I found this on the Cruise the Falls forum. The organizers of the event got a letter from Dalton McGuinty, the Premier of Ontario (similar to a Governer of a State). Here is a small version of the scanned letter, and the text of the letter below it: Ontario Premier of Ontario – Premier ministre…
As we’ve mentioned many times, Jay Cochrane is back in the Falls: Getting ready for the big sky walk Jay Cochrane Skywalking Cochrane wirewalks with $5M safety net Preparing for Jay Cochrane Jay Cochrane to Return Jay is skywalking from the Fallsview Casino to the Hilton hotel, as well as from the Fallsview Casino to…
There is a new store open on Clifton Hill. Underneath the Pizza Pizza patio, and beside the Blue Moon souvenir store, is a new Harley-Davidson store. I don’t know if they are trying to get some of the business that may be visiting the Classic Iron Motorcycle Museum, or if it is just a coincidence….
As visitor Louise mentioned, the new Montana’s on Victoria Avenue (at the top of Clifton Hill) is open.
Jay Cochrane will be walking from the Fallsview Casino to the Skylon Tower each Saturday. This all kicks off on Friday, July 1 (Canada Day). Here are a few pictures of the wire being put into place: Cable hanging down from Fallsview Casino Two lifts holding the cable up across Murray Hill Closeup shot of…
Visit the Niagara This Week web site for a picture of Wolfgang Puck in the kitchen at the grand opening of the Wolfgang Puck Cafe. You can search the Niagara Falls Blog for all the posts about the progress and opening of the restaurant.
Well-known Canadian scientist David Suzuki was in St. Catharines recently for a fundraiser and spoke out against Marineland. Marineland is currently suing the Niagara Action for Animals group claiming that they have been harmed economically because of the groups actions. The Niagara This Week newspaper had an informative article titled Suzuki Wades into Fight with…
Today’s front page of the Toronto Star had an interesting article titled Are we thrilling ourselves to death? The article isn’t about Niagara Falls, but given the renewed interested in having amusement rides/attractions in Niagara Falls, I thought it was relevant: Higher, faster, upside down and …? Whatever it takes to melt your mind, churn…
I haven’t taken any pictures yet, but I believe that yesterday was the first of dozens of “skywalks” that Jay Cochrane will take from the Fallsview Casino to the Hilton hotel. I saw him yesterday, but I was too far away to see more than a dot on the wire. It was quite windy and…
There is a phrase, “No news is good new.” That may or may not be true depending on the industry you are in. For me, it’s probably bad news since that means I don’t have anything to post about. I think it is going to be hard to post a lot in the summer. Almost…