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Speed cameras all about safety, region says

The good news for those who were caught by the speed camera on Niagara Stone Road in Virgil is that this is the final...

NOTL’s chief librarian fired over column in The Lake Report

Cathy Simpson, the CEO of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library, was fired Tuesday morning over the controversial content of an op-ed column published by The...

@theMuseum: Expansion will make NOTL Museum fully accessible to all

This is the fifth part in an ongoing series of stories to draw attention to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum as it embarks on a fundraising...

Arch-i-text: 19th-century and New Traditional — conversation across generations

Over the past few years, this column has stressed the importance of sympathetic — and contextually appropriate — design to achieve new developments (or...

Your town tax bill is expected to jump 6.75%

Niagara-on-the-Lake residents can expect a municipal tax hike of about 6.75 per cent for 2024. The budget debate got heated when NOTL’s nine elected officials...

NOTLers lead the way for International Women’s Day

The women of Niagara-on-the-Lake made Queen’s Royal Park their stomping grounds on Monday morning. About 125 women came out to the second annual International Women’s...

Nothing stops NOTL’s women firefighters

At Niagara-on-the-Lake’s fire station in Glendale, women stand shoulder to shoulder with men, and go toe to toe with fire. Rebecca Van der Zalm has...

Decision to continue hearing Jeleel Stewart appeal up to tribunal: WSIB

What happens now to the case of a Jamaican man who was injured on the job as a seasonal worker in Niagara-on-the-Lake is up...

Sports: NOTL skaters perform well in competitions

Members of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Skating Club have been busy winning medals and ribbons in competitions across the province. Two club members, Hailey Mitchell in STAR...

‘Ambassador’ Laurie Harley is NOTL’s Citizen of the Year

Laurie Harley, one of the founders and leaders of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s innovative Ambassadors program, is the town’s Citizen of the Year. Harley was among several residents...

And the beat goes on: Foot patrols bring ‘nostalgic aspect’ back to policing in NOTL

There’s a saying that everything old is new again. While it’s most commonly used to describe things such as fashion, music and even home decor,...

Restrictions on tree cuttings are unfair, councillors say

Tree protections in Niagara-on-the-Lake don’t cut it. That was the sentiment of councillors at a meeting Feb. 13 regardless of which side of the fence...

Northern Exposure: Celebrated NOTL artist leading Arctic expedition

Thirty years ago, Edward Spera — then a recent philosophy and psychology graduate — decided to pick up a paintbrush and create something. His life...

Arts: NOTL filmmaker’s ‘The Movie Man’ is a love letter to cinemas

Matt Finlin can still remember the first film he saw at Highlands Cinemas when he was only 11 years old. " 'Terminator 2.' And I...

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