From the Miami Herald: My trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls differed from my two previous last-minute trips in one significant way: Instead of buying a package trip, I booked everything separately — flights, two hotels and a rental car. I used opaque sites — Web sites where you don’t know the hotel, airline or…
I commented a while ago that HOCO had put up some new signs for Dinosaur Park Miniature Golf. It turns out that at least one of the signs was temporary. Beside the large T-Rex, there is now a nice neon sign that turns/spins at night. I also noticed that the torches on the main sign…
From TheStreet.com: The rush of standing right next to Niagara Falls, close enough to feel the spray on your face, is an unparalleled experience. When you consider that there are few natural wonders left unpaved or unfenced in this country, these thundering falls are even more impressive. Niagara won’t disappoint, whether taken in from the…
I hope you all read the article in the Globe and Mail about Greg Frewin. It had some great information on him and how he ended up in Niagara Falls. There were also some unexpected interesting tidbits. One of those was information about who owns the land. In a previous posting, Dan and Rick had…
From Niagara This Week: The grassroots citizens group which successfully lobbied the Niagara Parks Commission to scrap plans for a controversial gondola ride at Table Rock in 2004 has once again stepped forward, this time to fight a proposal for a hotel expansion the group says will block the final unobstructed view of the falls…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ed Werner, founding president of Horn Abbot Ltd., which introduced Trivial Pursuit, has been appointed to the board of the Niagara Parks Commission. A longtime Niagara resident, Werner’s involvement in the success of the Trivial Pursuit board game has been recognized with an Outstanding Business Achievement award from the Ontario…
The Globe and Mail has an amazing article about Greg Frewin! It is 5 pages long on the web (it must have been a very lengthy article in the actual newspaper) and talks about Greg’s childhood, his rise to stardom, and how he ended up in Niagara Falls. It also talks about the challenges they’ve…
On Saturday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. The newsletter highlights some Fall packages, New Year’s Eve packages, and also has some information about changes to the Brock Plaza hotel: To subscribe, visit their “Spin to Win” page and fill out the form. Be sure to check that you’d “like to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: People might see Laurie Little’s painted pumpkins and think she has a plum gig. They don’t see the nights on the Internet tracking new trends. Or the endless travelling to shows across Canada. Or the frequent trips to the U.S. scouting the competition. By the time she gets around to…
From the National Post: The U.S. Congress took a major step yesterday toward delaying controversial travel rules that will require Canadians to carry a passport or equivalent document when entering the United States across land and maritime borders. With fears mounting that the rules will cripple cross-border trade and devastate border communities, negotiators from the…