"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.
The pandemic interrupted our Hometown Traveller feature, but now that travel has resumed, we invite readers to share their travel stories and adventures. Ideal...
Dear editor:
A dark cloud has been lifted from Niagara-on-the-Lake.
After four years of constant criticism and a lack of communication with the town, smearing of...
Farming is a tough business.
Long, long hours, back-breaking work, many large expenses over which you have little control.
Plus there are rules and regulations imposed...
Brain injuries affected thousands of military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Most involved blast injuries and concussions and left those affected with cognitive...
This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry to Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi was a work of art in science.
It was a beautiful, elegant...
Dear editor:
Sadly, Kevin McCabe’s letter to the editor, “Some Black cemetery gravestones were taken by locals” (The Lake Report, Nov. 3), is probably true.
My...
Dear editor:
Our small town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is awash with practising and retired professionals from a broad cross-section of disciplines.
Our municipal government needs to pick their...
Perhaps it was inevitable.
One rainbow bench installed, one case of vandalism.
The fact Niagara-on-the-Lake’s lone (so far) rainbow bench has been defaced by vandals is...
Dear editor:
I want to affirm and support Ross Robinson's Oct. 6 comment piece on hockey celebrities encouraging people to gamble, ("Using hockey stars to promote...
Dear editor:
I am disappointed with outgoing Lord Mayor Betty Disero's reaction and refusal to speak to The Lake Report after her election loss last...
