Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario,Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario,with a population of 88,071 at the 2016 census. It is part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Incorporated on 12 June 1903,the city is across the river from Niagara Falls,New York. The Niagara River flows over Niagara Falls at this location,creating a natural spectacle which attracts millions of tourists each year.
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016,it has an area of 96.13 square kilometres (37.12 sq mi),136,803 residents,and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario,51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario,and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States along the Niagara River. It is the northern entrance of the Welland Canal. Residents of St. Catharines are known as St. Catharinites. St. Catharines carries the official nickname "The Garden City" due to its 1,000 acres (4 km2) of parks,gardens,and trails.
Kim Craitor is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,representing the constituency of Niagara Falls for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003 to 2013.
Morley Kells is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on two separate occasions from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2003,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Toronto City Council in the 2010 municipal election.
Christel Haeck is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the riding of St. Catharines—Brock.
Marineland,is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada. The park has performing marine animal shows,sea mammal and land animal exhibits,and amusement rides. It keeps dolphins,sea lions,an orca,and beluga whales. The park also keeps bears,deer,and other land animals. It was founded and operated by John Holer,a Slovenian immigrant,from 1961 until his death in 2018. It is privately owned-and-operated by his family.
Ted Salci is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd mayor of Niagara Falls from 2003 to 2010. He was elected in 2003,defeating Wayne Thomson,for whom Salci once acted as campaign chair. He was re-elected in 2006.
Betty Disero is a Canadian politician,currently the Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario. She is a former city councillor in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. She was elected to the Toronto City Council in 1985,and served until her resignation in 2003. She moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake in 2009 and was first elected to town council in 2014,becoming Lord Mayor in 2018.
The Greenbelt is a protected area of green space,farmland,forests,wetlands,and watersheds,located in Southern Ontario,Canada. It surrounds a significant portion of the Golden Horseshoe.
Dragon Mountain is a steel roller coaster located at Marineland of Canada near Niagara Falls,Ontario. Built by Arrow Huss,it opened to the public on July 16,1983. At its opening,it claimed to have the longest ride time of 3 minutes and 30 seconds and the longest track length of 5,500 feet (1,700 m),though both of these statistics were exceeded by The Beast four years earlier.
The 2006 St. Catharines municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to determine a mayor,regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines,Ontario. The incumbent mayor,Tim Rigby,vacated the mayoral position and ran for election to Niagara Regional Council.
The 2010 Toronto mayoral election was held on October 25,2010,to elect a mayor of the city of Toronto,Ontario,Canada. The mayor's seat was open for the first time since the 2003 Toronto election due to the announcement by incumbent mayor David Miller that he would not seek a third term in office. The nomination period for the 2010 municipal election opened on January 4,2010,and closed on September 10,2010. The result of the election was a victory for former city councillor Rob Ford. He received 47% of the vote.
Philip Demers is a Canadian former professional marine mammal trainer at Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls,Ontario. He is best known for his relationship with a captive walrus named Smooshi.
James Diodati is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 23rd and current mayor of Niagara Falls since December 2010.
Bill Smeaton is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Niagara Falls from 1983 to 1991. First elected to Niagara Falls City Council as an alderman in 1973,he was elected mayor in a 1983 by-election following the resignation of Wayne Thomson,and was subsequently re-elected in the municipal elections of 1985 and 1998. In the 1991 municipal election,Thomson ran for mayor again,while Smeaton ran for a seat on Niagara Regional Council,serving on that body until his retirement from politics in 2010.
WEGO Visitor Transportation System (WEGO) is a bus system in Niagara Falls,Ontario jointly operated by Niagara Falls Transit and the Niagara Parks Commission. It replaced Niagara Falls Transit's Falls Shuttle,as well as the Niagara Parks Commission People Mover. Originally scheduled to launch on June 29,2012,the service's inauguration was postponed due to delays in its buses' intelligent transportation system. WEGO launched its preview service on August 13,2012,then finally began official operations,a week later,on August 20. WEGO is a pairing of the words "we" and "go". WEGO does not stand for anything,however.
Arthur Schoellkopf was an American industrial leader who helped develop the hydroelectric resources of Niagara Falls and served as the fifth Mayor of Niagara Falls,New York.
John Holer,born Ivan Holerjem,was a Slovenian-Canadian businessman. An immigrant to Canada,Holer is most notable for founding Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada. He founded the park in the early 1960s and managed it until his death in 2018.
Walter Sendzik is a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of St. Catharines from 2014 to 2022. As mayor,he sat on Niagara Regional Council. Sendzik did not run for a third term in the 2022 Niagara Region municipal elections,and was succeeded as mayor by Mat Siscoe.
