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Editorial: Rand Estate deserves better
Barb Cherevaty is one of the first to pick up fresh asparagus from Thwaites Farms in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Richard Harley photo)
News
Asparagus rush! Steady lines for first crop of season
NOTL Community Centre set up for vaccines. (File)
News
Two more NOTL vaccine clinic dates available
Erica draws a recipient’s name (Angie Van Berkel photo). Gifted rainbow swiss chard plants (Lauren O’Malley photo). Re-caning chairs with gifted supplies (Frieda Krugel photo). Youngsters Gavin and EJ love their new wheels! (photos By Cathy van der Zalm, Charlotte Jeffries Tutu).
News
Keeping it Green: 'Buy Nothing' project a sustainable hit
Mom Heather Whitson and Spark Taylor. (Supplied)
News
Girl Guides celebrate Mother's Day
Daniel St-Jean says his adjacent neighbours have two parking spots, but his side of the street only has one. (Richard Harley)
News
Ticketed Glendale resident angry about parking enforcement
NOTL Tennis Club president Hugh Dow in front of the Memorial courts. (Richard Harley)
News
NOTL to host tennis, sailing for 2022 Canada Summer Games
Terry Mactaggart walks the Bruce Trail. (Supplied)
News
Time to gear up for annual Town Step challenge
A seasonal farm worker prunes grape vines at Wiens’ farm. (File photo)
News
Enhanced COVID protocols keep seasonal workers safe, farmers say
Kaitlyn Eymann holding Luca Mirabella, Walker Meleskie, Delilah Colvin, Olive Cooper, Dawson Paget and McKenna Tissen. (Supplied)
News
Anonymous donor matching Nursery School donations up to $10K
Two motorcycles parked illegally in a clearly-marked no parking zone. Similar situations occur all summer as visitors ignore signs and little is done to enforce the laws. (File)
News
Friends of Ryerson Park say concerns about safety, not exclusivity
A superimposed image of Marotta’s plans on a map of the area by SORE. (Supplied)
News
Marotta unveils 191-home subdivision plan for Rand Estate
Queenston Mile has installed an industrial-sized kitchen larger than some restaurants, despite claims that it only intends to serve light wine pairings. (Richard Harley/File)
News
Neighbours fight Queenston Mile's bid for zoning change
AstraZeneca vaccine. (File photo/Jessica Maxwell)
News
Pharmacies run out of vaccine, with no promise of more to come
St. Vincent de Paul, before and after. (Supplied)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Before and after
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: House fires prevalent in 1800s
At a local vaccination centre, an enthusiastic, well-trained, empathetic and helpful greeter initiated the process. (Ross Robinson)
News
Ross' Ramblings: Vaccines, vaccinations and a brief history lesson
Heidi Johnson with Willow Cakes & Pastries co-owner Sean O’Donnell. (Richard Harley)
News
Pandemic Heroes: Heidi Johnson at Willow
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Baldinelli omitted key budget details
Gustave Courbet, "Desperation," completed 1845, oil on canvas, Private Collection of BNP Paribas. (Supplied)
News
Eye for Art: Feeling distressed?
Graham Carter and Tiffany Stevenson set up for the first 'Ghost Stories with Graham' livestream on April 30.
News
Angel Inn using online to connect with community
NOTL Public Library.
