The Hot Take

THE HOT TAKE | Doing nothing in Niagara real estate is the road to riches

Why build something when you can make money building nothing, writes James Culic

May 8, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT DOUBLE TAKE | Speed traps, GO Trains, Firefighters

He's never wrong, but he's occasionally not not-wrong, writes James Culic

May 1, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Niagara's most important green spaces at risk

Fore! More must be done to protect the habitat of men in pastel plaids, writes James Culic

Apr 24, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Federal budget filled with missed opportunities for Niagara

High-level approach to housing crisis fails to dig down to root problems, writes James Culic

Apr 18, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Niagara eclipse: State of Faux-mergency

Eclipsegedden never materializes, much to our embarrassment, writes James Culic

Apr 10, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | How one brave mayor stood up to the NIMBYs

Niagara mayors can learn a lesson or two from Newmarket, writes James Culic

Apr 3, 2024 2:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Niagara doesn’t need all these fire chiefs

Region has one police chief, it should have one fire chief too, writes James Culic

Mar 27, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Rowing deserves zero dollars from Pelham taxpayers

E. L. Crossley request for funding should be politely declined, writes James Culic

Mar 19, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE | Attention developers: Welland is not Niagara-on-the-Lake

Not every housing project needs to be pitched as 'luxurious,' writes James Culic

Mar 13, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

THE HOT TAKE: Niagara’s new speed cameras not doing their job

There are better ways to slow down speeders, writes James Culic

Mar 6, 2024 1:30 PM Read more >