From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara residents were quick off the mark to take advantage of the Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap promotion, which began Thursday. About 20 hotels have teamed up with local charities, setting aside rooms for rent to residents from Nov. 27 to 30 for as little as $25. People didn’t wait long…
There is some work going on at the Skylon Tower. I don’t know what it’s for (maybe because of the fire?)…
The other day there was a crane at the Niagara SkyWheel taking the centre hub off the wheel. The wheel is still operational. I wonder what they’re doing…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The three waterparks in Niagara Falls are expected to be popular draws in this year’s Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap promotion that gives deeply discounted hotel rooms to Niagara residents. About 20 hotels in Niagara Falls and a group of charities are teaming up again to raise money for charities by…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s plenty Jim Cooper will miss about Oh Canada Eh?, the patriotic dinner show he co-founded 12 years ago. The songs won’t be one of them. “When you’ve sang the same songs about 1,700 or 1,800 times, it might be nice to put some of them to bed,” he says…
From the Niagara News: After 32 years behind the helm of Maid of the Mist steamboats, Richard Schuyler is sailing into the sunset. Schuyler, who has steered a boat through the mist of the Falls since 1974 is retiring. The Niagara Falls native, and captain, departed on his farewell trip on Tuesday October 24 at…
From American Heritage: A hundred and five years ago today, Annie Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was 63 years old, a widow, and a failed dancing school teacherâ€â€an unlikely candidate for such an exploit. But she survived, and her name goes down in history as not…
From Niagara This Week: There was a sense of summer running through the city at a very unseasonable time of year. It wasn’t the weather, which was a very un-summery, rainy and cool, but rather the thousands of people who flocked to the city to take part in the Fallsview Casino Resort International Marathon Sunday….
From the Buffalo News: Tourists on the deck of the Maid of the Mist get wetter the closer the boat inches to the Horseshoe Falls. There’s a cold wind blowing. But it’s warm and dry in the wheelhouse. Captain Richard Schuyler has spent 32 years there, piloting Maid of the Mist tour boats. “I like…
From the Buffalo News: While local and national news cameras have focused on Buffalo-area storm damage this week, a Hollywood film crew has its lenses trained on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Walt Disney Studios is shooting falls-related scenes for use in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” the third installment in the…