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An accident in NOTL involving multiple vehicles. Work done by the fire department to clean up the collision was charged to the taxpayer. (File)
News
NOTL may charge at-fault drivers for collision costs
Verna Traina died in 2019 after fall at a NOTL long-term care home. A man who was charged with manslaughter in her death died last week at age 75.
News
Man accused in death of NOTL nursing home resident dies before case gets to trial
Patrizia, Isaac, William and Domenic Trapasso
News
No parade? No way: Residents frustrated with continued COVID-19 cancellations
Lt.-Col Bernard Nehring dressed up as Lt.-Col Thomas Clark on the anniversary of the Battle of Queenston Heights. (Evan Saunders)
News
Canadian colonel honours Lt.-Col. Thomas Clark on anniversary of Queenston Heights battle
Editorial.
News
Editorial: Town needs to get back to business
Otto Dix, "Storm Troops Advance Under Gas" from Der Krieg (War), 1924, etching, aquatint, Private Collection, New York. (Supplied)
News
Eye for Art: 'Storm Troopers'
Pixabay image
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Climate change is here now and worse is coming
A linesman helps keep the peace between Predators Gino Carter Squire and Ravens’ Nicholas Messier. (Kevan Dowd)
News
Hockey: Cool heads, hot goalies help Predators to first place
Sean Blank with his great dane mastiff Cas. (Gail Kendall)
News
Exploring Queenston on a rainy fall day
A fine asymmetrical Saltbox. (Brian Marshall)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Heritage treasures in Queenston
Patricia Murenbeeld. (Supplied)
News
Planting and bulb sale supports Rotary’s End Polio Now program
Santa will be heading to NOTL neighbourhoods this year. (File photo/Richard Harley)
News
No NOTL Christmas parade, but Santa will do a drive-by again
The old American Hotel at 61 Melville St. (Richard Harley)
News
Condos or hotel planned for former American Hotel site 
Rotarians Jeannie Manning, Paul Lalonde, Jolanta Janny and Patricia Murenbeeld pose on one of the nursery school’s playgrounds with staff members Candice Penny, Nicole Tissen and Amanda Mirabella. (Evan Saunders)
News
Expanded nursery school aims to help young families to flourish
Cut off stems just above bulb. (Joanne Young)
Opinion
Growing Together: Time to plant spring bulbs and pull out summer bulbs
Horoscope
Entertainment
Looking to the Stars: Scorpio season brings renewal and transformation
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Why did committee give developer extension to do needed work?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Rather than fight developers, work with them
Shaw’s artistic director Tim Carroll says there have been some “aha” moments during COVID-19 that will help the theatre company grow back stronger. (David Cooper/Supplied)
News
Shaw's 'two Tims' find silver linings in pandemic challenges
NOTL resident Julie Clark was walking her dog on Oct. 13 when she noticed the tree planting gathering on the heritage trail. She grabbed a shovel and started lending a hand, saying she has been devastated by canopy loss in the municipality in recent years. (Evan Saunders)
News
Project plants 50 new trees along the heritage trail
A historic photo of the Rand Estate. (Sourced)
News
SORE wins heritage award for Randwood advocacy
A garden party gathering at Randwood on Aug. 12, 1916. (Supplied)
Opinion
Opinion: 1916 photos are elegant depictions of historic importance of Randwood
Wade Davis. (Supplied)
Opinion
Opinion: Brewing up a new adventure in retirement
NOTL Fire chief Nick Ruller. (Evan Saunders)
News
Council OKs plan to expand Old Town firehall
Two Sisters Winery co-proprietor Angela Marotta leads the vineyards staff on a mile-long walk to support Gillian’s Place, a non-profit organization that provides safe housing and legal counsel for women and children escaping domestic abuse. (Evan Saunders)
News
Winery staff take a walk to fight domestic violence
Brian Crow (right in black) and Ruth Denyer (far right) are new leaders of the CRA. (File)
News
Chautauqua Residents Association elects new president
Niagara Falls riding MP Tony Baldinelli
Opinion
Letter: Niagara MPs urge region to declare mental health emergency
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: The American Hotel
From left, Fabian and Stephanie Reis, Ray Syegco and Selah Schmoll. (Richard Harley)
News
Harvest Barn gets new name, mandate as Alitura
From left, Peter Gill, Daryl Novak and Dave Hunter outside the NOTL Public Library. (Niagara Now/Jessica Maxwell)
News
NOTL library launches major fundraising drive
Letter to the editor
News
Letter: Thanks for positive editorial on NOTL
The Niagara Predators beat the St. George Ravens 3-2 in Virgil Friday night.
