"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:
Niagara-on-the-Lake has so many opportunities to be inclusive to the point of being visionary, given its overall wealth and privilege. And yet ...
So many...
Dear editor:
There have been many stories in many newspapers regarding our politicians, their lobbyists and money.
No matter how well-known, no matter how reputable, the...
Dear editor:
With most financial experts predicting that Canada will experience a recession this year, it concerns me that Niagara-on-the-Lake might significantly increase its work...
The first of our cousin species, the Neanderthals, were discovered in the Neander Valley in Germany in 1856, three years before Charles Darwin published...
An original poem created by artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT and directed by NOTL resident Bruce Gitelman.
In Niagara-on-the-Lake, the winter's cold embrace
Held firm, with icy...
Dear editor:
There has been considerable recent correspondence in The Lake Report regarding our health care system.
Let me deal first with letter writer Richard Wright's...
This spring, anyone with an interest in nature and the outdoors is invited to participate in the annual Niagara College BioBlitz.
The one-day “scavenger...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to your gloomy article, "In-depth: How new Ontario law curtails town’s power over development," (The Lake Report, Feb....
Dear editor:
Regarding your story, "NOTL asks OPP to investigate after developer gave $10,000 to town councillor," (The Lake Report, March 23), one must leave...
Victor Tarnoy
Special to The Lake Report
Niagara-on-the-Lake has a rich heritage and our most famous streetscapes are special thanks to the heritage buildings and the...
Richard Harley
and Kevin MacLean
Editors
A week ago now, we reported in great detail about an incident in which Niagara-on-the-Lake developer Benny Marotta gave Coun. Gary...
Dear editor:
Given the historical significance and the recent renaming of the former Negro Burial Ground to the Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground, plus the...
Dear editor:
I am writing further to your March 16 editorial, "The future of old NOTL hospital," about proposals for the former property.
The old hospital...
Dear editor:
The spring equinox on March 21 is celebrated by Bahá’ís here in Niagara-on-the Lake and around the world. It is called Naw-Rúz, literally...
