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Lakereport.ca / Niagaranow.com The Hyper-local news for Niagara-on-the-Lake Vol. 2,Lake Issue 26 Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Report first independent newspaper July 4, 2019 An open exposure shot of the fireworks display at Ravine Winery on Canada Day. SUBMITTED PHOTO/FRANK HAYES Fireworks dazzle in St. Davids Story on Page 10 Protesters in hot water over projections Richard Harley projected a video contain- tor for about 45 minutes The Lake Report ing anti-carriage messaging Saturday before being on the clock tower cenotaph told to leave by Niagara Animal rights supporters on Queen Street in NOTL’s Regional Police. However, who have been targeting heritage and tourism members of a local carriage a horse-drawn carriage district. Two days later, the support group say the police company in Niagara-on-the- group broadcast their mes- should have enforced a fed- Lake took their protests to sage onto Grape Escape, a eral law that states defacing a new level on the weekend private business on Niagara national historic monuments and found themselves in Stone Road. is illegal. more hot water with NOTL The protesters claim Sen- According to the group residents and police. tineal Carriages, a family- Locals for Carriages, police On Saturday, the group, run NOTL operation, is only forced the protesters which calls itself At War “exploiting” horses. A group of horse carriage protesters projected their messaging onto the cenotaph last week, For Animals Niagara, The group used a projec- Continued on Page 3 causing an outrage on social media. SOURCED PHOTO/FACEBOOK Page 2 July 4, 2019 NEWS That’s what makes our Community Pharmacy different. www.simpsonspharmacy.ca Nasty surprise: A $40 ticket for parking in front of own home Dariya Baiguzhiyeva The Lake Report Receiving a ticket for parking on the street at night came as a shock to Carrie DeBon as she says she had no idea there was a bylaw prohibiting overnight At War for Animals Niagara supporters drove up and parking in Niagara-on-the- down Queen Street Saturday. BRITTANY CARTER Lake. Last week, De- Bon’s daughter Saman- tha parked her car in front Old Town needs of their house on Andres Street in Virgil. cameras to monitor When Carrie was leaving for work the next morn- ing, she noticed something Carrie DeBon holds a parking ticket her daughter received for parking overnight in front horse protesters, on the windshield of the of their house on Andres Street in Virgil. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA car and called her hus- Disero says band to check what it was. It he said in a phone inter- Lake Report. The parking bylaw might was a parking ticket. view. “They won’t tell you DeBon said she doesn’t also make more sense in the The $40 ticket was issued who (filed a complaint) so know if her neigh- areas with heavier traffic Richard Harley cost of $10,000, Disero said. at 4:54 a.m. it’s kind of frustrating.” bours complained to the and a higher number of The Lake Report “We’ve been meeting What bothered DeBon In Niagara Falls, the min- town. If neighbours do tourists, she said, adding with the Sentineals and the most was that she didn’t imum fine for violating the have issues with people she understands the need Lord Mayor Betty Disero police to try to come up know such a bylaw existed. parking and traffic bylaw parking overnight, she said for a no-parking bylaw in wants the Town of Niagara- with some solutions that “I’ve never seen it posted is $25 while in St. Catha- she hopes they would talk winter when roads need to on-the-Lake to install sur- might make it easier for the anywhere … For most rines parking on regional about it first, before com- be plowed. veillance cameras at the Sentineals to operate, and subdivision streets, I don’t roads between 2 and 6 a.m. plaining to the town. “But on a quiet subdivi- corner of Queen and King continue to operate in our see any signs posted,” she can result in a $30 ticket. She added the by- sion street like this, I don’t streets. town, which they are most said, noting she was also The parking bylaw in law should also be enforced understand the purpose of If approved by council, welcome to do, and getting surprised at how much the NOTL prohibits parking on a regular basis regardless it,” DeBon told The Lake the cameras would help the police to realize that this fine was. between 2 and 6 a.m. within of any complaints as it may Report. “It’s not heavy police keep an eye on local cannot