"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.
Nothing is constant where empires, nations, borders and governments are concerned.
That’s certainly been true for China and much of the rest of the world...
There isn’t much I remember about the church of my childhood except stuffy, will-they-ever-end church services, my Sunday school teacher, who preferred talking about...
By way of full disclosure, in addition to Irish, Welsh, English and French contributors, my family lineage includes Seneca and Mississauga ancestors.
But, even if...
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Most, if not all, road traffic studies across both North America and Europe conclude that roundabouts are far more sustainable than traffic lights...
The relentless manufacturing of clothing contributes to water shortages, pollution and climate change.
Luckily, sustainable trends like visible mending, buying second-hand and textile recycling...
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Absent among most of our current elected officials are the following traits: strong leadership, decision-making, achievers and problem-solving.
From my viewpoint and my engineering and...
Dear editor:
A big thank you to our Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum staff and volunteers for organizing Saturday’s polo matches on the Commons.
We appreciated all the work that was...
Dear editor:
A Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake advertisement in The Lake Report on Sept. 8 listing candidates running for the position of District School Board of...
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Our daughter, Ishani Ayona Pal, who is six years old, organized a lemonade and popcorn stand in our front yard in Niagara-on-the-Lake on...
We live in the so-called Information Age, where information is knowledge, is currency, is power.
Our political and other leaders also like to tell us...
It was surely a slow news weekend, despite the 50th anniversary stories reminding us of the society-altering 1972 Munich Olympic tragedy and the Canada-altering...
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The Sept. 1 edition of The Lake Report contains the latest in a series of advertisements paid for by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding your Sept. 1 news story, "NOTL group plans series of candidate debates."
While I appreciate the effort put in by...
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Let’s park the strong adjectives and adverbs about the emerging discussion about ward systems, (Letter, Sept. 1, "A ward system is an absurd...
In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin, at the suggestion of mutual friends, presented their studies of evolution to the Linnean Society in...
We regularly hear well-meaning local people pontificating about protecting the character of our charming wee town.
Zoning density, lot coverage, square footage and more details....
