The video of the week today is a video I filmed yesterday. It is actually 3 small videos that I merged together in one. I was walking along the parkway and took a video near the bottom of Murray Hill, then moved closer to the Horseshoe Falls and took another video. I then went right up to Table Rock and started to take another video. Unfortunately the memory card ran out of room, so the last clip is the shortest. Maybe next week I’ll do the entire video from up close.
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Regular contributor Dan submitted a link to this story from TourismExchange:
Ruedi Hafen, owner and operator of Niagara Helicopters Limited, has been appointed the 2006 Tourism Enterprise Award.
The Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (NEYA) program announced their decision Friday night at the 2006 Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala Dinner.
Hafen, along with 22 other nominees, vied for awards in seven different categories that focused on honouring Niagara’s entrepreneurs who exemplify hard work, determination, creativity, and resourcefulness.
Hafen says “To be nominated alongside such inspiring individuals is in itself a privilege. I am extremely honoured to be awarded this recognition.” This was not the first award from the NEYA that Hafen has received - last year he took home the 2005 Established Enterprise Award.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Premier Dalton McGuinty says he and two other Canadian premiers “moved the yardstick forward” this week in their bid to convince Washington to accept high-security drivers’ licences to enter the U.S., instead of passports.
“We know the Americans are going to do something. We’re going to have to do something with them. This seems to be the most sensible way to go about it,” McGuinty told The Review Tuesday.
The Ontario premier, Manitoba’s Gary Doer and New Brunswick’s Shawn Graham have been in the American capital since Monday, holding meetings with governors of 20 states and members of Congress.
They’re trying to convince American lawmakers to postpone the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and to consider alternative documents to a passport.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
A dip in revenue - partly due to fewer American travellers - and a surge in utility costs are responsible for a half-million-dollar loss at the Niagara Parks Commission last year, officials say.
The commission will report an “accounting loss” for its last fiscal year when it files its annual report to the government. Staff are working on the report for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, which covers the 2006 summer tourism season.
Revenue dropped about one per cent while expenses increased by about 5.5 per cent, general manager John Kernahan told The Review.
Since 1999, there has been a steady decline in the number of American tourists, chairman Jim Williams said. Spending by American tourists accounts for about 60 per cent of parks commission revenues, he added.
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