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Ross’s Ramblings: A positive day in the world of oncology. Hurray!

Until four months ago, I never imagined I would hear my name and the noun cancer in the same sentence. I won’t be melodramatic, but...

Sports: Another lost weekend for Predators on the road

The Jr. A Niagara Predators finished the weekend without any points after losing two games on the road this past Saturday and Sunday. The Predators...

Sports: U18 Wolves keep their heads high after semifinal loss

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. But the NOTL Wolves U18 rep team never gave up. After clawing their...

Letter: Ottawa can’t control our supermarket prices

Dear editor: Is it really comforting to you that our federal government has demanded supermarket chains hold their prices? Going from the dream world of politicians...

A poem of remembrance

Dr. William Brown The Lake Report This is based on Michael Winter’s, “Lest We Forget: Walking with the dead,” about the slaughter of the Newfoundland Regiment...

Tech expert thinks he can get town’s parking back between the lines

A Niagara-on-the-Lake entrepreneur thinks he has the solution to the town’s parking problems. And as the town will soon be collecting bids from the business...

Arts: Spinners and weavers celebrate fibre arts with fall sale

Jo-Ann Fraser Special to The Lake Report The last time you wore your favourite jeans, you probably didn't contemplate the indigo dye that imparts denim's deep...

Growing Together: Some final chores in the garden before winter

How did it get to be November? Most the leaves are off the trees. It is now dark by 5 o’clock. Before you know it,...

Exploring History: A brief history of the Remembrance poppy

The adoption of the poppy was due, in no small part, to Lt.-Gov. John McCrae’s famous 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields." After reading the...

Editorial: A day to remember

Rain or shine, sleet or snow, Niagara-on-the-Lake always turns out for Remembrance Day. A year ago, in torrential rain, the crowd was a bit more...

Dos and don’ts of recycling

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library’s most recent Learn & Live segment pointed out that only 25 per cent of the waste that we generate in...

Wear a poppy, young veteran urges NOTLers

For Glenda Hall, the military has become an intrinsic part of her entire life. When she originally joined in 1991 in Cape Breton, Hall’s goal...

A dog, a gown and a busted eardrum: what a British family brought back from war

Out of the Blitz came a blessing. Rita Steele lives in a retirement home in Niagara-on-the-Lake today, but she grew up in London under the...

Only 25 per cent of waste is properly recycled in Niagara, expert says

A lot of us do our due diligence in disposing of our garbage: trash in black bags, paper and plastic in blue boxes —...

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