Marineland important for Niagara economy: Thomson

From the Niagara Falls Review: A bill that would prohibit anyone from owning and breeding orcas in Ontario could impact 700 direct jobs in Niagara Falls and 36,000 indirect jobs across the region, says Coun. Wayne Thomson. But animal rights activists say Marineland could survive, even thrive, as a theme park without animals. “Anybody would…

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Marineland takes news publications to court

From Inside Halton: Marineland and its owner John Holer have ramped up the legal machine, filing defamation suits against a pair of news publications. On the heels of a $600,000 suit being filed in Ontario Superior Court against the online Digital Journal, the park has filed suit against Vancouver publication The Georgia Straight. As with…

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