Speed cameras across Niagara-on-the-Lake will soon be shut off after provincial lawmakers voted last week to end automated speed enforcement across Ontario — a move that’s prompting discussion among local school boards and municipal officials.
After this year’s budget saw property taxes for Niagara-on-the-Lake residents go up by 7.92 per cent, the town is looking at a more modest tax hike for next year of 1.81 per cent.
If funding and airline partnerships fall into place, the goal is to eventually ready the airport for regular commercial flights, connecting Niagara to major Canadian and U.S. cities.
A flurry of activity has emerged this week surrounding the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon and Niagara-on-the-Lake hotelier Jimmy Lai, just ahead of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in the Niagara region.
As Canada approaches Remembrance Day, Al Howse says while not everyone in town may be aware of how much the military's history and NOTL's history are on in the same, he says his focus leading up to Nov. 11 is simple: asking people to remember.
A meeting intended to ease tensions over new school boundaries for Niagara-on-the-Lake elementary schools has only heightened frustration among Niagara on the Green families.
The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is prioritizing the dock area as it works on an update to its master plan for the site, the town announced last Wednesday — specifically, it'll be looking at ways to make Melville Street look better and create more amenities in the area.
On a chilly Friday evening in the heart of St. Davids, a parade of strange characters filled the barrel cellar of the Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery for a night of ghouls, goblins and frights — and a little viticulture.
Since November 2016, TyVes Taekwondo in St. Davids has been a place where people, young and old, can come together to learn and practice the art of taekwondo.
There was passion aplenty at Centennial Arena last Thursday – along with scooped-out pumpkin guts – as a couple of dozen children gathered to get ready for Halloween by carving up some pumpkins into ghoulish decorations.
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is urging Canadians to donate to a newly launched emergency fund to help Jamaican farmworkers rebuild after Hurricane Melissa — the most powerful storm to ever hit the island.
Residents from the Niagara on the Green community in Niagara-on-the-Lake are challenging a District School Board of Niagara decision they say was made too quickly and without their input.
The donation contributes to the museum’s $10-million expansion project, which will add a new wing featuring an elevator, community room, guest lobby and temporary exhibit space.
When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica this week, leaving communities without power and farmworkers unable to reach their families, the Farmworker Hub in Niagara-on-the-Lake moved fast to help.
This weekend, that landscape stretches from the Legion on King Street to the haunted grounds of Fort George, with parties, live music and a few friendly frights in between.
Niagara Emergency Medical Services is looking to relocate its station in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Glendale to be closer to Virgil, in an effort to respond to more emergencies in the community faster.
Originally, block and stacked townhouses were going to be built on the site “at a relatively higher density,” Liotta said. However, this latest zoning proposal is for street townhouses at a lower density.
Starting Jan. 1, the town is increasing a wide range of planning and building permit fees, as well as introducing new fees, in an effort to take care of a $1.67 million deficit stemming from planning programs.
A boundary change approved by Niagara’s school board last night will shift about 125 St. Davids Public School students to Crossroads Public School next year — a move some Niagara-on-the-Lake parents argue was rushed and poorly communicated.
That spirit has arrived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where residents have filled front lawns with elaborate Halloween displays. Skeletons, cobwebs, ghouls and grim reapers share space with creative, personal touches unique to each home.
For sibling owners Jennifer Phelan and Joel Dempsey, who’ve spent nearly 20 years sharing Blue Jays season tickets, baseball isn’t just a pastime — it’s a way of life that’s followed them from behind the bar to behind home plate.
With the David Secord House now severed from the rest of the land at 46 Paxton Ln., thanks to plans coming down the pike to rescue the derelict historic home, a developer is asking to tweak its plans to build 29 housing units on the remaining open land.
One hundred women, one hour and one powerful gift — that’s all it took for 100 Women Who Care Niagara-on-the-Lake to turn small donations into a big impact for Hospice Niagara last Wednesday.
At 81, the longtime staff member officially retired last week after 43 years of full-time work and many more helping out part-time at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s well-known hardware store.
The Niagara District Airport is looking to reach new heights and become a regional gateway for commercial air travel as part of a new 20-year master plan released this week.
Another headstone vandalism incident at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Old Town has left the church community angry, confused and unsure what to do next.
The award highlights the schools’ collaborative work in heritage conservation, including a summer project that saw Willowbank’s class of 2027 restore shutters at at an 18th-century fortress in Cape Breton.
Toronto Blue Jays fans filled Niagara-on-the-Lake pubs Friday night as Toronto opened the World Series with an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Canada’s first appearance in the championship since 1993. Game 3 is set for tonight at Dodger Stadium, kicking off at 8 p.m.
The residents association led discussions on a bevy of hot-button local topics, including renewed development efforts at the historic Rand Estate, the future of the old Wellington Street hospital and more.
