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March 14 — Sports: Team of the Week: U11 Local League 1 Wolves

The Lake Report’s NOTL Minor Hockey Association Team of the Week is the NOTL Wolves U11 Local League 1 squad. Pictured here from left...

Letter: Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict

Dear editor: As a Mennonite, my ancestors came to Canada so we could live out our cultural and spiritual values — mainly our commitment to...

Letter: NOTL needs a public high school

Dear editor: This is an open letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake parents. Does it make sense to you that a town with 1,000-plus teens doesn't provide a high...

Dr. Brown: Exploring ‘Middle Land’ — life beyond what we can see

When I wrote my book "Perspectives" in 2015, I hoped to explore how the world we live in might be viewed from the perspective...

A toast to women

Niagara College students Melisa Quiverio and Lina Farfan show off their Pink Boots brew — Rose Parks New Zealand Pilsner — they created for...

Saga of illegally paved conservation land finally resolved

No penalty for hotel developer but new trees and shrubs must be planted The town has granted a developer permission to pave over conservation land...

Exploring History: Niagara Township Fruit Co-Operative, 1944

This co-operative was organized and received its charter in March 1937. The co-operative movement in Canada originated when barn raising and other co-operative activities...

Arch-i-text: What’s wrong with this picture?

Within the foreseeable future, Glendale will be home to 20,000 – or more – residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake. That’s likely to be over half of...

Growing Together: Every garden needs a focal point to be the star

If you know me at all, you know that I am plant-obsessed. I love all the many details of a plant: its flowers, the...

Letter: Time to change thinking about our environment

Dear editor: I am reading in amazement about "messy" trees and making room in yards for completely unnecessary landfill toys (the manufacturing process and environmental...

Editorial: A show of strength and solidarity

From newborn to their nineties, the women of Niagara-on-the-Lake turned out this past Monday morning in a show of strength and solidarity. Tomorrow — Friday,...

Exploring Photos: Margherita Howe, 1942

Before Margherita Howe became known as an environmental champion and the co-founder of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Conservancy, she enlisted on Jan. 2, 1942, to help...

Hundreds of volunteer hours make Crossroads home show a major success

There was a little something for everyone at the Crossroads Public School's 14th annual NOTL Home, Garden & Craft Show. The show opens up the...

Success brewing for this pair of NOTL pub owners

Jovie Joki and Robin Ridesic are like two different branches of the same tree. One runs a successful pub while the other owns a craft...

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