Dropping Rink at Brink part of Festival’s ‘transition’

From the Niagara Falls Review: When it was first announced in 2009, Rink at the Brink was described as the “most significant event” the Winter Festival of Lights had ever undertaken. The festival’s acting chairman Jim Diodati (not yet Niagara Falls Mayor) said the 60-by-120 foot outdoor rink would offer a “more dramatic” setting than…

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Signage could be a kink for Rink at the Brink

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Parks commissioners may be about to throw a kink in plans for the Rink at the Brink. On Monday, commissioners voiced their concerns about a request from the Winter Festival of Lights to erect signs and banners near the outdoor rink near Table Rock promoting the Toronto Dominion bank…

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Rink at the Brink measures up

From the Niagara Falls Review: After writing half a dozen news stories about the $750,000 rink, it was time to see firsthand if the new ice is all it’s cracked up to be. (Check out the video tour of the rink on The Review’s website). Having grown up near Ottawa’s famous Rideau Canal, the world’s…

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