NEW BRIDGE TOLLS AIM FOR HAPPY MEDIUM

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is bringing parity to the border. Beginning Nov. 15, it will cost the same amount to pay the toll in either Canadian or U.S. currency at the Rainbow and Queenston-Lewiston bridges. The new fee will be $3.25 – a 25-cent increase for those paying in…

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      Falls Avenue Newsletter #12

      Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. This came about 6 weeks since the last one. I would think they should be sending this out a little more frequently. They are promoting several Fall packages, as well as New Year’s Eve packages. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter…

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        Festival lights up city

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Ballet dancers portraying “icicle fairies,” creatures who supposedly live behind the mist of the Horseshoe Falls, helped transform Queen Victoria Park into a winter fantasy land for the start of the Winter Festival of Lights Saturday. The annual winter festival is officially on, even though Mother Nature hasn’t yet decreed…

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          Winter Festival of Lights kicks off 25th season Saturday

          From the Niagara Falls Review: Toss those pumpkins. Put the costumes away. Hide the Halloween stuff. It’s time for another Winter Festival of Lights… “We’re the top (lights festival) in Canada,” says festival general manager Dino Fazio. “Nobody touches us in Canada. In America, after this year we’ll definitely rank top two, if not No….

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            Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights to Celebrate its 25th Anniversary Starting Nov. 3, 2007

            This is from a press release available on PRWeb: The Winter Festival of Lights (WFOL) will kick off its 25th Anniversary celebrations beginning Saturday, November 3, 2007 in Queen Victoria Park, along the Niagara Parkway. Opening Ceremonies for the Winter Festival of Lights, presented by Ontario Power Generation, begin at 5:00 pm. An ideal destination…

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              Falls movie good plug for city: Thomson

              From Niagara This Week: Wayne Thomson thinks a new American tourist-advertising video which shows footage of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls shot from a viewpoint in Canada is little more than water under the bridge. In fact, he thinks it was a blessing in disguise. “There’s no bad kind of advertising,” said the city councillor and…

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