Setting sail under cloud of uncertainty

From the Buffalo News: Maid of the Mist workers Tuesday hurriedly prepared for the start of the upcoming tourist season — hoping it won’t be the last on the Canadian side for an iconic tour boat company that traces its roots back 126 years. The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Corp. has owned exclusive rights…

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Residents win ‘David versus Goliath’ battle over Queenston docks

From the Niagara Falls Review: A small citizens’ group and a church in historic Queenston Village fought the town, Whirlpool Jet Boat Tour Co. and the Niagara Escarpment Commission — and won. A hearing before the Ontario Environmental Review Panel, which began in March 2009, ended in a victory recently for the Queenston Residents Association…

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