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Maid of the Mist Boat Service Contract may go to Alcatraz Media

$800 million "Maid of the Mist" boat service contract may go to Atlanta, Georgia-based Alcatraz Media. The Maid of the Mist boat service contract has been a major controversy in Canada for the last year. The contract was awarded to a New York company without competitive...

created by NiagaraFallsBid | 6 wks ago
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Niagara Parks Commission Sued to void $500 Million Lease

A lawsuit was filed on February 26, 2009 against The Niagara Parks Commission and Maid of the Mist. The lawsuit asks the Divisional Court to issue a mandatory order requiring the Niagara Parks Commission to adhere to Corporate Policy CPM-03-02, the Niagara Parks Procurement...

created by Niagara Falls Newsline | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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Lawsuit to declare Niagara Parks Commission & Maid Lease Illegal

The big news in Niagara Falls is the huge controversy over the secret practices of The Niagara Parks Commission in awarding a lease to Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Limited to offer the boat service at Niagara Falls. It is estimated that the lease will generate at...

opinion by NiagaraFallsBid | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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Oil Companies Escape Billions in Royalty Payments to Americans; Drilling Expa...

"Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program A bureaucratic oversight has allowed 24 oil companies to avoid more than $1.3 billion in royalties for the privilege of extracting oil and natural gas from U.S. territory in the Gulf of Mexico - with...

created by Erik Larson | 1 year ago
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ppeggy

Whew! Any Other Ideas for Kananaskis?

Creating a new park in Kananaskis might be one way to halt Ted Morton's plans to clear-cut 800,000 acres there. The rest of Kananaskis is already a park but the eastern section, the one in question,...

created by ppeggy | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Walter Shaw, Geoffrey Shaw and William Tilmouth at Tangentyere Council. Picture: Sam Mooy

Maireid Sullivan

Aboriginal Communal land up for grabs

AhHa! Now we know!The current Australian Aboriginal crisis is all about a LAND GRAB! Soon, the developers will be able to get their hands on indigenous lands!!.........Related: a few weeks back we heard that...