From the Niagara Falls Review:
Even the Mounties’ business is being affected by changes in the world economy. It’s shifting to Mexico.
RCMP Const. Allen Rodgers sports the traditional red coat and brown riding hat that make the police force world-famous when he greets tourists outside Table Rock House in Niagara Falls.
Last year, half of the people he met were from the United States, he said.
“Now it’s gone to Mexico,” he said. “The majority of my guests are coming from Mexico.”
Mounties assigned to the area around the Horseshoe Falls aren’t there fighting crime. They’re deployed as goodwill ambassadors. When tourists come to Canadian landmarks like Niagara Falls, they expect to see a Mountie and Rodgers is happy to oblige.
From the Niagara Falls News:
An Australian tourist is lucky to be alive today, thanks to Karen Mahon.
Mahon, a waitress at Dennys on Victoria Avenue began her day like any other, little did she know when she clocked out after her shift she would leave a hero.
Back in March I reported that there was a city meeting about some property around the Baskin Robbins on Victoria Avenue. Then in May I noted the changes to the sidewalk/curb in front of that location. Well, I don’t know for sure if this is related or not, but now there is word that in an empty store next to Baskin Robbins there is going to be the Victoria Avenue Beer Garden.
I assume this is related to the Beer Garden on Clifton Hill. Niagara Clifton Group operates the Travelodge Clifton Hill. At the driveway entrance there is a Pizza Pizza with a patio. Associated with that is the Beer Garden. It is an outdoor patio is entertainment, including Karaoke.
Back in April I reported that Ripley’s Moving Theatre was showing 2 new movies, Motion Madness and Fun House Express. Well, Fun House Express didn’t last too long. They are now showing Motion Madness and Runaway Log Truck.
If you recall from the previous post, HOCO had shown Fun House Express in their FX Ride Theatre before changing it to Cosmic Coaster. It appears that Ripley’s only showed Fun House Express for a few months before changing it. I guess it isn’t a very popular movie!
From the Niagara Falls Review:
For more than 150 years, the stone likeness of Maj. Gen. Isaac Brock, hailed as a saviour of Upper Canada, has towered over the Niagara-on-the Lake countryside.
The nearly four-metre high statue of Brock, which sits atop the massive 56-metre tall limestone monument that bears his name, has endured just about everything man and nature can throw at it.
I have numerous web sites, and since my email addresses are out there, I get a lot of junk email (hundreds if not thousands a day). Every couple of weeks I look through my junk email folder to see if anything good was caught by mistake. The other day I found something interesting.
Last Tuesday I received a message with content like the following:
TOP BRANDS - LOW LOW PRICES
Jewelry * Handbags * Pens * Watches * Neckties * Clutches * Wallets
The weird part was that it was to NIAGARAFALLSVIEW@LISTSERV.CHOICEONE.NET. This is the address that the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview newsletter uses. I looked at the message headers of the email, and it certainly appears that the junk email actually came through their newsletter server. There was even an automatic footer added to the message with a link if you want to unsubscribe that takes you to the hotel web site.
Did anyone else get this message?
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Last fall, the house at the corner of Broughton Street and Leader Lane was a tiny, four-bedroom wartime home, in need of upgrading and repair.
Nine months and some $300,000 later, it’s a three-bedroom, open-concept house with stainless steel appliances, a gas fireplace, laminate flooring with lots of light and beautiful landscaping outside.
“We’ve decided that we want to change the way Silvertown has been,” said Tim Parker, general manager of Ripley’s Attractions in Niagara Falls. “There are people who take a lot of pride (in their homes); it’s just a few properties that have been neglected. We want to kind of turn things around and bring Silvertown back to the way it was in its heyday.”
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