"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.
When we think of flowering trees and shrubs, our minds usually turn to those early spring bloomers – magnolia, forsythia, ornamental cherries and pear...
And now, the real work begins.
Despite being written off early in the COVID pandemic by some pollsters, pundits and political analysts, Premier Doug Ford...
Dear editor:
I read the article regarding the three possible locations of the rainbow crosswalk.
I read further that a rainbow garden would not be possible...
Now that warm weather is finally here, water temperatures in lakes and local water bodies are becoming more swimmable.
Whether heading up to the cottage,...
Dear editor:
This is a call out, request or beseeching Niagara-on-the-Lake residents to stop using "Toronto people" as a derogatory term.
It has sadly become accepted...
Dear editor:
Council’s rationale for its recent decision to allow recreational noise in all town parks defies logic.
The issue of concern is not the noise...
The following letter to the community was released by Lord Mayor Betty Disero and posted on the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake's website.
I recently attended a...
Dear editor:
Are you happy when you receive a message like this when calling for necessary home services: "All agents are currently busy assisting other...
In reporting on and writing about Niagara-on-the-Lake, we make frequent trips to the town’s many sports parks and recreational facilities.
It was a sad sight last week...
Dear editor:
We were appalled with the design of the townhouse project proposed for 355 Mary St., ("Townhouse project proposed for Mary Street," The Lake...
This new Mary Street project is really a nice surprise, ("Townhouse project proposed for Mary Street," The Lake Report, May 19).
It actually stands out among the offensive...
In last week’s column I suggested humans were most capable of learning novel cognitive and motor skills, and were most creative, between the teenage...
Coyote encounters this spring have sparked concern for small children and dogs in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but the impact on pet cats hasn’t yet been part of...
Dear editor:
Thank you for your article in the May 19 edition of The Lake Report that profiled the proposed townhouse development on Mary Street.
The reason...
