Daily Archive for June 21st, 2007

Antica Pizza expanding

As was mentioned in a previous comment, it looks like Antica Pizza will be expanding into the space that used to be Circus World. There is a liquor license sign up on the vacant part of the building.

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Fate of Parks Commission concert series unknown

From the Niagara Falls Review:

Two weeks before it was set to start, the Niagara Parks Commission has apparently called off its latest attempt at a concert series.

The Hot Summer Nights at the Falls lineup included The Commodores, Neil Sedaka and former Styx lead singer Dennis DeYoung performing at Queen Victoria Park throughout July. Tickets for each show were $25 and went on sale June 1 on the commission’s website.

But rumours of cancellations surfaced, while The Commodores, Sedaka and DeYoung all removed the Niagara Falls shows from their websites. As of Wednesday, the series was no longer listed on www.niagara parks.com.

Contacted at home Wednesday evening, Niagara Parks Commission general manager John Kernahan said a decision on the fate of the series is expected Friday.

‘More confusion’ over passport issue

From the Niagara Falls Review:

The president of the Travel Industry Association of America said Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff’s plan to push the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through at land and sea crossings by next June - not 2009, as the House and Senate recommended just days ago - will cause frustrated travellers more confusion.

“What happened Friday and Monday is the U.S. Congress and Senate, by a huge majority, said (passports) would not be needed at land and sea crossings until June 2009 or later,” Roger Dow said Wednesday.

His comments came shortly after Chertoff announced new rules for crossing the Canada-U.S. border effective Jan. 1 2008, which include one form of government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s licence, as well as proof of citizenship such as a birth certificate or citizenship card.

Nexus cards and passports will also be accepted, but not required, under the rules announced in Washington Wednesday.

Dow said the constant changing of rules and implementation dates is damaging for the travel industry as well as commercial trade.