From the Niagara Falls Review: For the 65,000 Koreans George Denning’s company brought to Niagara Falls last year, “Maid of the Mist” was what they knew. He predicted it would be “automatic” if they had to choose between the Maid of the Mist operating on the American side of the Niagara River and a new…
From the Niagara Falls Review: If you’re checking out the new Rink at the Brink this weekend, you’ll have no trouble finding it. The Niagara Parks Commission’s new fence running the length of its Table Rock parking lot makes it impossible to miss it. It turns visitors to the falls into cattle, herding them from…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There are no plans to shake up the Niagara Parks Commission, Tourism Minister Monique Smith says. In an interview Tuesday, she brushed off a Conservative critic’s claim that replacing the whole board is the only way to restore public confidence in the government agency. “We have no intention of replacing…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Legendary rockers STYX and the Canadian group Glass Tiger will take to the stage on New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Commission released its lineup for the popular, televised concert Tuesday afternoon. “Niagara will be the place to be on New Year’s Eve,” said Niagara Parks Commission…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Holding annual general meetings could help the Niagara Parks Commission regain the public’s confidence, a government report says. It’s an idea chairman Jim Williams said he pitched when consultants prepared the report in the spring. “That would give the public an opportunity to pose whatever questions they would have. It…
From the Niagara Falls Review: For the first time in years, the Maid of the Mist will have to fend off competitors to hold onto the right to run boat tours in the Niagara River. Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith announced Wednesday the Niagara Parks Commission will solicit competing bids from companies interested in leasing…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Talks aimed at creating an integrated people mover system are underway. After parting ways more than a year ago, city and Niagara Parks officials are back at the table discussing opportunities to create a single, seamless transit system to link tourist districts with areas currently serviced by the NPC’s familiar…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s a new picture hanging inside Table Rock House -one that symbolizes the friendship and co-operation between two famous attractions a world apart. On Thursday, Niagara Parks Commission chairman Jim Williams, Mayor Ted Salci and Regional Chairman Peter Partington welcomed a delegation from China’s YanQing County and the Badaling Great…
From a letter to the Editor of the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission should be more open and accountable to the public. It is shameful that the public doesn’t know the details of the lease with the Maid of the Mist. The best outcome would be that the contract is declared void and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It looks like any bid to get Bob Gale a second term on the Niagara Parks Commisison is almost out of gas. Niagara’s own oil baron was sidelined from the government agency in February, when his three-year term expired. Now, after Friday’s reaffirmation by the commission of its 2008 decision…