Niagara At Large

 Niagara At Large wants you to wade in with your views on any of the issues featured in the news and commentary pages of this site.
You are also welcome to share your views on other topics you feel deserve more attention than what they are getting in the chain-owned, mainstream media across-our binational region.
As an independent, on-line source of news and commentary, with no partisan ties or preconceived notions other than to dig for some truth and whatever is  fair for the ordinary citizen, Niagara At Large welcomes a diversity of opinion on issues of interest and concern to our families, our friend and our neighbours and fellow citizens.
In that spirit, Niagara At Large has no interest in becoming just one more echo chamber in cyberspace for people who share the same political ties or views on an issue. To the contrary, a goal of this site is to become a dynamic forum for discussion and debate – a ‘new media’ equivalent of a town hall that everyone, from ordinary citizens to community leaders, want to engage in as we search for ways to make our towns and cities the best places possible to live, work and visit.
But like older fashion town halls or newspapers you might remember before the age of blogging, Niagara At Large is requiring everyone submitting a comment to live by the same rules as regular contributors to this site and link their name to their views.
To put it simply, Niagara At Large will not post anonymous comments for reasons that have to do with accountability and a desire to discourage remarks that violate any sense of civility.
If adding your name to your views is okay with you then please follow the prompts to the end of one of the columns posted on this site and fill out the” leave a comment” form with your name, email address and views. We promise that your email address will not be published on this site (unless you want it to be) and will only be used to contact you if Niagara At Large’s editors have any questions or concerns about the comments submitted.
We will also be moderating comments submitted before they are published and will be filtering out those that include excessive foul language, unwarranted personal attacks or other views that may be defamatory or cross the bounds of civility.
Feel free to contact Niagara This Week’s publisher, Doug Draper, at drapers@vaxxine.com if you have any questions or concerns about Niagara At Large’s comments policy.