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Ryerson Park beach. (Supplied)
News
Ryerson Park beach clear of blue-green algae: Public health
Declan MacNeill with Jack. (Supplied photo)
News
Blue-green algae suspected as dog dies after lake swim
Elizabeth Beattie, right, was fired from a Niagara Falls Hyundai dealership after a video of her defending her daughter from animal rights activists was sent to every salesperson at her work. (Sourced)
News
Mother fired from Niagara Falls dealership over video of her defending daughter against carriage protesters
Richard Linley, president of Ontario Craft Wineries, is pleased with response to petition. (Supplied)
News
Campaign to cut wine tax gathering steam
Leos (student volunteers), Zoe Abraham, Dawn Truong and Isabella Recine, at the St.Davids Lions Club (Jessica Maxwell/ Niagara Now)
News
Nearly 1,000 Lions Burgers sold at drive-thru barbecue
Crossroads Public School. (File)
News
Parents 'uneasy' with Ontario government's back-to-school plan
File photo.
Opinion
Letter: No public toilets for Navy Hall visitors
Letter.
News, Opinion
Letter: Help NOTL Fund help NOTL
Letter
Opinion
Letter: COW-VID
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Get head start on St. Davids pool
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Please don't change transit schedule when buses resume
David Watt and Tim Atherton sing O' Canada at a noise rally to protest now-defeated changes to NOTL's noise bylaw. (Richard Harley)
News
Give a hoot: Town of NOTL pulls plug on noise bylaw after extreme resident push back
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Noise and action on complaints
Steve Hare, president of Propour Concreate Services works on the new Virgil skatepark. (Richard Harley)
News
Cameron wants to 'put the brakes' on Virgil skatepark
Frankie Dupuis learning early coding with Cubetto. (Supplied)
News
Code Club at library will teach kids how computers work
Parks Canada cut down this tree, and a few other, near the eighth hole tee at the NOTL Golf Club. (Supplied)
Opinion
Letter: More examples of NOTL's dwindling green space
Dr. Brown.
News
Dr. Brown: Long-term care and Romeo
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Dick Taylor's boathouse
McFarland House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
News
Arch-i-text: A family legacy
Supplied photo.
Opinion
Dr. Hirji: NOTL has done well curbing COVID, but can't stop now
Letter
Opinion
Letter: An authoritarian approach to town governance
Jane and Chris Hutchings, with their dogs, in their backyard next to the former Campbell Scott house. (Kevin MacLean)
News
Noisy, unlicensed 'party house' frustrates neighbours
Atis Bankas, artistic director of Music Niagara. (File/Richard Harley
News
Music Niagara hosts virtual classes for promising young musicians 
Kevin MacLean photo
News
PHOTO GALLERY: NOTL club crowns new champions after dramatic finale
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Toastmasters is fun, open community
David Greaves and Heinz Probst sell homemade jam on Saturday. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
Grace United jam sale a sweet success
Christie MacGrath stands inside of Madra Rua on the day of the reopening, July 18. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
NOTL design studio reopens as Madra Rua
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Noise bylaw would hurt way of life for NOTL residents and businesses
Liz Hawley, a driving force in the Niagara-on-the-Lake community, was tragically killed in a head-on collision last week. (Supplied)
News
Liz Hawley was a creative community builder
The Comte de Puisaye House. (Supplied)
News, Opinion
Arch-i-text: A French royalist in Niagara
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Farmerette
Editorial.
News
Editorial: Town and police need to enforce laws on protesters
Sean Sentineal says he doesn’t have a lot of hope police will start protecting his staff. (Richard Harley)
News
Carriage operators frustrated by lack of police enforcement
File photo
News
New private guided tours and extended hours at Fort George this summer
Mary-Jo Werner and Meka Matthews stand outside MJ's Own Munchies where the fry-day fundraiser will take place Aug. 15. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
MJ's fry-day to support woman with MS
Supplied photo.
