Parks official resigns post in Canada

From the Buffalo News: Fay Booker, general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission, has resigned from the Canadian park agency. The reasons for Booker’s resignation are unclear, though a source familiar with the situation said tensions between the agency and the Niagara Falls, Ont., city government likely played a role. Before her hiring as general…

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HEADS ROLL AS ONTARIO PARKS ATTEMPTS CLEANUP OF MAID OF THE MIST MESS

From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Chalk up a victory for justice and the Niagara Falls Reporter — whose articles on Ontario’s Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) and their secret arrangements with James Glynn, longtime owner of the Maid of the Mist — led to more than the unraveling of his lease. Last week, four NPC commissioners,…

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Fardell quits Niagara Falls Tourism

From the Niagara Falls Review: Eight months after taking the helm of Niagara Falls Tourism, Joe Fardell is leaving the tourism industry’s marketing agency to take his own career in a new direction. Wayne Thomson, chairman of the organization that promotes the Niagara Falls hospitality industry, confirmed Fardell resigned Monday as managing director. “Mr. Fardell…

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