"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.
An environmental cleanup on Nov. 12 in Niagara-on-the-Lake will mark the launch of a new Community Butt Recycling Program.
The program, run by non-profit agency A...
Dear editor:
The provincial Planning Act has the final say on all development in the province, including the town.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's official plan, although important, does not...
Dear editor:
For a couple of years now, there have been articles in the papers about the NOTL Ambassadors program, indicating that they were started...
In a recent conversation, Jon Kormos described William (Bill) German as the finest crafter of traditional furniture and cabinetry that he has ever dealt...
During the exhaustingly long municipal election campaign, now thankfully and democratically over, I tried to keep my rambling mind focused on important issues.
I fought...
Dear editor:
Thank you for your outstanding article about Lord Mayor Betty Disero and allegations involving a bylaw complaint filed by her husband, ("Secret recording...
A three-part series by a Niagara environmental scientist is shining the spotlight on the causes and the future of climate change.
Dr. Adam Martin’s first...
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901 with occasional years off during the two world wars.
The enterprise began with wealthy Swedish industrialist Alfred...
Dear editor:
Many thanks to The Lake Report for finding someone as qualified as Ron Fritz, ("Instituting ward system can be a costly, complicated process,"...
Dear editor:
After attending the candidates debate on Sept. 28 at the Royal George Theatre, I read with some interest letter writer Peter Rusin’s take...
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...
