When the Rand Estate hotel proposal came to council Tuesday night, Save Our Rand Estate came armed with lawyers, planners, engineers and other experts to articulate its questions and objections.
Daryl Novak and Laura Lynn Harry joined a handful of other Chorus Niagara singers last week to perform at the legendary concert hall as part of a special U.S. Memorial Day program.
The ceremony was held without Pride Niagara, the region's most prominent LGBTQ+ non-profit organization. However, town officials maintain that this year's flag-raising was no different from past events.
The organization behind the ongoing revitalization of a historic plot of land in Old Town is inviting the public to have a look at the work it's done so far to transform a forest that's seen better days into an urban oasis.
Brian Crow does not describe his wife’s move into long-term care as a joyful occassion. But her move this year into the new building at Pleasant Manor has allowed her to access the care she needs, he says.
The weather was perfect Tuesday when the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club’s nine- and 18-hole women’s leagues hit the links to compete for the Hunter Cup.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's annual farmers' market's organizer says it's waiting for more Niagara farmers to sign on, hoping to accommodate up to 40 vendors in its new, larger space.
Fort George National Historic Site brought Camp Niagara back from the dead last weekend, staging a full First World War re-enactment on the grounds where more than 75,000 soldiers trained before shipping overseas.
The 2026 Welcome Concert marked the 60th anniversary of Canada's seasonal agricultural workers program and returned the Toronto Mass Choir to the stage for the first time since 2016.
"More than 40 years later, it is almost hard to imagine the town without the Shaw as we now know it," writes Richard Harley. "And yet here we are again, acting as if the next step forward is some shocking attack on the town’s soul."
"The same tired logic keeps being used to make elected officials sound powerless, as if councillors are merely there to nod along while planners, consultants, developers and provincial policy do the real governing," writes Richard Harley.
"It was Sara Farb's finale, a stationary no-holding-back solo, guaranteed to rouse emotions, that wrenched the audience to an eruption of applause. Impressive, but still not quite enough to fill the void," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"The legacy of our current council will be forever. A large hotel and venue plunked in a residential hood ... Changes of mass and scope to the main street that can never be undone," writes Garth Turner.
"Nobody is sure who coined the term 'sleepy little town,' but one thing is for certain: in the past few years, the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake certainly cannot be described in those terms," writes Brian Marshall.
