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Ross’s Ramblings: Are the people or their pets the top dog in NOTL?

Thank goodness for pet dogs or many locals would get no real exercise outdoors in the fresh air – especially in the winter, when...

Wine guru Andrea Kaiser to speak about icewine and its history at NOTL festival

Andrea Kaiser was born into the wine industry. The daughter of Inniskillin co-founder Karl Kaiser, she definitely knows her way around a grape. And this...

Arch-i-text: Repeating past mistakes for the benefit of a few

To say that I am not a fan of the Ford government’s More Homes Built Faster Act (Bill 23) is akin to suggesting that...

NOTL pharmacists work overtime to find solutions to drug shortages

Pharmacies in Niagara-on-the-Lake are still scraping the bottom of the barrel for adult cold and flu medications this winter after a countrywide drug shortage...

Bad experience with health system is symptom of a larger problem

Dear editor: I read in The Lake Report the letter from Bud and Leslie Moulson (“Broken leg and a broken system costs patient over $1,000 in...

Police looking for information about Brock’s Monument vandalism

Police are investigating an act of vandalism that occurred at Queenston Heights overnight on Friday. In an email to The Lake Report, Niagara Regional Police...

Growing Together: And the winners are … high-achieving plants for your garden

At this time of year, we are flooded with award shows like the Golden Globes, Grammys and Oscars. But why should actors and singers receive...

Dr. Brown: A father’s subtle life influences and NOTL’s Nobel series

My father came from a family of English midland dyers of wool and he was the first to go to university, in his case,...

Relieved growers finish icewine harvest amid unseasonably mild winter

Make hay while the sun shines, or in this case, pick grapes while the temperature plunges. Grape growers in Niagara have had only two short...

The Monuments Men: Part 31: Adelburt Samuel Green died while repairing trenches

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 Queenston. In...

Bus driver has front row seat to massive chemical explosion

Swimming with sharks was a little less scary than this. Back when she worked as a marine biologist, Sher Donovan used to swim with sharks...

NOTL to host international pickle ball tourney in June

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Pickleball Club will play host to a major international tournament in June that’s expected to attract players from across the country and...

Guest Column: The future is electric vehicles and NOTL Hydro is getting ready

Tim Curtis Special to The Lake Report Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro is preparing for big changes in the near future, when electric vehicles dominate and gas-powered cars are...

Editorial: Making a difference in the community

Like Niagara-on-the-Lake, our community food bank and thrift store is growing, changing and moving with the times. Newark Neighbours has always been associated with Old...

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