"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:
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...
Dear editor:
I initially wanted to refrain from making any comments about the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy."
I've had enough. I woke up one morning thinking about what...
According to the brilliant Cambridge physicist and mathematician Paul Dirac, Albert Einstein was the most brilliant physicist of the 20th century, and possibly all...
The following is a letter sent to Premier Doug Ford and Housing Minister Steve Clark.
The recently released Housing Affordability Task Force report could only have been...
Dear editor:
I would like to thank Tony Baldinelli for his opinion piece, ("Invoking the Emergencies Act was not justified, Baldinelli says," Feb. 24, Lake Report),...
