"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.
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...
Dear editor:
Does Niagara-on-the-Lake do enough for traffic safety?
Over a year ago I wrote to the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake regarding my concerns with the speed limits...
Has anyone noticed? There’s a provincial election campaign sleepwalking its way across Ontario now.
In two weeks, Ontarians will have a chance to pass judgment on the...