News
Hockey: Predators in first place after 3-2 nail-biter
Jaena Thompson. (File)
News
Bench dedicated to NOTL's Jaena Thompson
Signs are up warning of a ban on overnight parking near town parks. (Evan Saunders)
News
Town bans overnight parking in or near town parks
Editorial.
Opinion, Featured
Editorial: Again, council focuses on trivial issues instead of important problems
The Rand Estate has been owned by Two Sisters Resorts Corp. since 2017. (Sourced)
News
Most repairs to Rand Estate delayed till May
Editorial.
Opinion
Editorial: Plenty for which to be thankful
Craig Youdale, dean of NC’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute, stands in the College’s Teaching Winery, located at the Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Supplied)
News
LCBO helps Niagara College develop bursary for BIPOC women
Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro. (File)
Opinion
Saturday's power outage could cost NOTL residents over $80,000
John Brant was one of the Indigenous leaders whose forces were pivotal in the outcome of the Battle of Queenston Heights. (Evan Saunder)
News
Archeologist hosts presentation on Queenston battle
Shelley Baldwin says Thanksgiving dinner at the Farmhouse Cafe is the best you can get next to cooking yourself. Nine members of the Baldwin family gathered Monday afternoon at the cafe at Caroline Cellars. (Evan Saunders)
News
Grateful platefuls: NOTL restaurants sell out of turkey dinners
A bed and breakfast sign in NOTL. (File)
Opinion
Opinion: How to govern short-term rentals
Niagara sniper Jesper Eriksson's shot beats Tottenham goalie Jack Boudreau in the first period. (Kevan Dowd)
News
Hockey: Jr. A Predators net pair of Thanksgiving victories
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Battle of Queenston Heights
Another example of why NOTL needs design oversight. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
Featured
Arch-i-text: Another casualty?
Sandie Bellows, chair of the Niagara Parks Commission, died Sunday night after a battle with cancer. Pictured, in July she was at the  opening of the commission's newest tourism attraction, the revamped Niagara Parks Power Station. (Evan Saunders)
News
Obituary: Sandie Bellows, Niagara Parks chair, dies of cancer
The old NOTL Hospital.
Opinion
FUTURE VISION: Part 5: An assisted-living facility for those over 65
Emma LeBlanc operates the Cheese Secrets booth. (Richard Harley)
News
GALLERY: Final summer market wraps up, organizer says season was a busy one
Dr. William Brown.
Opinion
Dr. Brown--Will mRNA vaccines someday win a Nobel Prize?
A road and parking lot now stand where protected woodland was at 524 York Rd. (Evan Saunders)
News
Saga of the conservation land illegally paved by developer
Dr. Richard Bruno, a polio and post-polio syndrome specialist, will virtually address the local and district Rotary Clubs on the topic: Covid 19—Polio Déjà vu? The public are welcome to join the Oct. 19 video conference. (Supplied)
News
NOTL Rotary launches polio education campaign
Box tree moths present a threat to boxwoods. (Supplied)
Opinion
Growing Together: Moth infestations may be targeting your boxwood shrubs
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Seniors a bargaining chip for optometrists in talks with province
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Gateway wall is a potential hazard for drivers
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Another contradiction from developer Marotta
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Residents' concerns ignored in tourism debate
Horoscope
Entertainment
Horoscope: A chance to get it right and find our purpose
Jon Taylor and John Sobil, Goldup pairs champions. (Ricky Watson)
News
Golf: That's a wrap – men's league ends with shootout
Glenn Muir says there should be a national, consistent system for vaccine receipts to avoid problems in enforcing the government's policies. (Richard Harley)
News
Caught in the middle: Confusion over whether single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is acceptable
Sandie Bellows, chair of the Niagara Parks Commission, died Sunday night after a battle with cancer. Pictured, in July she was at the  opening of the commission's newest tourism attraction, the revamped Niagara Parks Power Station. (Evan Saunders)
News
Obituary: Sandie Bellows, Niagara Parks chair, dies of cancer
The Niagara Predators' Mario Zitella (7) gets boxed out by defender Keegan Brannigan (88) as he looks for a rebound. The Predators skated to a 5-0 home win versus Tottenham in Virgil on Friday night and added a 6-2 win on the road Saturday. (Kevan Dowd photo)
News
Hockey: Niagara Predators beat Tottenham in back-to-back games
Bella the robot brings food to a table at East Izakaya restaurant in Niagara Falls.
