From the Niagara Falls Review: Two of the big projects on the plate of the Niagara Parks Commission will continue over the winter despite Monday’s turfing of four government-appointed commissioners and their temporary replacement by six senior bureaucrats. Chairwoman Fay Booker said a government-ordered competition to pick a company to run boat tours on the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario government doesn’t want the same municipal politicians — including Fort Erie Mayor Doug Martin and Niagara Falls Coun. Vince Kerrio — reappointed to the Niagara Parks Commission board. The Niagara Falls Review learned through sources the Ministry of Tourism is looking to follow up its purge of four…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Fay Booker says she’s “rattled” and disturbed by what she calls attempts to undermine her credibility as chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission at a time Ontario’s Liberal government is looking to her to fix historic problems and lead the agency in a new direction. She tackled head-on an anonymous…
Wow! What is going on over there?! For the last 2 weeks there has been story after story after story about problems at the Niagara Parks Commission. On Monday the dismissed 4 of the commissioners. Here are some accompanying news stories: ‘It’s time to change it all up,’ says Gale – Niagara Falls Review Gale…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Rink at the Brink will be allowed to promote its financial sponsorship with Toronto Dominion bank when the outdoor ice surface near the Horseshoe Falls opens next week. During a special meeting Friday morning, Niagara Parks commissioners approved a request from the Winter Festival of Lights for permission to erect…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission, which has recently been plagued by scandal and controversy, is in for quite the shake-up. Late Monday night, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism announced it was removing four commissioners from the Niagara Parks board. An interim board, composed of chairwoman Fay Booker, vice chairwoman Janice Thomson,…
I haven’t posted much for a few days, but I’ve got a bunch of links for more articles about the Niagara Parks Commission expenses “scandal” as well as the non-tendered contract for the magazine. Bullet Media – Cleaning up the mess at the Niagara Parks Commission Niagara Falls Review – Former NPC executive breaks silence…
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…
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…
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…