Wallenda taking his case to tourism minister

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission slammed the door on Nik Wallenda Wednesday, but a day later Minister of Tourism Michael Chan opened it up just a bit. Speaking with the Niagara Falls Review Thursday, the Ontario tourism minister invited Wallenda, a seventh-generation aerialist who wants to walk across the Niagara Gorge…

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Minister’s door open: Craitor

From Niagara This Week: The door to Tourism and Culture Minister Michael Chan’s office is always open and the minister will look at ways of increasing tourism in Niagara Falls, Kim Craitor said Thursday. Craitor, who represents Niagara Falls at Queen’s Park and who is also the parliamentary assistant to Chan, made the remarks in…

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Canada nixes Wallenda’s Niagara rope walk

From UPI: Canadian officials in Niagara Falls have denied daredevil Nik Wallenda’s application to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope next summer. Wednesday night, the Niagara Parks Commission voted to deny a permit for the stunt, planned for June, the Toronto Star reported. The plan was for Wallenda to cross from Goat Island,…

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Members of New York delegation respond to Wallenda rejection

From Niagara Frontier Publications: In the wake of the Niagara Parks Commission’s decision not to recommend support for Nik Wallenda’s proposal for a tightrope walk across the Niagara Gorge, representatives from New York State are encouraging Wallenda to continue his pursuit directly with Canadian officials. Wallenda has continued to lobby in Canada after being given…

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Wallenda denied

From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission has denied Nik Wallenda’s proposal for a tightrope walk across the Niagara gorge. In a long-awaited decision comes three weeks after the famed daredevil made a personal pitch to the agency, which is in charge of managing provincial parks around the Horseshoe Falls. In a news release…

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Wallenda hopes to follow in footsteps of tightrope walkers

From the Niagara Falls Review: By Wednesday afternoon, Nik Wallenda will find out if he will be come the first person in more than a century to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. The Niagara Parks Commission says it will announce its decision on Wallenda’s proposal for a cross-gorge skywalk at some point…

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BALANCING ACT: Review city editor and Falls mayor debate merits of wire walk across Niagara Gorge

The Niagara Falls Review has a nice back-and-forth between their City Editor Corey Larocque and Mayor Jim Diodati: Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda wants to walk a wire across the Niagara Gorge next summer, but the Niagara Parks Commission, whose approval he needs, is cold to the idea. Mayor Jim Diodati is eager to see Wallenda…

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Wallenda won’t give up on falls tightrope dream

From the Niagara Falls Review: Both Nik Wallenda and the Niagara Parks Commission are digging in their heels. Wallenda wants to be the first person in more than a century to walk across the Niagara gorge on a tightrope. The Commission seems determined not to let it happen. The performer was in Niagara Falls Wednesday…

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Next tour boat operator could be named by year’s end: NPC

From the Niagara Falls Review: The winner of the much-publicized bid to provide boat tours in the Niagara gorge could be named by the end of the year, says Janice Thomson, interim chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission. “We’re currently still in the review process. There has been a lot of detail throughout the whole…

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Wallenda to meet with park, city officials about performance over gorge

From the Niagara Gazette: Nik Wallenda is scheduled to meet with state officials today to discuss the progress of his plan to perform a high-wire walk over the Niagara Gorge. Wallenda will discuss the logistical aspects of the proposed wire walk with representatives from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation,…

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