News
Robots help to serve sushi at Niagara restaurants
Do you have any information about Shalamar Lake?
News
Seeking information about Shalamar Lake resort
Niagara-on-the-Lake's sign bylaw governs only commercial signs not personal signs on either public or private property, says retired lawyer Ron Fritz. (Kevin MacLean)
News
NOTL bylaw has no control over private signs
Anishinaabe Edler Albert Choken and his 14-year-old helper. (Evan Saunders)
News
A cleansing St. Davids smudging ceremony and a wandering spirit
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Niagara River circa 1915
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Guess who shouldn't be coming to dinner?
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Legal rentals responsible for few problems
All that can be seen of the Rand Estate behind the no trespassing signs and tarpaulin used to cover the estates entrance. (Evan Saunders)
News
Developer appeals Rand Estate repair order
A large group of NOTLers gather for a meeting to address the Rand Estate. (File)
News
SORE nominated for conservancy award
Kids at Crossroads Elementary school stand in front of 6,509 orange hands cut out to memorialize the thousands of Indigenous children who died in Canada's residential school system. (Supplied)
News
Education about reconciliation goes beyond holiday, principal says
Bridget gets a sense of purpose from partnering with United Way. (Supplied)
News
Supporting United Way: 'It’s a privilege to do this'
Horoscope
Entertainment
Looking to the Stars: Time for a new, improved and healthier you
Cam Calder, left, and Grant Williams, right, are congratulated by WOOFs league co-ordinator Bill Katrynuk on winning the Golden Dog and Top Dog trophies. (Kevin MacLean photo)
News
Golf: WOOFs celebrate their season finale
About 100 spectators were on hand Friday night when the Niagara Predators played their first game at the Meridian arena in Virgil. They beat Streetsville 5-3.
News
Hockey: Jr. A Predators win home opener in NOTL debut
1805 Clement House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Out and about around Virgil
Dr. William Brown.
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Isolation and shrinking boundaries in the COVID era
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Why does DSBN winter break start on Dec. 24?
NOTL Museum director Sarah Kaufman stands by the many unique gift items for sale in the museum. (Evan Saunders)
News
Museum asks town for $700,000 to help with expansion project
Phil Tregunno inspects some late-season grapes still on the vine at Tregunno Fruit Farms on the Niagara Parkway. (Evan Saunders)
News
Investment in Niagara tender fruit means lower prices, better quality, farmer says
Emma, Yvonne and Alan Plater have a burger after riding 30 kilometres to honour Alan's deceased friend and namesake of the event, Dr. Ron Mergl. (Evan Saunders)
News
Old friend honours Ron Mergl at Rotary polio ride
Gabe Betton in his leather crafting workshop. The 24-year-old has turned his passion for leather crafting into a small business called Tool & Hide. (Richard Harley)
News
NOTL leather crafter turns passion into business
Masters student Brooke Kapeller presents her research. (Supplied)
News
Keeping it Green: Niagara needs to preserve wildlife habitats, experts say
Letter
Opinion
Letter: A rental room is a rental room and should be taxed
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Rental operators need to be good neighbours
Letter to the editor.
