"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:
We have been reviewing all the comments made by candidates for mayor and town councillor and weighing my options very carefully, particularly for...
Mayhem, there’s gonna be head-on collisions, an accident waiting to happen … those were just some of the sentiments people expressed in recent weeks...
Dear editor:
I was aghast at the advertisements posted by the newly formed community group, WeLuvNOTL.com.
A thorough check on their website spoke little of who the...
Dear editor:
The misguided decision by the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake chief administrator, Marnie Cluckie, and the acting town clerk to not rent the community centre...
As we move toward the municipal election in October, some of the candidate platforms include short forms and abbreviations that leave folks scratching their...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to Sil Ranucci’s letter in your Sept 22 edition, "Town leaders give in to SORE tactics."
Mr. Ranucci discloses...
Dear editor:
I seldom write letters to the editor, however I could not resist complimenting Arch-i-Text columnist Brian Marshall on his insightful and practical application...
Dear editor:
We went from absurd to flat-out parking control terrorism in one week.
If solving a non-existent problem by carpet bombing Four Mile Creek Road...
Dear editor:
Virgil resident James Webber, in his letter addressing the need for a ward system for our municipal elections ("Anti-ward argument shows why wards...
Dear editor:
The group SORE has initiated a worrisome precedent in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
SORE stands for Save Our Rand Estate. When has this group taken legal ownership...
You can hardly pick up a gardening magazine any more without reading something about creating garden rooms.
We now have outdoor kitchens’ outdoor TV areas,...
