From Niagara This Week: After less than one year on the job, Fay Booker is out as general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission. Sources told Bullet News that the decision was made Tuesday and senior staff members at the Parks Commission were informed this morning. Later Wednesday, a news release from Niagara Parks stated…
I’m sure there will be lots of articles to post later, but this afternoon the Niagara Parks Commission announced that as of 2014 there will be a new tour boat operator taking tourists to the base of the falls to feel the power. The press release is on the NPC web site. I can’t find…
From Bullet News Niagara: Wirewalker Nik Wallenda headed back home to Florida Thursday night feeling good about his meeting with Niagara Parks Commission officials. Of course, Nik Wallenda is pretty much always feeling good. Through this long process of trying to get permission to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Gorge near the Horseshoe…
From the Buffalo News: New York’s senators urged Canadian officials Thursday to protect the jobs, docking areas and brand name of the Maid of the Mist Co., regardless of whether another tour company is awarded launching rights around Niagara Falls. In a letter to Canada’s Niagara Parks Commission chairwoman, Janice Thomson, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It has had more than 11 months to pick a winner, but the Niagara Parks Commission says its evaluation team needs more time. More than a year and a half after a long-term operator for boat tours at the base of the Horseshoe Falls was originally supposed to be found,…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (including video): The Niagara Parks Commission is buying more time before it decides who will award a lease to operate the premier attraction at Niagara Falls, the Maid of the Mist boats. It has taken the commission more than 11 months to mull the matter, but it says it…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Cullen Miniature Village, which has delighted hundreds of thousands of visitors at its former location in the Durham Region, has found a new home in The Niagara Parks Commission’s (NPC) Botanical Gardens. Oshawa City Council approved the sale after endorsing a decision made that city’s corporate services committee last…
From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission hopes some little buildings will become a big attraction in Niagara Falls. Oshawa City Council gave its nod to an offer by the NPC to purchase a collection of miniature buildings and assorted pieces that were once found at Cullen Gardens in Whitby. The NPC offered $113,000…
From the Niagara Falls Review: First a carousel, now a miniature Ferris wheel. The Niagara Parks Commission will be the proud new owner of a three-foot-tall wooden Ferris wheel, part of a 180-piece miniature village collection it is buying for $113,000. The Cullen Miniature Village, once a popular tourist destination in Whitby, will be restored…
From the Niagara This Week: It’s an interesting time in Niagara Falls. The CAA Winter Festival of Lights are in full swing, the songs of the season echo down Queen Street. But the Niagara Parks Commission is not in a Christmas mood. Playing the grinch to Nik Wallenda’s bid to walk across the gorge on…