News
Death of homeless woman part of library's May series
AstraZeneca vaccine. (File photo)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: COVID could lead to generic vaccines for future
Shaw Festival artistic director Tim Carroll. (Supplied)
News
Shaw Festival goes al fresco with July play performances
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Kudos for a thoughtful explanation
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Baldinelli column was blatant political advertising
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Yes, parks need to be inclusive, but no BBQs in small parks
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Make Ryerson Park 'locals only' but open adjacent land for everyone
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Saddened by councillor's 'white, privileged, wealthy' remarks
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Please, just stop using bird cannons
Ryerson Park’s small beach and sunset views are big draws to the park. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
NOTL seeks feedback on Ryerson Park traffic, safety complaints
The staff at Penner Building Centre, with John to the left. (File photo/Richard Harley)
News
Pandemic Heroes: Penner Building Centre staff
File photo/Dr. Mustafa Hirji, acting chief medical officer of health
News
Vaccines likely won't be diverted, Hirji now says
File photo. (Rene Bertschi)
News
More people following lockdown orders, region's data shows
Pharmacist Julie Dyck prepares a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine for her evening clinic Tuesday. (Jessica Maxwell photo)
News
Stone Road Pharmacy holds evening vaccine clinics
A late-April snow last week left young fruit buds covered — farmers say the white blanket may have saved the buds from harmful sub-zero temperatures. (Richard Harley)
News
Cold weather interrupts early farming season
AstraZeneca vaccine. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
Province shouldn’t open until 75 per cent of people vaccinated, says Hirji
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Newcomers are proud to be NOTLers
File photo/Clock tower in NOTL
News
30% of NOTL newcomers face hostility, survey finds
Visitors gather in Queen's Royal Park. (File)
News
Town allows propane barbecues in three parks
Left: Grace United Church - Romanesque style. Right: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church - Greek Revival style. (Brian Marshall)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Two churches, two styles
1955 Blossom Blessing Festival. (Supplied/NOTL Museum)
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: 1955 Blossom Blessing Festival
Happy hiker in a tree at Calcium Pits, in the Iroquoia section of the Bruce Trail. (Supplied)
News
Hooked on Hiking: Trails should come with a warning: 'Hiking may be addictive'
Damage to a Queen Street home from a car that struck it. (Richard Harley)
News
Suspected racer crashes into Queen Street home
File photo.
News
NOTL voted most 'beautiful and sustainable' events destination by industry group
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Ford puts economy ahead of people's lives
Plots of land ready to be used for summer gardens. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
Garden plots at B-Y's Honey Farm prove popular
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Keep us questioning our opinions
File photo/Grapes grow in NOTL. (Richard Harley)
News
History in the Vineyard fundraiser returns
Irrigation at Thwaites Farms. (Supplied photo)
News
Town's irrigation system needs major overhaul, council told
Henri Matisse, "Open Window, Collioure," 1905, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
News
Eye for Art: Opening the windows
A sign outlining park rules looms over Chautauqua Park. (Jessica Maxwell)
Opinion
Ross' Ramblings: Signs of the times grow wordy, verbose and palaverous
This image of a “coywolf” resembles the animal Betsy Masson saw. (Wikimedia Commons)
News
Large white 'coywolf' seen in NOTL
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: Could retired police help out NOTL bylaw officers?
Letter to the editor
Opinion
Letter: More public consultation needed on plans for old hospital
Letter to the editor
News
Op-ed: People dying from COVID are more than just statistics
"L'Absinthe," by Edgar Degas.
Opinion
Letter: Table legs missing in famous painting
Submitted photo
Opinion
Letter: iClean and now iPhone charges just fine
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Hummel lawsuit not worthy of citizen of the year
Letter
Opinion
Letter: I witness isolation at many levels in care facilities
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Flowers keep vanishing from parents' graves
MP Tony Baldinelli. (File photo/Supplied)
Opinion
Opinion: Liberal budget shortchanges hard-hit tourism sector
Robin Jinchereau and his wife manage to produce only one small kitchen-size garbage bag every two weeks. (Gloria Jinchereau photo)
Opinion
Going Green: How you can help reduce climate change
Pixabay photo.
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Not as nimble as we age, falls are major danger
Brandon Skubel. (Supplied)
News
Season interrupted: NOTL's Brandon Skubel plays hockey for McGill
Jan Brown is one of many care home residents feeling the effects of isolation, compounded by dementia. (Supplied)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Opinion: Imagine isolation in care homes, especially for those with dementia
Supplied photo.
