...
Dear editor:
As a taxpaying resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, I agree with the comments of Coun. Erwin Wiens in the Aug. 3 article "Crosswalk vandalism cleaned...
Dear editor:
The letter in last week’s edition “NOTL needs to reject King St. apartment” highlights an issue that should have us all worried.
No one...
Dear editor:
People are probably aware of Dying With Dignity Canada, an organization which led the push to get medical assistance in dying (commonly known...
Dear editor:
This is my alert to the Niagara-on-the-Lake community.
Have you heard about the three-storey, 17-unit apartment/condo building coming to our neighbourhood?
This is not Parliament Oak. This...
Dear editor:
Imagine if the cenotaph in downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake was vandalized, or city hall or even one of the beautiful churches we have in our...
