From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Chalk up a victory for justice and the Niagara Falls Reporter — whose articles on Ontario’s Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) and their secret arrangements with James Glynn, longtime owner of the Maid of the Mist — led to more than the unraveling of his lease. Last week, four NPC commissioners,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls radio is making room for The Moose. Haliburton Broadcasting Group, best known for its 13 Moose FM stations across Ontario, has added Niagara Falls FM stations The River (CFLZ) and Z101 (CKEY) to its stable, pending approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). “We’re thrilled to…
Bloomberg BusinessWeek has an awesome article about Niagara Falls, New York, and the problems it has faced over the last 40 years: Niagara Falls’ descent into blight—in spite of its proximity to an attraction that draws at least 8 million tourists each year—is a tale that Hudson’s little newspaper has been telling for years. It…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two of the big projects on the plate of the Niagara Parks Commission will continue over the winter despite Monday’s turfing of four government-appointed commissioners and their temporary replacement by six senior bureaucrats. Chairwoman Fay Booker said a government-ordered competition to pick a company to run boat tours on the…
Are you following the Groupon, Wagjag, or other deal sites in your area? If you are going to be travelling, are you checking the deals in that city? For Niagara Falls, recently there has been a Wagjag deal for Wild Wing (attached to the Baymont Inn). It is still good for another 3 days. Today…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario government doesn’t want the same municipal politicians — including Fort Erie Mayor Doug Martin and Niagara Falls Coun. Vince Kerrio — reappointed to the Niagara Parks Commission board. The Niagara Falls Review learned through sources the Ministry of Tourism is looking to follow up its purge of four…
They’ve finally got some “big” (or bigger than previous years) names coming to the Niagara Falls New Year’s Eve concert. From a CNW Newswire press release: Global Television and Entertainment Tonight Canada celebrate 2011 with ‘New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls,’ a nationally televised New Year’s Eve bash for the entire nation. On Friday, December…
From the Buffalo News: A significant majority of partisans on both sides of the issue agreed Tuesday that there is hope for a compromise on the future of the Robert Moses Parkway that would please some people but would anger others. An unscientific poll among 180 people at a meeting in the Earl W. Brydges…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Fay Booker says she’s “rattled” and disturbed by what she calls attempts to undermine her credibility as chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission at a time Ontario’s Liberal government is looking to her to fix historic problems and lead the agency in a new direction. She tackled head-on an anonymous…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Eight months after taking the helm of Niagara Falls Tourism, Joe Fardell is leaving the tourism industry’s marketing agency to take his own career in a new direction. Wayne Thomson, chairman of the organization that promotes the Niagara Falls hospitality industry, confirmed Fardell resigned Monday as managing director. “Mr. Fardell…