From the Niagara Falls Review: Ontario’s Liberals have no choice but to invite bids from companies interested in hosting Casino Niagara after forcing the Niagara Parks Commission to put a similar lease with the Maid of the Mist out to tender in the name of open government, says Conservative Leader Tim Hudak. And if the…
Here are some articles that discuss the Maid of the Mist lease opening: Buffalo News – Maid of the Mist lease ordered reopened Buffalo Business First – Rough Ont. waters for Maid of the Mist Niagara Falls Review – Who’ll run the boats? Just a reminder that Bill Windsor of Alcatraz Media left a comment…
From the Niagara Falls Review: For the first time in years, the Maid of the Mist will have to fend off competitors to hold onto the right to run boat tours in the Niagara River. Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith announced Wednesday the Niagara Parks Commission will solicit competing bids from companies interested in leasing…
I know I’m a few weeks late on this, but I still wanted to post them. Here are 25 screenshots from the HD broadcast of the show. They are pretty self-explanatory. The first few show some scenes as they arrived in Niagara Falls. Then the rest of the pictures are from the Maid of the…
Someone posted about a recent class trip to Niagara Falls: On October 7th 2009, Birchmount’s Travel & Tourism and Natural Disasters class decided to go to the beautiful Niagara Falls for a class trip. We all loaded the bus at 8am sharp, and got on the road. It was a long 2 hour drive, but…
From the Buffalo News: Jim and Pam’s wedding in Niagara Falls on NBC’s “The Office” Thursday night had an unusually high rating for the comedy series but the hourlong episode still finished third locally in its 9 p.m. time slot. “The Office” had a 7.8 rating (representing 7.8 percent of area households) on Channel 2,…
From a letter to the Editor of the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission should be more open and accountable to the public. It is shameful that the public doesn’t know the details of the lease with the Maid of the Mist. The best outcome would be that the contract is declared void and…
From CTV Toronto: The controversy over a 25-year lease renewal for the Maid of the Mist tourist boats in Niagara Falls spilled into the Ontario legislature Monday, with the Opposition alleging political interference by the Liberal government. The Niagara Parks Commission decided to extend the lease with the American operators of the tour boats, the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It looks like any bid to get Bob Gale a second term on the Niagara Parks Commisison is almost out of gas. Niagara’s own oil baron was sidelined from the government agency in February, when his three-year term expired. Now, after Friday’s reaffirmation by the commission of its 2008 decision…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Members of the Niagara Parks Commission will complete a government- ordered review of its lease with the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. “no later than Oct. 1,” chairman Jim Williams says. Commissioners met last week to consider advice from the provincial government and their own legal staff, and to…