From the Niagara Falls Review: Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith has ordered a review of the way the Niagara Parks Commission and five other agencies operate, following a recommendation by the provincial integrity commissioner that there be more guidance on issues like governance and conflicts of interest. “To appease any public concern, we thought this [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review: The Maid of the Mist’s lease with the Niagara Parks Commission is in ship-shape, the company’s president says. But the former parks commission member who questioned the deal says a government report released Monday sinks it. There are conflicting interpretations of what Ontario Integrity Commissioner Lynn Morrison’s report on the [...]
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From Buffalo Business First: Kerry Painter needs only to look outside her window to see what casino gambling has meant to the region – in her case, Niagara Falls, Ont. As the president and general manager of the Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Centre, Painter can look across Fallsview Boulevard and see nearly $300 million [...]
From the Buffalo News: One winter a few years ago now, I went on a lucky family trip to Belize, where I snorkeled and saw sea horses, rode horseback to a swim beneath a waterfall, sipped rum on balmy evenings and took a drive down a dirt road to a greenhouse where shimmery Blue Morpho [...]
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