Niagara Wine Festival placed 7th overall in an online competition asking Canadians to vote for their favourite festivals.
NIAGARA - The Niagara Wine Festival placed 7th overall in an online competition by discount carrier WestJet asking people to vote for the favourite festivals.
Launched for a second year, WestJet Festivals invited Canadians from coast-to-coast to join the conversation and choose their favourite Canadian festival. More than 10,000 votes were cast and the Top 10 events were selected from more than than 230 other festivals across the country.
Garnering the most votes for 2011 were:
1. Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta
2. Royal St. John’s Regatta in St. John’s, Newfoundland
3. Fair at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver, British Columbia
4. Just For Laughs in Montreal, Quebec
5. Pictou Lobster Carnival, Pictou, Nova Scotia
6. Sarnia Rogers Bayfest Art & Music Festival in Sarnia, Ontario
7. Niagara Wine Festival in Niagara, Ontario
8. Halifax International Busker Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
9. Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
10. Edmonton’s Capital EX in Edmonton, Alberta
WestJet was the official airline sponsor of the 2011 Calgary Stampede, sponsoring the WestJet Skyride, the bull-riding competition and the chuckwagon tarp of driver Jamie Laboucane. The WestJet Fun ‘n Festival Zone, located on the midway, showcased the WestJet caravan with a sleek new design, digital scratch kiosks and interactive route map of more than 70 WestJet destinations.
“The traffic to our site saw Canadians passionate about having fun,” said Corey Evans, WestJet Manager, Community Marketing. “At WestJet, we take fun seriously and this is why we’ve partnered with some of the best festivals. Thanks to the efforts of our Sponsorship team and dedicated, passionate WestJetters from our bases across Canada, we delivered another great season to our Fun ‘n Festival Series, sponsoring 47 festivals in 2011.”
Along with voting for their favourite festival, westjetfestivals.com allowed Canadians to share their experiences, photos, videos and opinions about any festival in Canada and enter to win one of six festival experiences. The site also reported the adventures of the WestJet Sponsorship team as they crossed the country bringing the WestJet spirit to festivals in communities WestJet serves.
(Source: Canada Newswire)
BeaverTails has opened a store on Clifton Hill.
BeaverTails comes to Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – BeaverTails, a Canadian culinary icon since 1978, has come to Niagara Falls.
With roughly 100 outlets in Canada, the newest store has opened in the heart of the Niagara Falls tourist district at 4967 Clifton Hill.
Store owner Zahir Ismail recently moved to Niagara Falls from Ottawa to open the BeaverTails outlet here.
“Starting my own business has been a dream of mine for several years,” said Ismail, who was recently joined by Niagara Falls mayor Jim Diodati for the grand opening.
The store specializes in traditional whole-wheat pastries are stretched by to resemble the tail of a beaver, one of Canada’s best-known national symbols.
The pastries are then “float cooked” on high quality canola oil and served piping hot, topped with butter and a choice of delectable flavours.
Hundreds of thousands of customers now enjoy this specialty leisure food at theme parks, ski hills, sports venues and shopping markets across numerous markets. BeaverTails expanded their food services to include smoothies, ice cream, and frozen yogurt.
BeaverTails also has two locations in Saudi Arabia and two stores in Colorado’s ski’s country.
(Bullet News Niagara)
Niagara CA students one step closer to earning their designation
NIAGARA – According to just-released results, 18 Niagara Region Chartered Accounting students have passed this year’s Canada-wide Uniform Evaluation (UFE), recognized as one of the world’s most challenging professional entry examinations.
The UFE, written in September, is a national three-day evaluation that assesses competencies including essential knowledge, professional judgment, ethics and the ability to communicate.
The UFE is an important component of the CA qualification program, which includes prescribed education, practical experience and examination requirements. Only those who complete this entire program successfully are entitled to use the internationally recognized designation of Chartered Accountant, a profession known for superior financial expertise, strategic thinking, business insight and leadership.
