Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls reach deal on voluntary payments to municipality

From Bullet News Niagara: The Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls have settled a two-year spat over voluntary payments that the provincial agency makes to the municipality in lieu of property taxes. With no public discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting (the matter was passed in a bulk reading of bylaws) Niagara Falls politicians…

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Niagara Falls Hotel Offers Special NFL Travel Package

From a Marketwire press release: Courtyard by Marriott is proud to be the official sponsor of the NFL. To celebrate this affiliation, Courtyard Niagara Falls is offering a special NFL travel package now through February 3, 2013. This hotel in Niagara Falls, Canada, is just minutes from the falls, casinos and major attractions. Football fans…

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Cochrane delivers on promise

From Niagara This Week: Jay Cochrane came before City politicians Tuesday night bearing gifts for the Tender Wishes Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Niagara and the City. The 68-year-old funambulist raised more than $10,000 to be split evenly between the two organizations. “He’s really an angel of men,” boys and girls club board…

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Niagara Parks Commission tests public appetite for zip line attractions

From Bullet News Niagara: As a steady crowd of the curious strolled past the large information placards, standing off to the side, watching and chatting, were the curious and the informed – the business stakeholders who have more than a passing interest in where the Niagara Parks Commission goes with its plans to possibly add…

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