Daily Archive for March 17th, 2007

Niagara Falls Images: Skylon Tower Fun Centre in Spring 2007

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Graham
on March 17, 2007
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(oops, I had this ready but forgot to post it yesterday…)

Continuing with the post from yesterday, the Friday image gallery is of the Skylon Tower Fun Centre. I was in there last week and took some pictures. As usual, there were almost no people in that huge space.

Anyway, I took a few pictures of the games which you can see in the Skylon Tower Fun Centre in Spring 2007 image gallery (I know it’s not Spring yet, but it’s close enough).



Reaching for the sky (part 2)

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From Niagara This Week:

A growing city skyline may represent new investment in the city, confidence, and create an attractive tourism core seen by visitors travelling along the QEW, but it doesn’t come without its challenges.

The city’s skyline will be getting taller as the Hilton Hotel on Fallsview Boulevard expands with a 52-storey hotel tower. Construction is slated to be complete in 2010. On the heels of that development is a Canadian Niagara Hotels plan to build a 59-storey hotel tower near Casino Niagara on Falls Avenue.

But having hotel towers reaching for the sky comes at a cost, says Ken Murphy, a River Road resident. He said the growing city skyline means residents will soon be walled off from Niagara Falls, deprived from access, view and sound of water from the Niagara River cascading over the escarpment.

GST rebate program cut devastating: business owner

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From Niagara This Week:

A federal government decision to cancel the GST Visitors’ Rebate Program could devastate the region’s, and the country’s, economy, says a new study.

The study, which was completed by CRA International and commissioned by Global Refund Canada, says if the program is cancelled April 1, the country’s Gross Domestic Product would be reduced about $114 million per year, and 1,900 jobs would be lost.