From Niagara This Week: John Lohuis is a busy man. He had to push back a scheduled interview for this story to accommodate an early morning meeting. When he was done, he was off to another. Such is the life of the Niagara Parks Commission’s new general manager. The former Director of Parks and Recreation…
From the Buffalo News: Fay Booker, general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission, has resigned from the Canadian park agency. The reasons for Booker’s resignation are unclear, though a source familiar with the situation said tensions between the agency and the Niagara Falls, Ont., city government likely played a role. Before her hiring as general…
From Niagara This Week: After less than one year on the job, Fay Booker is out as general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission. Sources told Bullet News that the decision was made Tuesday and senior staff members at the Parks Commission were informed this morning. Later Wednesday, a news release from Niagara Parks stated…
From the Niagara Falls Review (includes article, video, and pictures): After his first meeting with officials on the Canadian side of the Niagara River on Thursday, Nik Wallenda was careful to walk a fine line of cautious optimism despite the fact the Niagara Parks Commission outright opposes his idea to cross the Horseshoe Falls on…
From Niagara This Week: After a short game of musical chairs at the Niagara Parks Commission, Fay Booker has begun her duties as the general manager. While holding the position of chair of the NPC, Booker put her name forward for the staff position after the departure of former GM John Kernahan. For her, it…
From WNED-AM 970 NEWS: On one side of Niagara Falls, state parks need $85 million in repairs while on the Ontario side millions of dollars are going into renovation of Old Fort Erie and the Laura Secord House. WNED’s Mike Desmond talked with the Chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission, Fay Booker, about the difference….
From the Niagara Falls Review: After more than a year as chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission, Fay Booker has a new job. The Burlington accountant and management consultant has been selected by the commission’s search committee as Niagara Parks’ new general manager. The announcement was made official Thursday. She fills the vacancy left by…
From Bullet News Niagara: A pending deal between the City of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Parks Commission to create a new people-mover bus system to service the millions of visitors to the Honeymoon Capital each year was no shotgun wedding. While Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor acknowledges he and Ontario Tourism Minister Michael Chan…
From the RV D@ily Report: Go RVing Canada kicked off the RV vacation season at an exclusive press conference event hosted at The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC), in Niagara Falls, an all-time favorite RV camping destination for Canadians. Go RVing Canada highlighted the increase in summer bookings in Ontario campgrounds, indicating that RV owners will…
From the Niagara Falls Review: On a sunny Saturday in March, Fay Booker surrounded herself with the next generation of plant experts – graduating students from the Niagara Parks Commission’s horticultural school. Their graduation ceremony recognized eight students in a specialized program whose labour keeps the Botanical Gardens attraction in shape. “The Niagara Parks has…