Twitter updates for 2010-01-30

Some teens are trying to take a pic of a bird loose inside the Wendy’s on Clifton Hill. A highlight of their Niagara Falls trip, I guess… # I wonder how many pics of the Niagara SkyWheel have ended up on Twitter (see @bagofbricks or http://twitpic.com/zfzgq for what I mean) # RT @djaleksandra http://znl.me/P2YC19 Woo…

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Lobbying in full swing to replace Maid boats

From the Niagara Falls Review: Rules aimed at keeping the Niagara Parks Commission’s search for a boat-tour provider “above board” mean commissioners are to avoid contact with potential bidders -but the same rules wouldn’t disqualify a bidder who attempts to lobby members of the government agency. “This has no consequences for anyone other than commissioners…

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Community website launched by Niagara Parks

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has launched a community website designed to provide easy access to information about the operations of the parks and how to do business with the commission. The move follows recommendations in Ontario Ministry of Tourism governance and audit reviews of the NPC undertaken last year. “The…

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Festival honours ‘backbone’ of success

From the Niagara Falls Review: Shawn Fleckney says he was “just a kid” when he started volunteering as a mascot with the Winter Festival of Lights. More than 20 years later, he’s still at it. He says he can’t think of a better way to spend his leisure time than by making new friends, learning…

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