Niagara on the Lake News

Thom Allison, who plays ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker in the Shaw Festival's Ragtime, has the makings of the great new leading man of Canadian musical... Book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

There are elements of Niagara-on-the-Lake to this town at the far eastern end of the Annapolis Valley.

LAKE It's been more a hundred years since Edwardian playwright Githa Sowerby launched her assault on the evils of capitalism and the role of women in society.

The Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime, first developed in Toronto prior to Broadway, is now getting a major resident Canadian production on the opposite side of Lake Ontario, at the Shaw Festival.

The War of 1812 was fought on land and sea from Montreal to New Orleans and from the Atlantic Coast to the middle of the continent.

If strolling through other people's yards, meeting gardeners and enjoying some fresh air sounds like fun, you need to set aside some time for a garden walk or tour this summer.

Algonquin Regiment mobilized 72 years ago. Algonquin Regiment recruits from Humphrey Township, August 1940.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont.-Five Southern Ontaro residents and their alleged leader-a heavily tattooed Niagara- on-the-Lake resident-were arrested Wednesday by more than 150 agents after a 14-month investigation of cocaine trafficking in the Niagara Region.

The 51st season of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, officially begins May 23 at the Festival Theatre with the opening night of Noel Coward 's Present Laughter , directed by David Schurmann and featuring Steven Sutcliffe , Claire Jullien, Mary Haney and Moya O'Connell. The Shaw's annual opening weekend of its early round of shows ... (more)

It was the summer of 1812 and the start of a three-year war between the British Empire and the United States.

Originally from Niagara-on-the-Lake, chef Brown has spent more than two decades cooking in wine-and cottage-country kitchens .

With patriotism building on both sides of the border in anticipation of celebrating two centuries of peace between the United States and Canada, the Niagara area is preparing for an invasion.

Jon Jouppien is looking at a photo taken by The Spectator's Ron Albertson. "Now that's an interesting shot.

Early Years: He was born in Enfield, Conn., one of 10 children, and in 1781, the family moved to Canada as United Empire Loyalists.

SOLDIERS A Parks Canada worker at Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake wears the uniform of the Glengarry Light Infantry.

Mathieu Krsnik , of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, displays a racing shirt he'll wear for the "Ride to Conquer Cancer," a two-day cycling trip, June 9-10. He's traveling to Florida, collecting donations for the event, and stopped in Punxsy Wednesday, where he met Rob McCoy , who provided him with a place to rest at the Punxsutawney Area Community ... (more)

Niagara on the Lake wants to fast track a policy on the disposal of dead animals for the old town.

Two Toronto-area brothers and clergymen were ordered to each pay a $5,000 fine after a "misguided" effort to smuggle a woman across the Canada-U.S. border backfired.

Barbara Mantini remembers chasing her two sisters outside to the massive swing set their father had built in their Niagara-on-the-Lake backyard.

So it should come as little surprise that the standard for the biggest rally of gourmet food trucks is about to fall.