From the Globe and Mail: The Niagara Parks Commission is fending off claims it is tilting a tendering process in favour of the Maid of the Mist, the tour boat company whose exclusive access to Niagara Falls has been controversial for the Ontario government agency. Last year, after a four-decade monopoly for the Maid’s American…
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Just saw 3 men in Queen Victoria Park playing cricket. First time I've ever seen that 🙂 #
From a press release seen on the Winter Festival of Lights web site: A detailed study of the 2009 Winter Festival of Lights found that the 59-day Festival generated $57.3 million in economic benefits for the region, more than 40 times the event’s fiscal year expenditures of $1.3 million. In its 42-page report, Toronto-based research…
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The Buffalo News is reporting that a woman committed suicide on Sunday by going over the Falls. http://bit.ly/akyYsq #
From the Buffalo News: Owners of the newly named Four Points Hotel, formerly the Inn on the River, are finalizing details of a grant from the NFC Development Corp. and are on schedule for opening on New Year’s Eve, according to Mayor Paul A. Dyster.
From The Commercial Appeal (in Memphis, Tennessee): Willie Mae Irving of Collierville enjoyed a trip to Niagara Falls in New York thanks to the Collierville-based Forever Young Senior Wish Organization. Irving’s lifelong dream to visit this spectacular sight was granted this summer. She was accompanied by her daughter, Betty Ethridge of Collierville, her granddaughter, Shauna…
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Apparently there is going to be a SkyWheel in Myrtle Beach. I'm seeing all sorts of references to it in my Twitter searches… #