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Popular pig roast returns to NOTL Legion

The corn was piping hot and the roasted pig delicious as ever at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Legion's pig roast Sunday afternoon. People came out for some...

Fort pays tribute to Summer Games with Soldier’s Field Day

Weekend demonstrations featured re-enactors and the first Soldier's Wife Challenge Muskets firing, fife and drum demonstrations, and the first edition of the Soldier’s Wife Challenge...

U.S. author sets romantic novel in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Region is "the most beautiful area I've ever seen in my life,” Andrew Pender says Romantic Niagara-on-the-Lake was the optimal setting for American author Andrew...

Caterpillars of pretty white butterflies are voracious eaters

Charlotte Letkemann Special to The Lake Report You may have noticed a lot of quick-flying little white butterflies around lately. They are European cabbage white butterflies, which...

Exploring Photos: The NOTL farmerettes

As we drive by all the fruit trees, we sometimes think about the young women who came from out of town during the Second...

Keeping it Green: The shapeshifting American eel’s 6,000-km journey to Niagara

This is an excerpt from Kyra Simone's talk at the second annual Jane's Walk, starting at 7 p.m. at Ryerson Park on Thursday, Aug....

Letter: Make East-West Line preferred route to Old Town

Dear editor: I don’t understand how and why people think that suggesting Charlotte Street as a preferred route into Old Town is the best solution...

Annual Chautauqua Labour Day corn roast and BBQ returns

For the first time since 2019, Chautauqua Park will be buzzing with activity this Labour Day as the Niagara-on-the-Lake neighbourhood's annual corn roast and...

Horoscope: Things will get easier if you’re honest with yourself

Thursday, Aug. 25: After several weeks in Virgo, today Mercury enters Libra. The key word for Mercury in Libra – and for any planet...

Growing Together: A pinch of prevention can rid garden of powdery mildew

Wondering about that white film on the leaves of your plant? As I have been visiting gardens over the past few weeks, I am seeing...

Pumphouse kits bring art to long-term care residents

Two NOTL care homes say residents love the innovative arts program Seniors are tuning into their artistic sides at Pleasant Manor and Upper Canada Lodge...

Letter: Yes, NOTL really needs to adopt a ward system

Dear editor: Moving from the present "at large" system of electing our town council to a new ward System as proposed in your editorial, ("A new...

Letter: Remarkable medical procedure cured decades-long tremors

Dear editor: In the spring of 2021 I spoke publicly about my history of intentional tremor and seeing a newspaper article about a new procedure...

‘Marchers For Maya’ seeking donations for diabetes fundraising walk

Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Maya Webster is looking for donations to raise money for the Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes to help find a cure for...

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