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…
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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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…
Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Clifton Hill Resort. You can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resort Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.
From the Niagara Falls Review: The narrow road takes a hairpin turn down the gorge — and your heart stops. It’s one of the natural wonders of the world and even on a damp January day, with the Falls a thousand shades of white and grey, the sight of all that water churning over the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When Archie Katzman banged a gavel on the wooden table promptly at 10 a.m., it signalled to about 40 spectators the start of a new era for the Niagara Parks Commission. The open era. For the first time in its 124- year history, members of the public were allowed to…
From a PRWeb press release: Today brings great news for the city of Niagara Falls and the Falls Avenue Entertainment Complex. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has renewed the lease of Casino Niagara at its current location on Falls Avenue. The lease extension is for an additional 15 years, showing the Provincial Government’s…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was standing room only at Oak Hall Friday where several dozen people crammed into a committee room for the first public meeting of the Niagara Parks Commission in its 124-year history. “We did not expect to see this many people,” said acting chairman Archie Katzman. Commissioners are “encouraged” by…