They are making progress, slowly but surely. This isn’t a great picture, but the gondola is now gone. I would guess that the rest of the tower will be down very soon.
Daily Archive for November 29th, 2006
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The Niagara Parks Commission has teamed up with the Winter Festival of Lights to offer Niagara residents the chance to enjoy a seasonal dinner and then take in the lights along the Niagara River.
The Night of a Million Lights tour began Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. 23, then Dec. 26 and Dec. 30. The evening includes being picked up anywhere in the Niagara region on a Niagara Transit bus, dinner at Table Rock Restaurant, including soup, a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, seasonal dessert and a non-alcoholic beverage for $32 per person, including taxes and gratuities.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Privatizing the GST visitor rebate program is a “good compromise” for a government eager to divest itself of the scheme and an industry desperate to save it, local tourism stakeholders said Monday.
“Privatization is the best compromise,” said Anna Pierce, general manager of Niagara Falls Tourism. “The government is free of it, tourism operators can still take advantage of it and a private company can run it.”
In September, the federal government announced plans to scrap the program, which allows visitors to claim back the GST on accommodation and other purchases with receipts of $50 or more, claiming the $78-million cost to run the program isn’t worth the expense since only three per cent of visitors use it.
The news shocked Canada’s tourism industry, which has been hit with a series of setbacks since Sept. 11, 2001.
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