"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:
The three candidates for lord mayor participated in a meet and greet at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 on Sept. 27.
Candidate Vaughn...
Dear editor:
I read this in the September edition of the Economist and changed it to suit our situation in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Pity the poor developer who...
Editor's note: This column has been updated to correct the locations of the Chautauqua Hotel and Lakeside House.
Tourism and Niagara-on-the-Lake, the two are almost...
Dear editor:
There has been a lot of finger-pointing and politics of division aimed at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s lord mayor and suggestions that a councillor’s resignation and...
In 2018, a new Niagara-on-the-Lake council was elected, largely on the basis of defending the town from inappropriate development.
Now, in 2022, those same battles...
Disero, Goettler and Zalepa offer their views on protecting NOTL’s unique character
Over the past few weeks, I had conversations with each candidate for lord...
Dear editor:
I am filled with disappointment when people with political power publicly endorse only those that they wish to have on their “team.”
In a...
David Israelson
Special to The Lake Report
In looking at our Oct. 24 municipal election, it’s hard not to think of the line in Shakespeare’s "Julius...
Dear editor:
Ross’s Ramblings regarding Wayne Gretzky promoting betting on sports made interesting reading, ("Using hockey stars to promote gambling is offensive," Oct. 6).
I have...
Dear editor:
I am responding to Sil Ranucci’s letter in your Oct. 11 edition, ("Treated unfairly and maligned, is why developer is fighting back,") which...
Dear editor:
All the NIMBY (not in my backyard) advocates and all those who believe Banana (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything) is a sober...
Dear editor:
Most newspaper letters complain about this and that.
Let’s look at what we have in our lovely town and surrounding areas.
My wife Irene and...
Dear editor:
It happened again this past weekend as Major League Baseball began its annual march to the World Series by staging four mini-series for the wild...
