Wi-Fi in the heritage district, more public washrooms and signs to help visitors navigate Old Town are just a few of the changes that could come to Niagara-on-the-Lake's busiest community by next year.
While some municipal leaders say the Dec. 3 deadline doesn't leave the town enough time to review its spending plans in detail, others said it'll keep the town ahead of the curve on future infrastructure projects.
Some of the leading names in Canadian and international heritage conservation are coming to Queenston as part of the Willowbank School of Restoration Art’s annual lecture series, which is making its return this fall.
Queenston marked Laura Secord’s 250th on Saturday with speeches, a cake crafted by Niagara College and a pointed reminder that local history links to today’s cross-border economy.
"I have concluded that the design principle underlying all of them is to frustrate customers so thoroughly that we hang up, abandoning all service attempts, forever and ever, amen," writes Steve McGuiness.
The 45th annual Terry Fox Run set off from Simcoe Park in Old Town on Sept. 14, with teams of local business, cancer survivors and families joining a community push to finish what Terry Fox started.
Friends and fellow gardeners are remembering Joanne Young for her vast knowledge in all things horticulture and her lighthearted teaching style. She was 56.
Almost everyone who was alive on Sept. 11, 2001, remembers where they were when the planes struck, Kathy Weiss, president of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber...
It’s been 75 years since the doors of a Niagara-on-the-Lake institution first opened.
Penner Home Hardware, or "Penners" as most locals know it, celebrated its...
Published by Mosaic Press, the book tells the life of Bosc Sr., a fifth-generation French-Algerian winegrower, who fled Algeria in 1962 and later carried out Ontario’s first commercial planting of vinifera grapes.
"Our town staff, mayor and council sometimes face criticism from the community, but in this instance, they showed responsiveness and support," write Catherine Cornell & Don Dinnin.
"The driving presumption is that more frequent in-person interaction between team members will lead to better coordination and cohesion. But it could just as easily lead to more downtime spent socializing with distracted co-workers around the water cooler," writes Steve McGuinness.
Two young Niagara-on-the-Lake golfers, Kaige Zhu and Eli Perng, turned in strong performances at the Canadian under-15 championships in British Columbia this week.
