Graham on November 19th, 2005

From PR Newswire:
Border efficiency and support for the world’s largest trading relationship are getting a significant boost with completion of a major construction project at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. The Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission celebrated the completion of the $45-million, fifth-lane Queenston-Lewiston Bridge expansion project today with [...]

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From Canada.com:
The first thing you’ll probably notice is the shark. At more than five metres long, it’s the biggest ever caught on rod and reel. What’s left of its two terrifying tonnes now hangs preserved above a dull warehouse floor.
There are also medieval torture devices, human skull drinking glasses, a Coke bottle-shaped coffin and [...]

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Graham on November 19th, 2005

From the St. Catharines Standard:
Wendell Wilks says he spent the hours immediately after his Television Niagara bid was turned down drumming up more financing for another try at a commercial TV licence.
But it sounds like he was working on his sports analogies.
“It’s like a hockey game,” Wilks said. “The referee has given us a penalty, [...]

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Graham on November 19th, 2005

From Niagara This Week:
East Coast band Great Big Sea will be coming to Niagara Falls to headline an all-Canadian lineup for Canada’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration.
The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC), joined by its partners for what it is calling “Party in Niagara,” announced Wednesday at Table Rock Restaurant Newfoundland’s Great Big Sea would headline [...]

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Graham on November 19th, 2005

From Newsday:
Each year, millions of visitors flock to the famed Niagara Falls, where 20 percent of the world’s fresh water plunges over a cliff created during the last ice age.
Although tourist season at Niagara is May to October, in winter the falls continue to flow and glow – literally. As temperatures drop, spectacular mounds of [...]

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