The Niagara Parks Commission

The Ferris Wheel fight in Queen Victoria Park is freshly over, but a new battle over what gets built on Niagara's most prized public land may be just getting started.

This fall, Niagara Parks plans to announce the winning proponent for a proposed electric tram through Queen Victoria Park, with public consultations to follow, said CEO David Adamas.

It was in August 2023 that the provincial government agency announced the launch of a request for proposals for a new visitor transportation system.

Proposed tram route would have five stops.

The project would be privately funded, said Adamas, with the selected vendor paying Niagara Park's rent, a model used by the Falls boat tour operator, the zip line, and eventually the hotel development.

For now, the tram arrives at a moment of heightened public scrutiny over development in Queen Victoria Park.

Niagara Parks announced Monday it canceled its controversial search for parties interested in erecting a Ferris wheel there following a groundswell of public opposition, an episode that put the agency on notice that residents are watching closely what gets built and where.

The proposal was also canceled because the owner of Niagara Skywheel put forth a plan to redevelop that attraction instead.

The former players tossed the ball to each other on separate ferries, with Fitzpatrick on the U.S. side of the river and Johnson on the Canadian side.

Niagara Falls was also illuminated red, white, and blue, the Bills' colors, at 8 p.m. Thursday in honor of Western New York and Southern Ontario's home team and the passionate fans who support them on both sides of the border, Niagara Parks wrote.

The cross-border camaraderie came amid growing tensions in an ongoing trade war between Canada and the U.S. After trade talks fell apart last month, the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian products, from hockey sticks to honey.

Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs on specific American goods went into place September 8th.

inside Table Rock Centre, they have created this motion-based ride called Niagara Takes Flight.

And it is all based on if you were a bird soaring above Niagara Parks, what would you be seeing? So it takes you on this 50-kilometre-long journey just above the waterline of the Niagara River Corridor.

It is a motion-based ride, so you've got those sort of cheap thrills added in.

But it is a cracker, and it just feels like you're soaking up Niagara Parks in one epic, immersive swoop.

You're soaring over swirling rapids, rock faces, forests, and then it all climaxes with the roar of Horseshoe Falls.

Very, very good.