From the Niagara Falls Review: The third annual Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event raised almost $180,000 for Niagara charities. “We definitely exceeded our expectations this year,†said Coun. Jim Diodati, who founded the popular event in 2004. Twenty five city hotels offered up thousands of choice rooms for the four-day event last month. Residents quickly…
I don’t have a MySpace account, so I can’t give you all of the details, but the other day one of my Niagara Falls alerts sent me to a MySpace group for “Team Marineland”. The group is private, but the forum is open for all to view.
Although we posted about this weeks ago, here is a press release from PRWeb via Yahoo! News: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls Tourism and the Winter Festival of Lights have teamed up for a Niagara Falls Photo Contest . The contest invites visitors to the popular Ontario, Canada…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Mayor Ted Salci should be in a New York State of mind once he finds out how much more generous the Empire State is to Niagara Falls, N.Y., than Ontario is to this city. The American city gets about six times as much cash for hosting its casino as its…
Someone with a Vox blog posts about how they got tickets to see Avaia, and comments that they are closed now. I’m doing a presentation on Canada, particularly on the attractions that can be found on Clifton Hill. I was working on it when I thought of Avaia, a sort of circus performance that I…
A Flickr user has posted some pictures from a trip to Niagara Falls:
From WGRZ (there is also a video clip): The differences between Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario can be stark. But now there’s a glimmer of light coming from the U.S. side. The Seneca Nation of Indians announced that it’s turning over $135-million to the state as its share of slot machine revenues…
On Saturday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. They are promoting winter packages, as well as highlighting special events and features during the holiday break. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address middle of the bottom of the page.
This is a fascinating article from the Niagara Falls Review about a problem between Canada and China that may be keeping people from traveling here: The ongoing case of “China’s most wanted criminal” – arrested in Niagara Falls in 2000 – is the main obstacle to Canada attracting millions of tourists from the world’s most…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A new secure driver’s licence could be important in helping Canadians avoid passport hassles at the border, says the executive director of the Binational Tourism Alliance. But it will require everyone getting onboard – not just Ontario. “This is an important first step, but we’re only halfway there,” said Arlene…