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Letter: St. Davids knows all about incompatible development

Dear editor: I had to somewhat stifle a tongue-in-cheek chuckle after reading Wayne Murray’s letter in the March 2 edition of The Lake Report regarding...

Arch-i-text: ‘Slow architecture’ vs. buildings ‘designed for the moment’

Back in 1986, the fast-food giant McDonald’s opened a new outlet close to the Spanish Steps in Rome. To say that McDonald’s got pushback...

Letter: Diane Hemmings missed in women’s celebration

Dear editor: I must congratulate The Lake Report team on an excellent edition on March 9 recognizing International Women’s Day, ("Celebrating the Women of NOTL")....

Letter: Celebration of NOTL women was well done

Dear editor: I was very impressed with the large section featured in the March 9 edition of The Lake Report, "Celebrating the Women of NOTL,"...

Editorial: The future of old NOTL hospital

'We don’t want to see the old hospital’s future use become mired in studies and reports and indecision' There are a lot of important issues...

Exploring Photos: Fishing for sturgeon in Niagara River

This circa 1920s photograph is of two local fishermen, William Ball and Jim “Pud” Patterson, with a young child and a sturgeon caught in...

The Monuments Men: Part 39: Harold George Budd fought at Battle of the Somme

It's been a century since Niagara-on-the-Lake's iconic clock tower cenotaph was erected. Then, in 1926, the Township of Niagara unveiled its own memorial in...

$10M road reconstruction means long, slow drive through Virgil

Niagara Stone Road is all chewed up after a seven-year plan finally hit the road. Literally. Anyone driving through Virgil should expect traffic delays while...

Solmar seeks permits to demolish some Rand buildings

SORE and Solmar will be facing off again soon after the town called a special meeting to review applications to alter or demolish buildings...

No end to phone, text and door-to-door scams, experts say

First in a two-part series With Fraud Prevention Month well under way across Canada, so are telephone, text message and door-to-door scams. One scam in particular...

Town’s new e-permit system expected to streamline process

The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has introduced a new labour-saving online program that will allow residents to obtain building permits electronically. The new service makes it...

Sports: NOTL pickleball tourney attracts 260 competitors

The NOTL Pickleball Club now has 260 players – from 18 to 84 – signed up for its inaugural international tournament in June. “With so many...

Beware: Broken glass on Commons off-leash trail

A reader of The Lake Report found shards of broken glass strewn along the off-leash pathway at the Commons near Butler's Barracks this week...

Donations, federal funding gave Shaw big boost in 2022

Outdoor shows were a 'huge hit,' artistic director Tim Carroll says The Shaw Festival is adopting a “new normal.” “Turns out that there might be no...

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