Marineland takes news publications to court

From Inside Halton: Marineland and its owner John Holer have ramped up the legal machine, filing defamation suits against a pair of news publications. On the heels of a $600,000 suit being filed in Ontario Superior Court against the online Digital Journal, the park has filed suit against Vancouver publication The Georgia Straight. As with…

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Boomer bounces back from cancer

From Niagara This Week: Boomer’s back, and he’s up to his old tricks. Boomer is one of five Siberian tigers that are a part of Greg Frewin’s magic show but one day back in July, it looked like the tiger’s life was in jeopardy. “We noticed a small, teeny mark,” Frewin said. “It started to…

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Dropping Rink at Brink part of Festival’s ‘transition’

From the Niagara Falls Review: When it was first announced in 2009, Rink at the Brink was described as the “most significant event” the Winter Festival of Lights had ever undertaken. The festival’s acting chairman Jim Diodati (not yet Niagara Falls Mayor) said the 60-by-120 foot outdoor rink would offer a “more dramatic” setting than…

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Close-to-home indoor waterparks offer warm-weather fun during cooler months

From the Niagara Gazette: As Western New York weather starts trending toward the chilly, and the hours of sunlight get shorter and shorter, the puzzle of what to do with squirrelly small children over the long months of winter looms large in the minds of many parents. And let’s be honest: Many adults would like…

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Digital Journal Statement of Retraction – Marineland of Canada – Kiska

This is from an interesting press release seen on Yahoo! Finance Canada: Marineland is pleased to announce that the Digital Journal has today formally retracted the article it published on July 28, 2014 regarding the health and care of Kiska, Marineland’s killer whale. The complete text of the retraction appears below: View the press release to…

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