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Arts: New Pumphouse exhibit features stunning travel photos from around the world

From a rare view of the Milky Way and the Northern Lights taken in a single frame in Iceland, to a breath-taking panorama of...

Halloween: Candy and costumes galore at Fort George; kids hit the street all over NOTL

Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! All of them were roaming around Fort George on Saturday, as costumed kids did some early trick-or-treating. Children who...

Bloomin’ good news: NOTL wins third place for Year of the Garden celebration

Niagara-on-the-Lake has won another major award in the annual Communities in Bloom competition. This year, NOTL earned third-place honours for its celebration of the Year...

COVID cases are trending upward again, Hirji says

Chief medical officer urges people to wear masks, get boosters – and a flu shot The temperature may be dropping, but COVID-19 cases are rising. And...

Growing Together: Still plenty of fall chores to be done in garden

Over the last three weeks I have been writing about things that you can still be doing in your garden before winter sets in. I...

The Monuments Men: Part 23: The veteran: Capt. Edward Winnett Thompson

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Niagara-on-the-Lake's iconic clock tower cenotaph. In recognition of the cenotaph's century of service through two world wars and beyond, NOTL...

Winemakers donating sales of tasting pass to Farmworkers Hub

Sipping wine never tasted so good. For the month of November, all of the proceeds from the $35 Winemakers’ Selections Tasting Pass will be donated to the...

First Harvest Breakfast in two years draws big crowd to St. Davids Lions Club

Numerous community events had to be cancelled or postponed over the last two years and one one of the most beloved was the Harvest...

Christ Church McNab closes its doors after 175 years

After 175 years of worship and 169 years in the same building, Christ Church Anglican has shut its doors forever. The church known by NOTLers...

Letter: Some Black cemetery gravestones were taken by locals

Dear editor: I have read some of the newspaper articles concerning James Russell's quest to find out more about the people buried at the Negro...

Editorial: A successful first step

Anyone grow up in a small town or have friends or relatives who did? We all probably can answer that one in the affirmative. For...

Car chase ends on NOTLer’s front lawn

Gary Williams was relaxing in his basement watching "A Walk Among the Tombstones" at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday when the ending of the...

Community rallies to raise money for farmworker hit by car

The Niagara-on-the-Lake community is stepping up to help a farmworker who was badly injured after he was hit by a car while on his...

Niagara Nursery School: Part 4: Time to celebrate 50 years of serving children

To help mark the 50th anniversary of the Niagara Nursery School and Child Care Centre, The Lake Report scoured the scant early records of the...

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