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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Wire walk across Niagara Gorge gets political support in the U.S.

From 610 CKTB: A tightrope walker who wants to walk a highwire across the Niagara Gorge now has considerible political backing in the U.S. Nike Wallenda was told he wouldn’t get a permit to perform the stunt because the Parks Commission on both sides of the border say stunting along the gorge or the river…

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Minister lukewarm on city’s Parks plan

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario government isn’t in a hurry to act on free advice from Niagara Falls council about how the Niagara Parks Commission should run. Tourism Minister Monique Smith confirmed her staff received a July 9 letter from city hall that outlines a resolution councillors passed calling for openness at the…

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