Festival of Lights turns up the wattage with new sports events

From the Niagara Falls Review: With its 30th anniversary looming next year, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights is adding more juice to its lineup. Sponsored by beverage maker Cintron, a new three-day sports festival will take place throughout the city to conclude this year’s event. It’s expected to attract about 1,300 athletes in a…

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Booker chosen as new NPC general manager

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…

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Tourism operators applaud loosening liquor laws

From the Niagara Falls Review: Beer and wine drinkers might soon be able to walk among the teetotallers now that Ontario’s Liberals plan to loosen the province’s liquor laws. It’s a move some Niagara Falls tourism operators say will help the industry. Attorney General Chris Bentley announced plans to overhaul the rules preventing Ontario resorts…

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HEADS ROLL AS ONTARIO PARKS ATTEMPTS CLEANUP OF MAID OF THE MIST MESS

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,…

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Scotiabank Acquires Naming Rights to New Convention Centre in Niagara Falls

From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: The Niagara Convention & Civic Centre (NCCC) today announced that Scotiabank has acquired the naming rights to the new facility, which will open in April 2011. The Scotiabank Convention Centre (SCC), located a mere 500 yards from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, will draw hundreds of…

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Lights festival picks up sponsor

From the Niagara Falls Review: A new era of the Winter Festival of Lights began with a name change Wednesday. For the first time in its 27-year history, a title sponsorship has been secured for the nearly three-month-long event. It will now be known as the CAA Winter Festival of Lights. The partnership with CAA…

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NPC on target for boat tour competition

From the Niagara Falls Review: The document that will spell out what the Niagara Parks Commission wants from a boat tour provider is on target for release in the next few weeks, says commission general manager John Kernahan. “It’s coming along very well. I think we’re going to be on or very close to our…

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City, NPC trying to finalize people mover plans

From the Niagara Falls Review: A deal that could lead to a new mass-transit system serving the tourism areas could be finalized as early as Friday, the mayor and Niagara Parks Commission manager say. Mayor Ted Salci is scheduled to meet with Niagara Parks Commission chairwoman Fay Booker and general manager John Kernahan Friday, in…

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New eatery at Fallsview

From Niagara This Week: On April 29 the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre unveiled its newest attraction; Milestones Grill and Bar. The new restaurant, which replaced the Cut Above Steakhouse, is located on the mezzanine level of the hotel and serves “globally inspired” food according to Karen Catton, marketing manager for the hotel. The…

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‘Eyes on the road’ at NPC, chairwoman Booker says

From the Niagara Falls Review: Running the Niagara Parks Commission should be like driving a bus, says Fay Booker, the provincial agency’s new chairwoman, whose reputation for helping corporations understand how they govern themselves appears to be one of the reasons she landed the job. General manager John Kernahan should be the driver and the…

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