continue the way it Gary Dick, who lives on the municipality. Both cause problems between traffic so it’s not a huge risk horse carriage protests, Di- is.” the corner of Mary Street bylaw officers and parking neighbours. to other people, to cyclists. sero told The Lake Report “We talked with the and Gage Street, also re- enforcement officers are “If you’re going to ticket, I don’t see it, it’s just not a in an interview. The protests police and I believe (town) ceived a $40 ticket, issued authorized to issue parking make it consistent and not busy area.” have been ongoing for a staff are writing a report at 5:54 a.m. for parking in tickets, said Victoria Steele, just this random ticket blitz Making people aware of year and a half. to council, an information front of his house last Tues- the town’s engagement co- or whatever this is,” DeBon the bylaw prompted DeBon The protesters, a group report, that we’re going to day. He said he was “a little ordinator. said. “You’ve got to make to write a post on Facebook of “anti-speciesists” who be putting cameras at the upset” as there is nothing he “Tickets for parking it known and be consistent last week which gained a lot go by the name At War For corner. It will all be after- can do about it and he “got overnight are issued when with the rules.” of online traction, attracting Animals Niagara, want to the-fact kind of stuff, but it no recourse.” cars are interfering with She questioned the pur- up to 200 comments, many end the use of horse-drawn will help them in a number “I know it’s a bylaw but snow clearing operations pose of the bylaw restricting of them angry about the carriages in town. of ways to determine what they never told us it was go- and throughout the year parking between 2 and 6 town’s random enforcement In response, carriage sup- is going on.” ing to happen and it seems on a complaint basis,” said a.m. as there is little traffic of the bylaw. porters from the area have “There was also an inci- like a money-grab to me,” Steele in an email to The at that time. formed a group called dent (unrelated) that hap- Locals For Carriages, which pened at one of the stores has been supporting NOTL along King Street and it company Sentineal Carriag- would have been helpful TIDBITS St. Davids pool leak fixed es and is trying to persuade for the police if they would town council to take action. have had cameras here as The St. Davids pool, located at St. Davids Lions The protesters usually well. So it’s not just for the Step Challenge weekly winners Park, was closed last Saturday in order to repair the stand on the sidewalk in protesters and the horse and leak. As the town staff was preparing the pool for front near the Prince of carriage. It’s just because The Niagara-on-the-Lake June Step Challenge the season, they noticed the liner of the pool was Wales Hotel, a few me- it’s so populated here, and came to an end this week. Throughout the month, 149 leaking, said Victoria Steele, the town’s community tres from where the car- so busy, it’s a good thing to participants stepped up to walk the distance across engagement co-ordinator. riages congregate. They also have.” Canada while encouraging each other to push further. “The pool water needed to be lowered in order to have driven through town “That program includes The top three teams at the end of the challenge were complete the work. Filling the pool was delayed to in vehicles with signs on them monitoring … there The Nottage at number one, with an average of 23,538 fix the leak and, therefore, adding chemicals to the them promoting their mes- will be more eyes, not more steps, Evolve Wellness Studio in second with 23,151 water was delayed,” Steele said in an email to The sage and used a projector to bodies,” Disero said. ·and MB Family NOTL Giro in third with 22, 353 · Lake Report. “As all pool chemicals work, they need display both still pictures She said police are intro- average steps. time to dissipate in the water before it’s safe to swim, and video messages. ducing the CCTV program The Lake Report’s Brittany Carter, going by “The which is why the pool was closed on Saturday.” The cameras would be across the region, at the Lake Reporter” finished in seventh place with 13,291 The pool was re-opened the following Sunday monitored by Niagara Re- expense of municipalities. average steps for the month. morning. gional Police and come at a Page 3 July 4, 2019 NEWS Effortless and delicious dining Join us for authentic Sichuan & Dim Sum with new menu items arriving daily.