"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 is indeed a beautiful town and my husband and I have enjoyed living here for the past five years.
However, reading some of...
Dear editor:
Kudos to columnist Ross Robinson for his Ramble on sound quality, (Ross's Ramblings, "For important occasions, let’s avoid the sounds of silence," The...
You may have heard of gene editing and CRISPR. But what about minibrains, embryos without fathers, mothers and placentas, and brain implants?
The pace in...
Mistletoe, poinsettias, holly and wassailing were not always part of our Christmas traditions. Here is a bit of history.
Mistletoe: The whole idea of mistletoe started...
Curious learners can once again have their own “Magic School Bus” experience through a Niagara-on-the-Lake geology club.
St. Davids residents Francesca and Nicholas Sorrenti have...
I write in response to developer Benny Marotta's letter in your Nov. 17 edition, "Hoping new council will be open to discussions on development."
His...
Dear editor:
In response to the Nov. 17 letter from developer Benny Marotta ("Hoping new council will be open to discussions on development,"), first let...
Dear editor:
I read with interest Mr. Marotta's letter of Nov. 17, ("Hoping new council will be open to discussions on development."
A more petulant and...
I recall during one of my parents’ early 1960s cocktail parties overhearing my father state with great disdain that, in the Duplessis government’s Quebec,...
Dear editor:
After reading Niagara Foundation president Lyle Hall's op-ed piece in The Lake Report last week ("Niagara Foundation wants to protect The Wilderness,") I could...
Dear editor:
Members of Bethany Mennonite Church want to thank the community for their support of the borscht lunch and bread sale.
A big thanks to Pat...
New beginnings. A clean slate. A fresh start. New opportunities. High expectations.
A new Niagara-on-the-Lake town council was sworn in Tuesday night, with fully half...
Dear editor:
We are writing in response to developer Benny Marotta's letter published Nov. 17, ("Hoping new council will be open to discussions on development).
You...
