From the Globe and Mail: The Niagara Parks Commission, the secretive provincial agency that manages the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, has been ordered to review its decision to extend the Maid of the Mist’s monopoly on boat tours of the world-famous landmark. The Queen’s Park directive follows two government-ordered reviews of the agency launched…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There will be “significant recommendations” about the way the Niagara Parks Commission is run and how it does business when a government-ordered review of the commission and an audit of its purchasing and leasing policies is released, Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor says. “It’s moving along. Compared to what was,…
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…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The province has reappointed three Niagara Parks Commission members whose terms were ending -but not Bob Gale, the controversial member whose term expired in February. “We wanted to make sure the board remained functional. We were concerned about that,” Ontario’s Tourism Minister Monique Smith said in an interview Tuesday. Niagara…
The Oak Ridger, a newspaper in Oak Ridge, TN had a family on vacation write about their trip. One of their stops was in Niagara Falls: At 11 a.m. we caught the Jellystone Campground shuttle to Table Rock to view the falls. Wow! Niagara Falls, like the Grand Canyon, is one of those amazing feats…
With several days of rain and wind last week, it looks like there was same damage to the trees along Queen Victoria Park (near the Zimmerman fountain).
From the Niagara Falls Review: They’ve got a lot of nerve on city council to criticize the Niagara Parks Commission over the appearance of Queen Victoria Park, when the city pumps raw sewage into the Niagara River. City councillors like to dole out the free advice, but they’re in a big glass house when it…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Canadian tourism industry is experiencing its longest period of decline since the 9-11 terrorist attacks almost eight years ago, according to Statistics Canada report released Monday. But if the recent experience of the Niagara Parks Commission is a good indication of what’s happening elsewhere in Niagara, Ontario and across…
From the Niagara Falls Review: If Queen Victoria Park looks bad, all of Niagara Falls looks bad, says a citizens group concerned about what its members say is the deterioration of buildings, roads, sidewalks and streetlights on Niagara Parks Commission property. The Preserve Our Parks group acquired about 60 photographs of what its members call…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Things are going well for the Niagara Parks Commission. The first half of 2009, including two long weekends, brought better than expected crowds around the historic park area. “It has been a good kickoff to the year,” said general manager John Kernahan. “But I’m extremely fearful of what’s coming.” After…