"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.
Dear editor:
A big thank you to columnist Brian Marshall for pointing out the negative environmental and human impacts of high intensity lighting ("Of lights...
Not once, but twice last week within days of the installation of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s rainbow crosswalk, someone vandalized it by driving vehicles on the new...
Dear editor:
Congratulations to Blythwood Homes for its thoughtful rethinking and more sympathetic approach to its proposed lakefront condo project, ("Residents OK with Melville condo...
Dear editor:
I thought your readers might be interested in seeing an illustration showing the difference in height, massing and streetscape of the proposed Parliament...
Yes, I am bewildered again this year by the results of the hockey playoffs. Also puzzled, flummoxed, confounded and confused.
Try as I might, I just...
Dear editor:
I read, with interest and some despair, Bonita Cawker’s May 18 letter, “NOTL is growing and that means more development.”
I believe we are...
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...
