As I have been reviewing the progress of my Jay Cochrane petition, I searched the site for anything related to Niagara Falls. I could only find 4 petitions (including mine). Here are the others: Enquiry into Marineland – This petition started in August of 2004 after Neocia died. The petition is calling for an “enquiry…
From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission said it will consider a proposal from wire walker Jay Cochrane to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls, but it wants to see a full business plan first. Cochrane, renowned for his wire walks, is in the city this summer performing wire walks daily near the Skylon…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As Jay Cochrane has discovered, changing someone’s mind can be expensive. The famed Canadian wirewalker is preparing an exhaustive presentation which he hopes will convince the Niagara Parks Commission to fulfill his dream of walking a wire across Niagara Falls. He has 30 people working for him on the project….
From the Niagara Gazette: High wire performer Jay Cochrane still dreams of one day walking across the Niagara Gorge. It won’t happen. Cochrane, 63, a North Bay, Ontario, native, has been walking twice daily this summer between two 20-story towers near the Skylon Tower. Children’s charities are benefiting from the dramatic crossings, he explains. Cochrane…
While I was watching Jay Cochrane last week, I noticed a mural on the back of the IMAX Theatre that I hadn’t seen before. I don’t really go down that section of Fallsview Blvd that often, so I’m not sure how long it has been there for, but it’s definitely new this year. The mural…
From the Buffalo News: Highwire performer Jay Cochrane wants to do what no man has done before  walk on a wire more than half a mile between the American and Canadian side of the falls. The performance of such a feat is currently prohibited by both the Niagara, Ont., Parks Commission and the state…
I’m in the paper! Well, it’s not my full name, but my username. The Niagara Falls Review has an article in the paper today with comments that readers left on their web site. I left one yesterday (probably the 20th one left), but it is the first on on the page: The Niagara Parks Commission…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Review put calls out to all Niagara Parks Commissioners about Jay Cochrane’s request to walk over the Horseshoe Falls. Here’s what they had to say:
From the Niagara Falls Review: Daredevil or stuntman – he says he’s neither. But nobody can say Jay Cochrane isn’t persistent. Armed with an endorsement from city council, the 63-year-old wirewalker is once again knocking on the door of the Niagara Parks Commission. The North Bay native has sent a letter to the agency requesting…
From Niagara This Week: City council wants to see renowned high wire walker Jay Cochrane take his act over Niagara Falls. Cochrane, in the city for the third time during his 50-year career, has his sights set on crossing the gorge for what he said would be the swan song of his career. And the…