Opinion
Letter: Use $250,000 gateway donation on more needy projects
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Cleanup efforts admirable, but stop using harmful products
The McArthur Estate will again be open to visitors during the NOTL Rotary Club's "Enchanted Wonderland" evening tour on Dec. 3 and 4. (File photo)
News
Tickets selling quickly for NOTL Rotary Club's 'Enchanted Wonderland' and holiday house tour
If you're bringing plants like this croton indoors for the winter, several preparation steps are necessary. (Joanne Young photo)
Opinion
Growing Together: Frost is coming, time to bring house plants in for winter
Brock's Monument is one of the stops on the Doors Open tour Oct. 16. (File photo)
News
Queenston opens its doors for visitors to explore the village
The Niagara Predators played their first game Friday at the Meridian arena in Virgil. They beat Streetsville 5-3.
News
Sports: NOTL Predators win home opener
The McArthur Estate will again be open to visitors during the NOTL Rotary Club's "Enchanted Wonderland" evening tour on Dec. 3 and 4. (File photo)
News
Tickets on sale now for NOTL Rotary Club's 'Enchanted Wonderland' and holiday house tour
Power video still. (Supplied photo)
News
RiverBrink's 'Power' exhibit explores Niagara's history
Abbie Gowans with her Picnix trailer, built by her father. (Supplied)
News
Life's a Picnix for young Queenston entrepreneur
Lara Davidson photo
News
PHOTOS: Skaters are back on ice
Dr. Hirji said COVID cases appear to be plateauing .
News
COVID cases appear to be flattening, vaccines coming for kids five to 11
Fallon Farinacci grew up in Manitoba. When she was nine, her parents were murdered and her and her brothers made orphans. Police failed to intervene in the hostage situation that got her parents killed and she has recently started using her grief and story as a means to improve the lives and draw attention to the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women. (Supplied)
News
Indigenous residents want Ontario to make Sept. 30 statutory holiday
Dr. Hirji. (File)
News
Unvaccinated should not be invited for Thanksgiving: Hirji
A GO bus coming to a municipality near you. (File)
News
Region seeks feedback on massive consolidated transit plan
Julie Lumsden is a Winnipeg born Métis actress. She recently received the outstanding achievement in performing arts award at the Celebration of Nations. (Supplied)
News
Métis actress says Truth and Reconciliation Day is about education
David Laing looks at the new Upper Canada Heritage Trail plaque to commemorate donors for the project. He and wife Gwen were among the first to donate to the project and said preserving the heritage of NOTL is very important to them. (Evan Saunders)
News
Preserving NOTL's heritage is important, trail donors say
Darren Werner has been missing since Sept. 16. (Facebook)
News
Disappearance of Darren Werner baffles veteran detective
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Short-term rentals: Part 3 -- Council must take action now
An Ornge air ambulance carries a woman to hospital after an ATV crash on Sunday evening in rural Niagara-on-the-Lake. (NOTL Fire Department photo)
News
Woman seriously injured in ATV crash
Brock's Monument in Queenston. (File photo)
News
A special party for Brock's 252nd birthday bash
The Canadian vessel Anne and Jane as it made the historical first transit of the Welland Canal in 1829. (Supplied)
News
Museum's new fall lecture series digs deep into history
Heavy rains in September mean slow start to harvest. (Don Reynolds)
News
Soggy September keeps harvest plans fluid
Tim Taylor riding his charity raising bicycle. (Richard Harley)
News
NOTL's own Santa rides 1,000 kilometres for Palliative Care
The Pumphouse's newest exhibit. (Supplied)
News
'Home' and COVID focus of new Pumphouse exhibit
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: NOTL keeps Terry's Marathon of Hope alive
Letter
Opinion
Opinion: B&B president's perspective on NOTL short-term rentals
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Berlin Street Scene, 1913, Neue Galerie, New York. (Supplied)
News
Eye for Art: Berlin Street Scene
The Rogers House in Virgil. (Brian Marshall/Niagara Now)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Take a little walk in Virgil
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Residential school in James Bay
The new design for the gateway to Old Town approved in principle by NOTL town council
News
Council approves new-look for Old Town gateway
Members of the Niagara-on-the-Lake 9 and 18 hole women's leagues bid farewell to the club's associate pro Ricky Watson Tuesday. (Kevin MacLean photo)
News
Golf: Women celebrate 'retiring' Ricky
The Shaw Festival. (File)
News
Shaw unveils dates, cast details for fall shows
Hydro CEO Tim Curtis, left, and former vice-president Kazi Marouf.
