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Editorial: A circle of community care

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town brimming with talented and successful individuals. Many of them retired to NOTL, for a variety of reasons, including its beauty, charm...

Editorial: Town needs to get back to business

We’ve all had it with COVID-19. For two years, most of us have been following the rules, patiently waiting to get back to normal, or...

Editorial: Again, council focuses on trivial issues instead of important problems

The sheer silliness of some of town council’s decisions is again in evidence as councillors have unanimously passed a bylaw banning all parking near or in...

Editorial: Plenty for which to be thankful

At the risk of repeating ourselves, with Thanksgiving Day officially in the rear-view mirror, let's reflect a bit on a few of the things for...

Editorial: Guess who shouldn’t be coming to dinner?

We all have much to be thankful for again this year. And, thankfully, vaccines have brought us closer to defeating COVID-19. Last week Niagara’s top medical doctor...

Editorial: Short-term rentals: Part 3 — Council must take action now

While there is a long list of problems created by short-term rentals in our community, there are also some benefits. These businesses do create a small...

Editorial: Short-term rentals: Part 2: Too much influence

They don’t pay commercial tax, they pay a nominal annual fee per room and now they’re being excluded from collecting Niagara-on-the-Lake's planned accommodation tax. Short-term rentals have taken...

Editorial: Town must tax all short-term rentals: Part 1

Asked about the plethora of problems associated with the short-term rental industry (take note of that word, industry), Lord Mayor Betty Disero said that...

Editorial: Candidate debate a lively affair

Tuesday’s all-candidates debate hosted by The Lake Report was a telling tale of our riding's political candidates for the federal election.  Overall, we were delighted...

Editorial: Tune in to your debate nights

Richard HarleyKevin MacLean Editors It’s a flash election in the midst of an ever-changing, ongoing global pandemic. Yes, few people other than the prime minister really wanted...

Editorial: Riding is one to watch: It could be a wild race

Richard HarleyKevin MacLean The Lake Report Traditionally, Canada’s left-of-centre vote is divided among the Liberals, the NDP and the Greens. That’s where the whole rhetoric comes from...

Editorial: More young adults need to get the vaccine

No one wants any more lockdowns. After several weeks of regaining a sense of normalcy in our lives, we all seem to feel a huge sense of...

Editorial: Public information: Part 4

In Ontario there is a legal statute called the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a behemoth piece of legislation designed...

Editorial: Public information Part 3

Obtaining even basic information from Niagara Regional Police about incidents they are investigating or ones in which charges have been laid can mean the...

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