{"id":15199888,"date":"2026-07-07T21:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/ford-governments-observation-wheel-proposal-for-niagara-falls-ont-a-dead-issue-mayor-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:33:22","slug":"ford-governments-observation-wheel-proposal-for-niagara-falls-ont-a-dead-issue-mayor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/ford-governments-observation-wheel-proposal-for-niagara-falls-ont-a-dead-issue-mayor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford government&#039;s observation wheel proposal for Niagara Falls, Ont., &#039;a dead issue,&#039; mayor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/6d6383d0-e17e-48c2-9b36-6da4b37af828,1783449413697\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C405%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29\" alt=\"A man signs a board.\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"Tim Johnson with the Niagara Academy for Indigenous Relations signs a petition board at a town hall meeting at Club Italia in Niagara Falls Monday night. Upwards of 1,200 people showed up to voice their opposition to a proposal for an observation wheel in Queen Victoria Park.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overwhelming public opposition and a new private-sector proposal for the SkyWheel on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ont., may have put an end to a controversial proposal by the Ford government to erect a second giant observation wheel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/niagara-parks-observation-wheel-doug-ford-controversy-9.7261621?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News &#8211; Canada &#8211; Hamilton &#8211; cbc-ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwhelming public opposition and a new private-sector proposal for the SkyWheel on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ont., may have put an end to a controversial proposal by the Ford government to erect a second giant observation 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