"“It is a complete grassroots startup with only sweat equity that has gone into it,” says Melissa Achal, owner of NEOB Lavender. She's nominated for two awards in this year's Women in Business Awards.
Running from October through February, the breakfast series raises funds for community causes, including local minor sports, St. David's School and the Red Roof Retreat.
Two local residents with extensive backgrounds in engineering say they have several issues with the site servicing and stormwater management reports town staff used to recommend council approve rezoning the Parliament Oak site for a new hotel.
After failing to secure the top candidate out of approximately 70 people who applied, the town’s selection committee is being forced to renew its efforts.
“This is a way that community members can have another income stream off of their property, and continue to live in the community they love," says Amanda Colvin of Buot Tiny Homes.
With the season underway for the NOTL Minor Hockey Association this fall, the NOTL Harvest Classic hockey tournament took over the Virgil arenas on the weekend.
One of the most influential contemporary Chinese ink artists, an exhibition of ZhengHui Lan's work is running now until Nov. 26 at GOCA space inside Vineridge Academy.
Local animal advocates are calling on pet owners to make sure their cats are neutered and spayed after a number of kittens were allegedly dumped in NOTL.
"For democracy to be successful, we have to have confidence in the people we elect ... in order to gain that confidence, we have to have transparency in the decision-making process," one NOTL resident told The Lake Report.
Early bird tickets for the Holiday House Tour, which will feature six of NOTL's historic homes lavishly decorated for the holiday season, are $45 each until Nov. 8.
Those who were in favour of selecting Andrew Niven say the town's past decisions on handling council vacancies weren't based on a single hard-and-fast rule, as there is more than one legal option for how to fill an empty seat.