News
Obituary: My big sister
Daffodils peaking and hockey Leafs leaking. A physically distanced walk along our Niagara Parkway trail reminds us of two sure signs of spring. (Photo by Richard Wilkinson)
News
Ross' Ramblings: Fix problems, but let's not CH-change
Some of NOTL’s mask ambassadors with a complimentary bottle of wine from Konzelmann for their volunteer efforts. (Supplied photo)
News
Pandemic Heroes: NOTL's Town Ambassadors
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Keep opinion columns on opinion pages
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Bumbling and stumbling through the pandemic
File photo. (Rene Bertschi)
News
Vaccines could be diverted from Niagara again, Hirji says
Letter
News
Letter: Thanks to the special souls who volunteer in our community
Letter
Opinion
Letter: from Niagara Health urges community to pull together
Pixabay photo.
News
NOTL launches kindness campaign to lift spirits during pandemic
Marie Laurencin, self-portrait. (Supplied)
News
Adopt An Art Work a fundraiser for RiverBrink 
NOTL visitors breaking lockdown regulations swore and insulted a town staff member for asking the kids to stay off the gazebo, which was officially closed under provincial COVID-19 safety regulations. The parents then verbally attacked a reporter for taking pictures and laughed as their children imitated slapping a photographer. (Richard Harley)
News
Bylaw officers harassed for enforcing restrictions
File photo
News
On-demand transit use increasing, but slow to catch on
Margaret Northfield, Niagara Bruce Trail Club Volunteer of the Year. (supplied: Rick Waters)
News
Virgil woman honoured by Niagara Bruce Trail Club
File photo/Town hall
News
Town has issued three COVID enforcement tickets in April
Lord Mayor Betty Disero said expanded patios can’t stay forever, but that the town should consider its vision for Queen Street 10 to 15 years from now. (File/Richard Harley)
News
Town extends popular Queen Street patio program
A Black Lives Matter march in NOTL in 2020. File/Richard Harley
News
NOTL survey highlights concerns about racism, lack of diversity
Edgar Degas, L’Absinthe, 1876, Oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Opinion, Featured
Eye for Art: Absinthe and isolation
A sign at 770 Lakeshore Rd. (Richard Harley)
News
Anti-lockdown folks won't talk about it
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Irrigation systems
1853 Christ Church. (Supplied)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: The centre of community
Former chief administrative officer Holly Dowd and Lord Mayor Betty Disero during inauguration in 2018. (File photo)
News
Judge rejects Hummel lawsuit against town
Letter
Opinion
Letter: U.K. and Ford undeserving of praise for pandemic response
File photo/Town hall
News
Tidbits: Council expenses, firefighters train for rural water operations, town upgrades planning job
Ansale’wit Christmas with pony Pip. (Supplied)
News
Queenston youngster sets sights on riding for Canada
letter
Opinion
Letter: Mocking letter was cruel and clumsy
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Short walk generated a bag full of litter
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Canada not taking lockdown seriously enough
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Anne St. raceway needs stop signs installed
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Enns family is dedicated to customer service
The Prest House. (Richard Harley)
News
Prest House named 'sexiest' building in NOTL
The staff at Upper Canada Lodge. (Supplied photo)
News
Pandemic Heroes: Upper Canada Lodge
Sourced image
Opinion
Opinion: The Third Wave: Explained by the Authorities
File photo/Richard Harley
News
Rand Estate off the market, Marotta says
Visitors take non-essential selfies while strolling Queen Street during a province-wide lockdown. (Richard Harley)
News
Town sees drop in visitors with rainy Sunday
Husband and wife Sharon and Darren Michlik, owners of Great Things on Queen Street, say despite government grants, lack of business during lockdown has been devastating to the store. (Bernard Lansbergen)
News
Small businesses struggling during back-and-forth pandemic lockdowns
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Paying it forward, NOTL-style
Mitch Azaria during filming with Stickers the hawk. (Supplied)
News
A hawk's eye view: 'Tripping the Niagara' documentary highlights NOTL history and sights
Édouard Manet, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère," 1882, oil on canvas, Courtauld Gallery, London
Opinion
Eye for Art: Édouard Manet, 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère,' 1882
File photo
News
Drinking in parks was already illegal, town says in response to resident outcry
Selina and Pepe, baby squirrels found in Chautauqua, are being rehabilitated in Grimsby. (Richard Harley)
News
Abandoned baby squirrels — what to do?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Vaccine still much safer than contracting COVID
Letter.
