Niagara Falls is one of Canada’s top tourist attractions and welcomes more than 13 million visitors from around the world each year. According to CBC Marketplace, Niagara Falls tourists have been noticing an extra cryptic fee on their bills over the past few years. Marketplace has been investigating the hidden fees tacked onto consumers’ bills at hotels, restaurants and attractions in Niagara Falls, Ont. It’s usually categorized as “NFDF” (Niagara Falls Destination Fee), or “TIF” (Tourism Improvement Fee). — BrianM (@briangm11) February 10, 2023According to the president and CEO of Niagara Falls Tourism, Janice Thomson, the charge goes to the owner, not the government.

How Canadians are paying to jump the queue for surgeryDuration: 04:04Nearly 140,000 people get a hip or knee replacement each year in Canadian hospitals and wait times can run to more than a year. Private surgical clinics around the country are advertising that patients can get surgeries done in just a few weeks, if they pay.

CBC News published this video item, entitled “José Andrés cooks for victims of ‘earthquake for the ages’ in Turkey” – below is their description. José Andrés, celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, travelled to Elbistan, Turkey, to help provide aid to the victims of the earthquake. He says the scale of destruction is unlike anything he’s seen before. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Please note comments are moderated before publication.

Check out the wreck of a 150-year-old ship at the bottom of Lake SuperiorDuration: 08:40The discovery of one of the oldest — and, perhaps, unluckiest — ships to sink off Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast is being celebrated by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Take a look at the wreck from the perspective of an underwater camera.

Canadian Jessie Eldridge scored twice Friday as her Team Harvey's downed Team Scotiabank 5-2 in Dream Gap Tour action in Peterborough, Ont. (@PWHPA/Twitter - image credit)Team Harvey's overcame an early blown lead to best Team Scotiabank 5-2 at the Dream Gap Tour's OHL showcase on Friday in Peterborough, Ont. Jessie Eldridge scored twice and Marie-Philip Poulin tallied her association-leading 10th goal of the season to lead Harvey's to its 11th win in 12 games. Eldridge opened the scoring in the first period, and Canadian teammate Laura Fortino quickly followed to put Harvey's up 2-0. WATCH | Full coverage of Team Harvey's win:

Niagara Falls is one of Canada's top tourist attractions, and welcomes more than 13 million visitors from around the world each year. According to CBC Marketplace, Niagara Falls tourists have been noticing an extra cryptic fee on their bills over the past few years. Marketplace has been investigating the hidden fees tacked onto consumers’ bills at hotels, restaurants and attractions in Niagara Falls, Ont. It's usually categotized as "NFDF" (Niagara Falls Destination Fee), or "TIF" (Tourism Improvement Fee). — BrianM (@briangm11) February 10, 2023According to the president and CEO of Niagara Falls Tourism, Janice Thomson, the charge goes to the owner, not the government.

Mayor John Tory is stepping down from office, less than four months after winning re-election to a third term. Downward said “the mayor developed a relationship with an employee in his office” during the pandemic. Downard said the employee, who isn’t named in the letter, “decided to pursue employment outside city hall” during the relationship. David Rider is the Star's City Hall bureau chief and a reporter covering city hall and municipal politics. Follow him on Twitter: @dmriderBen Spurr is a Toronto-based reporter covering city hall and municipal politics for the Star.

As always, if you have a question, email me at askkevinmcgran@gmail.com and I’ll answer it in the next Maple Leafs Mailbag. Now to this one, where we deal with a future contract for John Tavares, the icing rule, European goaltending and everything under the rainbow. I don’t think any team will pay Tavares $11 million (U.S.) again, but I imagine he’s still more than $3 million. For four years, the CHL even banned European goalies from the import draft, to try to give Canadian and American goalies more playing time. NHL teams drafted 20 goalies in 2022, and more than half were European (10 off European teams and a Russian playing in the QMJHL).

calfunnymoney03Tens of thousands of people in Ontario who are entitled to more than $3 billion in combined pension benefits aren’t collecting them because pension plan administrators can’t locate them. “We are observing that many individuals do not stay connected to their pension benefits as they move through different roles in their working lifetime,” Blouin said. “Although various government offices may have your current address, that information has no way of getting to the pension plan administrator as these plans are not operated by the government,” said Blouin. “We require pension plans to take additional steps to try to track down missing members,” Blouin said. There is not a similar portal to track down pension savings.

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Yesterday, Postmedia ran a story in papers and on websites — including its flagship National Post — across the country examining a lawsuit launched by Rebel News boss Ezra Levant against Liberal cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault. You can also read the lawsuit for yourself over at our special website, TwitterLawsuit.ca. Last night on The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra broke down and analyzed the Post's story almost line-by-line, pointing out what they got right and what they got wrong. He also noticed something a little strange when outlets like the Post dabble in stories that Rebel News covers:But it was the second most read story in the National Post [yesterday], which makes me laugh sometimes. This is just an excerpt from last night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show.

Justenough JustinsultsThe Holy Grail of advertising is finding a big idea. Pierre Poilievre and his advisors have found one: JustinsultsThe premise is simple. Given social media’s undeniable role in influencing voters, these Justinsults portmanteau words offer opportunities to create highly engaging Wordle-type word games on Facebook. What better way to vent your frustrations while being creative than to come up with your own Justinsults and share them with your followers? The Liberals no doubt consider these word games a great Justinjustice, but it’s not a game.

; and Jennifer Charlesworth, B.C.’s representative for children and youth, came together with others to launch the Transform the Family Justice System Collaborative earlier this year: to move the family justice system away from the unintentional harm of its current practices and toward promoting family well-being. All 10 of the identified ACEs are at play in the family justice system, said B.C. lawyer Jane Morley of the Transform the Family Justice System Collaborative, but the system was never designed to address them. “When we look at the family justice system through the eyes of children, youth and family members, we see things differently,” said Bauman. These amendments don’t address the systemic culture of minimizing family violence that many with violent partners continue to face in family court, Hrymak said.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk was right at home at the NHL All-Star Game. Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto’s Mitch Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 in the All-Star Game final on Saturday. All-Star Game MVP Matthew Tkachuk — playing alongside his brother Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators — had seven points on the day, after a five-point outburst in a semifinal win over the Metropolitan Division. It was the first time the Atlantic won the All-Star Game, after six previous tries in the divisional format. “It was so much fun,” Larkin said after the first final game hat trick in this All-Star format.

Toronto police have identified a suspect in the random assault that killed longtime CBC producer Michael Finlay, an investigator with the force said Friday as he pleaded with the wanted man to turn himself in. Hillier said early indications suggest there was no connection between the victim and suspect and the attack appears to have been random. CBC previously identified Finlay as the victim earlier this week, a fact Hillier confirmed on Friday. “Michael will be remembered as an exceptional storyteller, documentary-maker and editor,” Perry wrote in the letter, noting Finlay worked on several CBC programs. The public broadcaster said the longtime former CBC producer travelled the world to create radio documentaries.