In total, Ontario had 1,135 of the country’s 2,858 successful UFE writers and captured 18 of 52 National Honour roll spots.
The following CA students successfully wrote the exam and, upon completion of their 30-month experience requirement, have earned the right to add the letters CA to their names:
Fenwick
•David J. Hill
Fort Erie
•Chenzhang Li
Grimsby
•Kevin S. Smith
Niagara Falls
•Eric G.N. Smith
Niagara-on-the-Lake
•Lisa M. Price
St. Catharines
•Jonathan Y.K. Boey
•Jordan D. Gamble
•Kyle E. Giesbrecht
•Matthew R. Greenfield
•Brett R. Linklater
•Tara J. Mitchell
•Ryan P. O’Sullivan
•Andrew D. Snazyk
Welland
•Travis E. Dolinski
•Kelsey L. Meyers
•Trina M. Rubino
•Trudy Tran
•Tammy Zhang
“Congratulations to all of the successful candidates,” said Rod Barr, FCA, President and CEO, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. “Qualifying to become a CA is a very challenging process but he resulting career is rich in rewards and opportunities. I am confident that all of the students will make great contributions in their future careers and will uphold the high standards of the CA profession.”
(Source: Marketwire)
New ‘sustainability target’ aimed at reducing college’s environmental footprint
WELLAND – Niagara College today launched a set of five-year sustainability targets aimed at reducing the college’s environmental footprint and creating a renewed focus on environmental issues at NC.
The targets were announced during presentations at the Niagara-on-the-Lake and Welland campuses. Over the next five years the college has committed to cutting its paper consumption in half and achieving a 65% diversion rate for waste, while reducing its electricity consumption by 10%, its greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, and its water consumption by 5%.
The process started last spring when the College’s Sustainability Committee began developing an environmental management system (EMS), which is a systematic approach to dealing with the environmental aspects of an organization. The EMS helps the College control the impact of its activities on the natural environment. Through this process, the committee identified the aspects with the largest environmental concerns and established the College’s five sustainability targets for the coming years.
To reduce its environmental impact Niagara College incorporated HVAC upgrades and new sustainable technologies as part of its $90 million campus redevelopment. A new organics strategy was recently implemented, and in 2012 the college will launch recycling and paper reduction campaigns. Through its sustainability committee, the college will continue to develop strategies for achieving its environmental goals.
“As an educator, Niagara College has offered comprehensive programs in environmental education, providing skilled graduates that work in all areas of the environmental sector,” said Dr. Steve Hudson, Niagara College’s acting President. “We have also made it a key strategic priority to reduce our own environmental impact and incorporate sustainability and environmental responsibility into all our programs and services.”
Niagara College has also partnered with the Niagara Sustainability Initiative (NSI). NSI is a not for profit organization that is focused on improving environmental and economic performance by engaging the community to reduce carbon emissions enhance sustainability and improve economic performance.
“As one of the most influential employers in the region, Niagara College is illustrating that sustainability is imperative to organizational success,” said Evan DiValentino, executive director of the Niagara Sustainability Initiative.
While unveiling its sustainability targets, the college also launched a website (niagaracollege.ca/sustainability) dedicated to environmental issues at NC, and invited students, faculty and staff to sign an online pledge to strive for sustainability in all areas of their lives.
With significant input from students, and the desire to make sustainability a key priority, Niagara College formed its sustainability committee last spring. The committee includes student, faculty and staff representatives and has a mandate to identify the College’s key environmental impacts and recommend ways for the college to achieve its environmental goals.
(Source: Niagara College)
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My husband and I visited the Niagara Icewine Festival last weekend and I would highly recommend it. It’s a great chance to sample different kinds of wines – not only icewine, but red, white and sparkling -and discover new local wineries. If you go, dress warm! The majority of the festival is outside and can get quite cold. As long as you are prepared, it’s a great day trip for couple and groups alike! If anyone is interested, we wrote about our experience at the festival here http://www.neveradulldate.com/niagara-icewine-festival/