"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:
Further to your April 20 editorial, "Town needs to tax short-term rentals," residential real estate is being commercialized everywhere. It’s not just with...
Niagara-on-the-Lake prides itself on being a “friendly and welcoming” community.
And that might often be true. But what some residents proved on Monday during a...
Dear editor:
Given the considerable investment Niagara-on-the-Lake made to create its Voices of Freedom Park, I find the Town of NOTL’s apparent reluctance to fully...
Dear editor:
I am the executive director of the StopGap Foundation.
We very much appreciate The Lake Report’s recent coverage of NOTL’s access issues and...
Dear editor:
I am writing about the closure of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre on holiday Mondays.
Since 2019, the Town of NOTL has closed the community...
Dear editor:
Ross’s Ramblings about the budget process of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake ("Surely town staffing costs can be explained and simplified," March 30), and...
Dear editor:
I am writing with regard to the article regarding the municipal accommodation tax in the April 13 edition of The Lake Report, "Room tax...
Dear editor:
As I have previously written, the proposed “yield-at-entry” roundabout in St. Davids is exactly the correct approach to traffic flow, pedestrian access and...
Wayne Gates
Special to The Lake Report
Housing and development are issues on the minds of nearly every resident I speak with.
Growth and affordability are people's...
Dear editor:
Are our churches here in Niagara-on-the-Lake unimportant? Apparently, the town thinks so.
In the town’s just-published Community Guide you can read in detail the...
Editor’s Note: Police have closed their investigation into this matter and no charges were laid. Niagara Now’s April 19, 2023 reporting in this respect can...
Dear editor:
Friends of the Forgotten would like to thank Niagara-on-the-Lake council for its unanimous vote on March 21 to support our group’s work in...
