"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.
Beginning in Africa several million years ago, mammoths reached much of Eurasia, and eventually 20,000 years ago, the Americas.
Some mammoths developed a rich covering...
Dear editor:
While it is heartening to see so many Niagara-on-the-Lake residents continuing to wear face masks, I feel we should also be grateful for those "canaries"...
Dear editor:
Contrary to what Premier Doug Ford, Housing Minister Steve Clark and the real estate and development industry maintains, housing is not a supply problem. It...
Dear editor:
Saturday night, while driving down Queen Street, I was amazed at a new shopping plaza being built behind many old homes along Gate Street.
As someone...
Dear editor:
Saturday night, while driving down Queen Street, I was amazed at a new shopping plaza being built behind many old homes along Gate Street.
As someone...
It’s a nice thing when stories have happy endings.
So we were happy to learn that the Niagara Alternative Learning Alliance has taken steps to become...
From time to time I come across information about Niagara-on-the-Lake that makes me sit back, scratch my head and wonder.
Take, for example, William Street....
Pruning roses seems to be one of those many mysteries of gardening.
If you have roses, you probably know they require some pruning to keep them healthy,...
Dear editor:
I am writing in response to the letter from Paulette Kennedy regarding noise from "open pipe" motorcycles, (The Lake Report, March 24).
Her solution...
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...
