From Niagara This Week: A Toronto casino would be a gamble for the province if it moves ahead without an impact study is not completed first, Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati said Monday. Diodati was reacting to the news that the OLG plans to open a gaming facility in Toronto as a part of a…
From Niagara This Week: The future of one of Niagara’s two casinos will become clearer Friday. The fate of Casino Niagara, which first opened its doors in 1996, will be announced at a news conference at 1 p.m. at the facility, said Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor on Tuesday. Closing Casino Niagara was one of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: If the Liberal government decides to close Casino Niagara, it will likely cost them tens of millions of dollars. Canadian Niagara Hotels, which owns the building Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation leases for the original Niagara Falls casino, said Thursday the 15-year lease extension signed in 2010 has no early-exit…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue.
From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Buffalo Lodging Associates is proud to announce that renovations have been completed at the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview located at 6733 Fallsview Boulevard in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The 232-room, 15-story Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview is steps from the new Scotiabank Convention Centre…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Canadian Auto Workers union is not giving up, despite failing in its fifth attempt to form a union at Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. “We believe workers would truly be better off and better represented if there was a union in the workplace,” said John Aman, the CAW’s…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Casino workers in Niagara have turned down the Canadian Auto Workers union in its fifth attempt to form a union at Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara, casino management said Monday. Results show 63% of casino workers who voted in the certification vote, said no to the CAW, a statement…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Casino workers in Niagara Falls won’t know until at least Wednesday whether the Canadian Auto Workers was successful in getting certified as the union representing 2,900 Fallsview Casino and Casino Niagara workers, says CAW organizer John Aman. It has been two weeks since most frontline casino employees voted after the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Canadian Auto Workers union is hoping the fifth time’s the charm. Management with the two Niagara Falls casinos hope this latest disruption is over. Both sides have done this dance before, and now comes the waiting game after thousands of employees cast ballots this week in the CAW’s latest…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ken Lewenza is president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union. There’s no question that for thousands of Niagara casino workers this week’s union certification vote has been a long time coming. Since the casinos opened their doors, workers have expressed a willingness to speak for themselves at work, with a This…