"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:
So, here we go not with common sense but rather preferred sense.
I am writing regarding the ongoing kerfuffle about the town garden and new gateway project as one...
Dear editor:
The current and former migrant farmworkers who led Niagara's first Unite Against Racism march to demand full and permanent immigration status for all,...
The Chautauqua Residents Association’s new president Brian Crow is forward thinking and sees the problems short-term rentals can cause.
He’s seen first-hand how short-term rentals have...
Dear editor:
Many of us are the last survivors of Second World War illegal occupations of innocent countries by Russia in particular.
As a "gratuity" for Russian...
Dear editor:
It's spring and the disturbing noise has returned.
In support of Samuel Young's letter of June 24 of last year ("Reckless motorcyclists rediscover NOTL"), I'd like...
Niagara Falls MP Tony Baldinelli and all his parliamentary colleagues have been banned from visiting Russia under a decree by President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian...
Dear editor:
Surely the Red Cross and UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) must demand that Russia allow allied bombers to bomb food and water for the besieged...
Dear editor:
I want to congratulate Two Sisters Winery and wish them well on their new venture – Stone Eagle Winery ("Two Sisters opening new winery...
The following letter was sent to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland
Firstly, I must congratulate you on providing such strong leadership with reference to the...
Dear Editor:
As an environmentally conscious and concerned resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, I would like to bring an illegal dumping problem to everyone’s attention. I’m sure...
Dr. Kassia Johnson
Special to The Lake Report
As parents before COVID-19, we were supporting our children’s learning, ensuring they were eating “the right” foods, getting enough...
What can be done with cities that have grown based on automobile dependency?
Sprawling across many square miles, we have created urban environments that have...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to countless strong, fearless, talented, hard-working and intelligent women.
We know this first-hand because so many of them contribute to this newspaper and to...
They’re everywhere. They’re everywhere.
Is it just me, or has there been a dramatic increase in snowblower usage this winter? So many driveways and sidewalks...
