From the Niagara Falls Review: The president of the Travel Industry Association of America said Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff’s plan to push the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through at land and sea crossings by next June – not 2009, as the House and Senate recommended just days ago – will cause frustrated travellers more…
From the Detroit Free Press: The first sight of Niagara Falls is unforgettable. But the second, third or fourth time can be just as memorable. That’s because there’s more than one way to see water fall. Most visitors (about 18 million per year) favor the Canadian side for its astounding view of Horseshoe Falls —…
From Niagara This Week: Fresh from being wowed by the chefs at the Niagara Parks Commission and some of Niagara’s best wine, a group of travel writers from Canada and the United States got up close and personal with the mighty Niagara River recently. After their meal at Queenston Heights Restaurant, the half-dozen writers from…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two workers who suffered serious injuries when the hydraulic lift they were using toppled over at the Americana Resort’s waterpark Tuesday morning are expected to recover, a Niagara Regional Police source says. “They’re both going to survive. That’s what they say,” acting staff Sgt. Dan Tibbs said. They were in…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s back to business as usual at Great Wolf Lodge. Less than 24 hours after an electrical fire forced the evacuation of 200 hotel guests from the Victoria Avenue resort Monday evening, staff began checking in patrons to the affected rooms in the south wing Tuesday afternoon. “The lodge is…
Sweets & Treats on Clifton Hill (underneath Boston Pizza) has a new sign up. They sell ice cream (Dippin’ Dots and CrunchiCreme along with other traditional carnival-like treats.
As I mentioned previously, the Victoria Avenue Beer Garden is now open. And as was mentioned in a previous comment, the sign is up. The sign calls it the Victoria Beer Patio.
Thomas Burnside has a Windows Live Spaces blog. He recently came to Niagara Falls and wrote about it: It’s been awhile since I updated my blog….. I went to Niagara Falls with my friend Nando… We stayed in the Imperial Hotel and Suites … Was very nice… just one issue… when I went to check…
From the Niagara Falls Review: An electrical fire forced about 200 guests to evacuate Great Wolf Lodge early Monday evening. Patrons stood in front of the Victoria Avenue hotel for about three hours after a “major electrical fire” broke out inside a massive electrical panel system shortly after 6 p.m. Platoon chief Jim Bredin said…
From the Toronto Star: Tucked between Screamers House of Horrors, a $12.95 prime rib special and a slew of motels with heart-shaped Jacuzzis is a near-empty parking lot where the attendants, on the first Saturday in June, are parked on lawn chairs. The odd vehicle cruises by on the once-gridlocked main drag. Mike Piccirillo, who…