News
Major franchises Swiss Chalet and Harvey's could be coming to Virgil
Thorwald Jørgensen. (Photo by anouschka hendriks-van den hoogen)
Entertainment
Music Niagara hosts free double bill Sunday
Doug McCulloch won the 2020 Legends Cup. (File photo)
News
Golf: McCulloch wins NOTL Legends Cup
Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre check-in for the re-opening renovation tour on August 2. (Jessica Maxwell / Niagara Now)
News
Pumphouse reopens with tour and online art auction
Photo by Richard Harley/The Lake Report
News
Voting starts for NOTL photo contest
File photo.
News
Dr. Brown: Slow progress on Alzheimer’s
NOTL residents Catherine Starrs and Rose Marie Maryschak stand at the courthouse bus stop where they usually catch the bus in Old Town. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
With buses idle due to COVID, seniors feel loss of 'independence'
Rochelle Byrne paddle's into Queen's Royal Park, concluding her 420-kilometre paddle from Kingston. (Supplied Photo/ Chelsea Brash)
News
Rochelle Byrne: Cleaning up the lake
NOTL Rotary Members Ken Schander (President), Lynne LeGallais (Estate Sales Chair), Jolanta Janny Kudlats (Fundraising Chair and Marketing co-chair) and Patricia Murenbeeld (President Elect and New Generations Chair) discuss upcoming fundraisers for 2020. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
COVID forces Rotary Club to reinvent fundraising plans
File photo.
News
Petition against noise bylaw garners hundreds of signatures in hours
File photo.
News
Town waives fees for restaurants with special patios
Maria Mavridis brought cold bottles of water to first responders after a man collapsed on Market Street. (Richard Harley)
News
Business owner praises local first responders
File photo.
News
90% comfortable with mandatory masks, NOTL survey finds
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Lisa McLeod, museum managing director Sarah Kaufman and Niagara Historical Society president David Hemmings. (Supplied)
News
NOTL's Tiny Museum receives $50,000 in grants
A great egret in Glendale. (Linda Hardaker)
News
Rare birds spotted near outlet mall in Glendale
Letter
Opinion
Letter: NOTL should follow Banff's lead and mandate masks on Queen St.
File photo
News, Opinion
Op-ed: Well-planned, sustainable tourism is goal of working group
Fort George National Historic Site will resume demonstrations during new hours of operation, weather permitting. (file photo)
News
New private guided tours and extended hours at Fort George this summer
Jessica Maxwell photo
News
UPDATE: One dead after serious collision in Niagara-on-the-Lake
A carriage protester. (File photo)
News
NOTL man arrested over incident with carriage protester
Supplied photo.
News
PHOTO: Hanging with ‘The Entertainer’
Miguel Mori. (Supplied)
News
All hail the toastmaster: Overcoming a fear of public speaking was only the start
Supplied photo.
News
Tensions rises during debate about emergency authority
The Pedal Pub won't be operating in town any more if town councillors get their wish. (File)
News
Council doesn't want Pedal Pub's licence renewed
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: To swim or not to swim?
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: COVID and complacency
Dr. William Brown.
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Six months of COVID-19
RiverBrink Art Museum. (File photo)
News
RiverBrink reopens with Adopt an Artwork program
Stephen Warboys holds the ball that found the hole for an an ace last week. With him are playing partners Kurt Hamm, Harry Huizer and Jim McMacken. (Supplied)
News
Golf: Warboys scores ace during competition
File photo/Rene Bertschi
News
Niagara-on-the-Lake sees highest COVID-19 rate in region
Ron Simkus. (File photo)
News
Town spending $300K to protect Dock Area shoreline
Leila Ridesic is one Royal Oak student who will return in September. (File photo)
News
Royal Oak School plans to open in September
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Sandham Carriage Shop
The Field House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
News
Arch-i-text: Pride of Place
File
News
Rotary's 'Big Backyard' aims to help Niagara restaurants
Some buildings are already for lease. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
COVID could cost NOTL businesses $78 million: Niagara Economic Development
Victor Paukstelis. (Supplied)
News
Two free Music Niagara concerts on weekend
Unsafe water posting. (Kevin MacLean)
News
Town now posting advisories on Queen's Royal beach conditions
Eve Janzen, 5, hangs from the monkey bars at the Virgil playground on Sunday, with her mom Alicia Janzen. (Jessica Maxwell/ Niagara Now)
News
PHOTO: Playgrounds open, no sanitation
File
Opinion
Op-ed: No more smiles in aisles, but let's not lose the love
The MV Alanis arrived this past Tuesday at the Heddle Shipyards in Port Weller, just south of the Lakeshore Bridge, on the Welland Canal in St. Catharines. Heddle has been hired by the owners to undertake a major two-week repair. The Alanis was holed in the starboard bows during a collision with the MV Florence Spirit on July 11. (Tim Taylor)
News
Damaged canal ship being repaired in Port Weller
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Developers' lawsuits and residents' interests
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Why didn't Zalepa support mandatory masks?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Wearing mask is a small sacrifice to make
Masks will become mandatory across Niagara Region as of July 31.
