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...

Windsor asks Minister of Tourism to announce Boat Service Tender

Bill Windsor has sent a letter to Ontario Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Monique Smith, to ask that she issue a statement announcing that the Niagara Falls Boat Service Lease will be tendered for bids.  Windsor is one of the people who wants to bid for the rights to...

Windsor challenges Maid of the Mist over Tender for Bids

William M. Windsor has issued a challenge to Maid of the Mist, operators of the boat service at Niagara Falls.  Windsor has asked Maid of the Mist to inform The Niagara Parks Commission and the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation that Maid...

Demand made that NY State Parks void NY Maid of the Mist Lease

William M. Windsor has sent letters to the Counsel for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (the entity that controls the New York State Parks) and to Mark Thomas of the Niagara Falls State Park.  He has demanded that the Maid of the...

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...

Lawsuit against The Niagara Parks Commission - Part 2

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...

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...

In the Rush to Drill, Colorado shortchanged by BLM Auction

"GOP, Dems agree state loses out, disagree on why By Burt Hubbard, Thursday, August 14, 2008 Democrats and Republicans alike agreed Thursday the state was shortchanged hundreds of millions of dollars on the Roan Plateau energy lease auction. But both sides point the finger...

First Nation threatens to shut Edmundston school on leased land

"A dispute between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the provincial government could disrupt the start of classes at an Edmundston high school in September. The Madawaska First Nation owns about half of the land where the Cité des Jeunes school is located. The First...

MONEYTALK: GM $15.5bn loss

  The credit crises, the petrol $4/Gln GM Sales down on record high. Pick-up trucks almost not to sell. New fuel efficient cars, german daughter Opel still doing well.New Hybrid, electric, Hydrogen cars...

Yahoo Music Offers Refunds for Taking Music

Well, it looks like those people who bought and use Yahoo's online music service won't be completely screwed - Yahoo is offering a refund. While this doesn't quite answer the question of what will happen to legally-owned music they've already paid for on the service and want...

Old drugs get a new lease of life

"The list of unwanted side effects of any given drug seems endless and repetitive but a German led team has mined this information to work out possible new uses of drugs that have already been tested for other uses. Although further research will be necessary to back the...

Food based plastics real alternative to oil based

The idea of using food based plastics instead of oil based is an old idea being revisited as oil prices soar and environmental issues take cetre stage."Landfills and plastics don't mix well. It takes several...

Faces of Bali - Canggu

"Canggu, an extension of Kuta beach development as a beach resort, offers a perfect escape from the tourist crowd. Many private villas or Balinese style cottage built with a blend view of rice terrace and ocean....

London England - £2.2bn emergency fund could pay for Olympic village

London's 2012 Olympic Village may get a much needed cash injection. "Ministers are considering using an “untouchable” £2.2bn emergency fund to build the troubled London 2012 Olympic village. Plans are being drawn up to rescue the project - in danger by the credit crunch...

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