News
Former hydro executive won't serve jail time for $425,000 fraud
Joe Shawana during a sacred fire commemorating children who died in residential schools. (Evan Saunders)
Opinion
Opinion: Why the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is important
Susan baxter pours a cup of tea with Jody Evans and Ruth Denyer during the NOTL Museum’s Tea Party celebrating the woman chronicled in the new book “Making her Mark: The Women of Niagara-on-the-Lake.”
News
Raising their voices for women past and future
Dr. William Brown.
Opinion
Dr. Brown: New drugs and the ongoing battle against Alzheimer's
Jan King-Watson puts a copy of Khaled Hosseini's novel "The Kite Runner" into the new Little Free Library in St. Davids. King-Watson recently moved to St. Davids and has spared no time in becoming one of the stewards of the new little library. (Evan Saunders)
News
Little Free Library in St. Davids aims to boost childhood reading
Letter
Opinion
Letter--Concerns about getting a timely Pfizer booster shot
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Homeowner now surrounded by short-term rentals
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Some questions about NOTL's inclusivity committee
Top dress is garden soil. (Joanne Young)
Opinion
Growing Together: More seeds key to fewer weeds in your lawn
Your horoscope
Entertainment
Horoscope: A lingering stalemate might not soon be resolved
Calvin Rand. (Supplied)
News
Randwood Part 4: Calvin Rand and the modern era
Peter Secord House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
News, Featured
Arch-i-text: Peter Secord house among the first
William Lyon Mackenznie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 2 of 2
William Lyon Mackenzie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 1 of 2
(Supplied/Pixabay)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Tender fruits
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Swimmers of Lake Ontario
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Mural Project
The collapse of Honeymoon Bridge in 1938. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: When the river stopped flowing
Brock’s Monument in Queenston. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Early Years
The Lake Report makes great wrapping paper. (Lauren O'Malley/Niagara Now)
News, Entertainment, Opinion
Wrap your gifts with The Lake Report
An illustration of the ghost of Sarah Ann by Conor MacNeil. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Ghost stories of NOTL
240 Centre St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The John Breakenridge homes
Spring daffodils covered in snow after an ice storm hit the Niagara region April 15.
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: The summer that never arrived
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
St. Vincent de Paul Church, built in 1834.
News, Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Vincent de Paul Graveyard
The owner of this NOTL house, William Steward, signed a petition for the release of runaway slave Solomon Moseby. His wife Susannah might have been among the women blockading the carriage that Moseby was to be transported in, though no documentation exists to prove her participation.
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Solomon Moseby
Four sights on Queen St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake — Exchange Brewery (the former Bell Exchange Building), the old Court House, a coat-of-arms on top of Natasha Bradley (former customs building) and the clock tower cenotaph. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: A stroll down Queen St.
"Miss Rye's" Our Western Home. (Canadian Illustrated News, Dec. 6, 1879)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Our Western Home
Elizabeth Ascher. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Four notable women of NOTL
Colonel John Butler. (Wikimedia Commons)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Colonel John Butler
An inscription on Parliament Oak school. (Niagara Now)
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Parliament Oak School
Henry Paffard. (Supplied photo)
News
Niagara’s History Unveiled: Henry Paffard and the Niagara Apothecary
The Queen's Royal Hotel in NOTL. (Supplied photo)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Queen's Royal Hotel
Niagara Falls New Year's Eve celebrations will be hosted by Rick Mercer and aired live on CBC. (Sourced photo)
News, Entertainment
New Year's Eve comes back with a bang
244 King St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Submitted photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Exploring the history and people of 244 King St.
Restored photo of the Queen St. train station in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo provided by the Niagara Historical Society and Museum.)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The train of NOTL
Janet Carnochan. (Supplied photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The woman behind Canada's first purpose-built museum
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