"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.
In Ontario there is a legal statute called the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a behemoth piece of legislation designed...
Dear editor:
Part of the letter written by Derek Insley ("Developer is entitled to appeal ruling, and let's be patient with gateway plan," Aug. 5), in...
Dear editor:
My husband and I are taxpaying seniors who take walks most days for our physical and mental well-being. We live near Niagara Stone Road and...
Dear editor:
I just drove along the street beside the NOTL golf course to Niagara Stone Road.
Three new stop signs, which in my opinion are not necessary,...
Dear editor:
When is an expert an expert? It depends on the context.
Suppose Richard Harley (the author of "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional...
Dear editor:
I am writing in regard to the article "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional marriage' sign," published on July 29.
If the editor had...
Tony BaldinelliSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Climate change is an important issue facing our generation and generations that will come after us. Human activities...
In last week’s column we reviewed a number of considerations related to context being fundamental in developing good residential infill design. Height, massing, topography,...
No one knows when storytelling began but it would have required symbolic thought and language and the cognitive ability to imagine and literally "talk about" the...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Is there a more rhapsodic image of intimate love than Gustav Klimt’s "The Kiss"?
As we move on from...
Ross RobinsonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
I have had it with the obvious demeaning of our female athletes.
Volleyball, the indoor version, is my favourite...
Obtaining even basic information from Niagara Regional Police about incidents they are investigating or ones in which charges have been laid can mean the...
Dear editor:
I really appreciated Richard Harley’s July 29 article, "Is it hateful? Experts talk about 'traditional marriage' sign," addressing some of the responses to the...
Dear editor:
I am writing about your coverage of a Virgil man's "Celebrating our traditional marriage" sign (July 8) and your July 29 follow-up story,...
Dear editor:
It is extremely disappointing that town council is allowing the Pedal Pub to continue operations on our very busy roads in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Coun. Clare Cameron...
Sometimes it seems a higher power gets involved in our lives, creating an unique tableau that will be remembered forever.
On Sunday evening, as the sun...
