Joel Noden

Dec
8

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

Graham on December 8th, 2010

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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Nov
16

NPC exec’s $395,000 expenses to hit Queen’s Park

Graham on November 16th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: The $395,000 expenses claimed by recently departed Niagara Parks Commission executive Joel Noden are expected to come up during Question Period at Queen’s Park this morning, staff in NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said. The Globe and Mail reported Noden, formerly the revenue, marketing and business development manager, racked up close [...]

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Nov
12

More management changes coming at NPC, chairwoman says

Graham on November 12th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: More changes in senior management are coming up at the Niagara Parks Commission where two of its nine directors have left recently, says chairwoman Fay Booker. The sudden departure of revenue, marketing and business development director Joel Noden Tuesday and the planned retirement of engineer Nick Murphy mean there are [...]

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Nov
11

Parks Commission regrouping

Graham on November 11th, 2010

From Niagara This Week: Niagara Parks Commission Chairwoman Fay Booker has no immediate plans to replace departed Parks executive Joel Noden – at least not until the provincial agency goes through an extensive strategic planning process. “We’ll have to see,” Booker said Tuesday. “This isn’t our busiest time of the year. We’re coming into some [...]

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Nov
11

Tourism group gets ‘exception’

Graham on November 11th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: Some “exceptions” to Premier Dalton McGuinty’s 2009 rule requiring all government contracts to be subject to competitive bids allowed Niagara’s tourism agency to spend $500,000 on an untendered contract to publish a promotional magazine, says Tourism Minister Michael Chan. “There are exceptions in terms of single-source procurement,” Chan said Wednesday [...]

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Nov
10

Noden leaves parks commission

Graham on November 10th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: Joel Noden, one of the Niagara Parks Commission’s nine-member senior management team, left the provincial agency Tuesday. “Joel has decided to look at some other interests he has,” said Fay Booker, the chairwoman of the provincial agency. He left the commission Tuesday, but Booker wouldn’t say whether it was his [...]

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Jun
19

Bad drivers Niagara-bound

Graham on June 19th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: Stay off the Niagara Parkway! Some bad drivers will be Niagara-bound when “Canada’s Worst Driver” films an episode in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Commission approved a request from Proper Television, the company that produces the show for the Discovery Channel. That company wants to use Niagara Falls as the [...]

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Mar
2

Parks to lead marketing group

Graham on March 2nd, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism officials in Niagara will speak with one voice as they try to attract more marketing cash to the region. Industry groups have agreed on a partnership they hope Ontario will accept as a regional tourism organization. The provincial government announced the creation of 13 new tourism regions, including one [...]

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Feb
27

Americans a tough crowd to draw

Graham on February 27th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was a year to forget for the Niagara Parks Commission. The provincial agency saw a dramatic decline in foreign visitation in 2009. Whether it was H1N1, which literally stopped international travel for a period of time, the coolest and wettest summer since 1992, rising fuel prices, or the rception [...]

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