From a press release seen on the Government of Ontario web site: Ontario has confirmed Fay Booker as the new Chair of the Niagara Parks Commission’s Board of Directors. The appointment follows an open recruitment process and takes effect April 21, 2010. Ms. Booker has extensive experience in corporate governance, accounting and auditing. Her experience…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Five minutes isn’t enough time to explain complicated legal or financial positions during Niagara Parks Commission meetings, says James Bannister, a consultant and member of the Preserve Our Parks group that monitors what goes on at the commission. During their monthly meeting Friday, commissioners adopted a five-minute time limit for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism officials in Niagara will speak with one voice as they try to attract more marketing cash to the region. Industry groups have agreed on a partnership they hope Ontario will accept as a regional tourism organization. The provincial government announced the creation of 13 new tourism regions, including one…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has launched a community website designed to provide easy access to information about the operations of the parks and how to do business with the commission. The move follows recommendations in Ontario Ministry of Tourism governance and audit reviews of the NPC undertaken last year. “The…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When Archie Katzman banged a gavel on the wooden table promptly at 10 a.m., it signalled to about 40 spectators the start of a new era for the Niagara Parks Commission. The open era. For the first time in its 124- year history, members of the public were allowed to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was standing room only at Oak Hall Friday where several dozen people crammed into a committee room for the first public meeting of the Niagara Parks Commission in its 124-year history. “We did not expect to see this many people,” said acting chairman Archie Katzman. Commissioners are “encouraged” by…
From the Canadian Press (via Penticton Herald): Getting competitive bids for one of the world’s oldest and most famous tourist attractions – the Maid of the Mist boats in Niagara Falls – may not be as straight forward a proposal as the Ontario government hopes. The Niagara Parks Commission came under fire last year for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: First of all, congratulations to Niagara Parks Commissioners for voting in favour of opening their meetings to the public and the media. Quite a novel idea for public lands, we guess. Vince Kerrio made the motion that was supported by his colleagues. This was the right thing to do and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission wants to go public. After 124 years of meeting in private, commissioners voted unanimously Friday to open their doors to the public and the media. “I made a motion at the parks commission today that the meetings, in the spirit of openness and transparency … be…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls is eager to roll out the red carpet to hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists now that Canada is on the list of places their government will let them go. People working at Niagara Parks Commission attractions are going to learn when someone pretends to wash their hands…