UPDATED: Police find no evidence of criminal wrongdoing at Niagara Parks Commission

PETER CONRADI/Bullet News

The Ontario Provincial Police and Niagara Regional Police have found no evidence of criminal activity at the Niagara Parks Commission.

In the fall of 2011 a Joint Forces Investigation was launched between the NRP fraud unit and the OPP anti-rackets branch as a result of public complaints. The investigation was started at the request of Niagara Parks Police chief Doug Kane.

Improprieties were alleged of past procurement of goods and services within The Niagara Parks Commission.  During the year-long investigation, police interviewed past and present NPC employees, commissioners and people beyond the Parks Commission. Police announced the results of their findings Tuesday, clearing Parks employees and anyone associated with the Commission.

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Peter is a Niagara native, born and raised in St. Catharines. He has spent most of his career in the local media. He worked at the St. Catharines Standard for 25 years, where he was a reporter, sports editor, news editor, city editor and columnist. He was also managing editor of the Niagara Falls Review for four years before joining Bullet News as publisher. Peter has won six Ontario Newspaper Awards for writing, layout and design, and news planning. Under his leadership, the Niagara Falls Review was nominated for a record 24 Ontario awards between 2006 and 2010. In addition, his work over the years has been singled out for its excellence by the Ontario Lacrosse Association, Brock University and the Ontario Universities Athletic Association. He is an expert on social media and the power of the Internet. Peter is active in the community. He is a former member of the Stamford Kiwanis Club (he was Kiwanian of the year in 2008), and sits on the boards of the Greater Niagara General Hospital Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Niagara. Peter teaches part-time in the journalism department at Niagara College and consults on the weekly production of the school's weekly newspaper. Niagara News has won three Ontario Community Newspaper Awards for production excellence since Peter arrived at the college in 2007. Peter is a graduate of Carleton University with an honours bachelor of journalism. He lives in St. Catharines.