Ontario wine country? Get real

    I read a nice article in the Cook County News-Herald (Minnesota). The author was amazed at the wineries in the Niagara Region, and also spoke well of Niagara Falls: We spent Saturday at Niagara Falls, which was a mindblower. The falls themselves are stunning, as expected, but talk about commercialized. We bought a full-day pass,…

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      Rowdy Roddy Piper coming to WWE Niagara

      From the WWE Appearances in Canada webpage: Friday, July 22 4:00 p.m. Niagara Falls, ON WWE Announcer Mean Gene Okerlund and WWE Legends Bobby Heenan and Roddy Piper will be making a special appearance at WWE Niagara on July 22 at 4pm. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to meet these great Legends! WWE…

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        Coco’s Patio on Murray Hill coming along

        As we posted a while ago, Coco’s on Murray Hill is expanding their patio. As you can see, it is coming along nicely. However, given that we’re already into July, I’m surprised they aren’t working harder and faster on it to get it done sooner.

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          Canada’s Largest Indoor Mini-Putt

          This is a sign that is now outside Cosmic Golf on Clifton Hill. Canada’s Largest Indoor Mini-Putt Air Conditioned I have no idea if it really is the largest one in Canada or not. It is large, but as I was going through it, I never marvelled at its size.

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          Jay Cochrane Postpones Walk Once Again

          Jay Cochrane has once again postponed his walk from the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Hotel Tower to the Skylon Tower. Jay was ready to walk having previously given his okay on all of the equipment and one the platform when it was announced today walk was cancelled due to high winds. As can be seen…

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            From Honeymoon City to Hydro City

            The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has a special section in the archives section of their web site Hydroelectricity: The Power of Water with news clips from over the years. There is a 3 minute clip from Aug. 25, 1957 where they talk about Niagara Falls. The plunging waters, thundering roar and spraying mist of Niagara…

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              Preparing for the big skywalk

              As the Niagara Falls Review reported a few days ago, Jay Cochrane has postponed the big skywalk from the Fallsview Casino to the Skylon Tower a couple of times. As best we can see, he’s been adjusting the support wires quite a bit. At one point a week or so ago, there were wires hanging…

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                Accessibility key component of new People Mover system

                From the July 6, 2005 Niagara This Week: Robert Lapensee Jul 6, 2005 NIAGARA FALLS – While city residents may be divided on what form they’d like to see the proposed new People Mover take, there is one thing they can agree on: it needs to be accessible for everybody. The city’s People Mover Office…

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                  Marineland welcomes new beluga whale

                  From the Niagara Falls Review: By JENNIFER PELLEGRINI Local News – Thursday, July 07, 2005 @ 02:00 NIAGARA FALLS – The fourth beluga whale born at Marineland’s Arctic Cove arrived in the usual fashion Sunday – in the wee, small hours of the morning. By noon, the 12-hour-old calf – a “little” girl, tipping the…

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                    Comedy at Rumours Night Club

                    It seems like the trendy new thing for night clubs or restaurants is comedy. Ruby Tuesday on Clifton Hill has live comedy on some nights of the week. Rumours Night Club also does every Wednesday night.

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