Parks agency continues slow exconomic recovery

    From the St. Catharines Standard (unfortunately the article isn’t online): The Niagara Parks Commission was in the black again in 2005, posting its second profit since the “perfect storm” year of 2003, but general manager John Kernahan cautions the recovery will continue to be slow. “We’ll exceed $3 million this year. We’ve had a profitable…

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      Washington eases off contentious passport plan for Canada-U.S. crossings

      In my posting about the Great Wolf Lodge open house called Jimmy the hotelier: Believe it or not!, a couple of comments were left about how the US wants all people travelling to the US to have a passport. I responded that I didn’t think it would happen. In yesterday’s paper, there was an article…

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        Satisfying taste for both food and art

        From Niagara This Week: It’s a place that can definitely satisfy the palate for people with unique taste. Café Tu Tu Tango can be best described as the best of both worlds, where the culinary arts are complemented by visual arts or vice versa. An unusual and unconventional pairing, the quaint restaurant, situated above the…

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