News
Editorial: We need science over politics: Round 2
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: April ice jam of 1909
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Niagara. (File photo)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Our leaders have failed us too often in pandemic
An opportunity to reimagine. (Supplied)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Reincarnation of old hospital
The former Mori Gardens property has been mostly demolished, but could soon be a farmers' market. (Richard Harley)
News
Former Mori Gardens property could be a farmers' market, Marotta says
File photo/Rene Bertschi
News
ICU admissions 'well above' first and second waves, says Hirji
Lord Mayor Betty Disero got her vaccine at Simpson's Apothecary on Friday. (Richard Harley)
News
'I got the Shot': Lord mayor gets jabbed
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Is new sidewalk essential or 'nice to have'?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Keep old hospital building intact
Letter
News
Letter: Town was right to impose development freeze
Letter
Opinion
Letter: A different perspective on bird cannons
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Memories of meeting Prince Philip
Nikki Guzman, 22, was last seen in NOTL on April 6. (Supplied)
News
UPDATE: NOTL woman found safe
Litter collected at Niagara Shores last week, including 89 bottle caps, 65 straws, and 2 sanitizer bottles. (Kyra Simone)
News
Keeping it Green: Celebrate nature’s essential services this Earth Day
Dorothy Enns (left) and Rudy Enns stand behind their daughter, Julieanne’s, plan to take over the 50-year-old family battery and tire business, on Creek Road in Virgil. (Tim Taylor)
News
Enns family dynasty spans three generations
These six young ladies from the GTA, Halifax and Zimbabwe enjoyed an elegant bachelorette luncheon in Ryerson Park last August. It would be totally within the various rules of the proposed NOTL parks pylaw. No fire, no loud noise, no booze and over by 10 p.m. What’s not to love about this tableau? (Ross Robinson)
Opinion
Ross' Ramblings: A tough battle, but we must try to smile and laugh
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Hoarding eyesores a blight on 'prettiest town'
Supplied photo/Richard West
News
On the lighter side: That's a bulldog in the window
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Time to #StayHome, again
Brynn McGuffin, 1, is being taught about being civic-minded by her parents. (Supplied)
News
Brynn’s Branches: In teaching about giving, stolen pussywillows offer another lesson
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Developer's lawsuit is 'insidious'
Some of the staff at Hendricks Valu-mart in Old Town. The cashiers were busy taking care of customers at the time of the photo. (Richard Harley)
News
Pandemic Heroes: NOTL's essential food workers
File photo
News
Hirji urges Ontario to consider regional travel restrictions
Nancy Rose, 69, gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Simpson’s Pharmacy on Tuesday. (Richard Harley)
News
NOTL pharmacy gets first 400 shots of vaccine
Jean Jacques David, ‘Oath of the Horatii,’ 1784, Oil on canvas, Musee du Louvre, Paris
Opinion
Eye for Art: Jean Jacques David, 'Oath of the Horatii'
Sheila Hirsch-Kalm after her vaccine at the NOTL Community Centre, April 1. (Supplied)
News
'I got the Shot' -- Disappointed it wasn't sooner, but happy to have vaccine
Matt Wilson.
News
Hit-and-run victim Matthew Wilson was lifelong NOTLer
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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