News
Niagara Region makes face masks mandatory indoors starting July 31
File photo.
News
Fire ban lifted in NIagara-on-the-Lake
Sandra O'Connor has been appointed to NOTL town council.
News
Sandra O'Connor appointed to Niagara-on-the-Lake town council
Paddle boarders float offshore Tuesday, while a sign near Queen's Royal Beach warns that the water might be unsafe for swimming. (Kevin MacLean)
News
NOTL beach fails E. coli tests, but data not publicly available
A design for a hotel on the former Rand Estate. (Supplied)
News
Developers Hummel, Marotta say they won't settle lawsuits against town
Shaw Festival artistic director Tim Carroll. (Supplied)
News
Shaw cancels more shows, eyes reduced fall schedule
Pixabay photo.
News
Satire: Town baffled by influx of visitors with medical issues that prevent face masks
1805 Clement House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
News
Arch-i-text: Survivors of 1812
Lorenzo Lucchetta next to one of his food trucks. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
Food truck under fire for violating bylaw
Supplied photo.
News
Releasing emergency records is up to municipalities, expert says
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Town must act quickly to protect shoreline
Mask debate.
News
Views on mandatory masks: From '100% yes' to 'personal choice'
Sylvia Christie stands inside her store Sylvia's Antiques on Mary Street. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
NOTL antique shop closing after 10 years
St. Davids Lions Club members stand at the pavilion where they will hold the drive-thru barbecue. (Brittany Carter)
News
Lions Burgers return for drive-thru dinner fundraiser
Sharon and Eric Van Noort. (Calvin Frank Photography)
News
A mother's story: 'Life was pretty darn good,' then Eric's seizures started
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Congratulations to staff at Upper Canada Lodge
This photo shows people using the sidewalk instead of the closed off areas on Queen Street during the weekend, while traffic continues to flow. Residents and businesses have mixed thoughts on its effectiveness. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
The love/hate relationship with closing Queen Street to traffic
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Senator Plumb-White House
Niagara-on-the-Lake charities need community support more than ever.
News
NOTL charities working hard to survive pandemic
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Opening Queen St. to pedestrians is just a start
Letter
News
Letter: Councillors deserve our gratitude
Letter
Opinion
Letter: 'Something is rotten' in Niagara politics
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Where is leadership on masks?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: I don't support mandatory masking
Letter
Opinion
Letter: The new realities of shopping during COVID pandemic
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Region meeting totally unproductive
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Educate, don't mandate face masks
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Let Queen St. be pedestrian mall
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Keep public business public
File photo.
News
Dr. Brown: Promising progress on COVID vaccines
File photo.
News
BREAKING: NOTL council approves mandatory mask bylaw
File photo.
News
Disero has no issues being in Phase 2 for now
Sean Simpson holds his Anita Robertson Legacy Award presented to him July 15 outside Simpson's Pharmasave. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
Sean Simpson receives United Way award for community service
An old postcard of Fort George. (Supplied)
News
Virtual paranormal evening Friday with Friends of Fort George
Sentineal Carriages. (File photo)
News
Town looks at new options to manage carriage protests
Editorial image.
News
Editorial: Region wasted time, showed lack of interest in public safety
A sourced image of the meeting.
News
Council gets heated: Queen Street closure among contentious issues
File photo.
News
Records of NOTL's emergency group kept secret
Opinion.
Opinion
Op-ed: Trying to understand political stupidity
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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