Convention centre’s startup is impressive

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Civic and Convention Centre has unveiled both its new president, Kerry Painter, and its new brand featuring a slick, colourful logo and a tag line meant to differentiate itself from the multitude of convention centres that dot the North American landscape. Dragan Matovic and his group of convention…

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      The lure was just too great

      This isn’t really about Niagara Falls in particular, but the intro to this Toronto Star article is all about a woman fishing in the gorge: Tarah Cherwoniak knows how to get attention. It was deep in the Niagara Gorge, just beyond the bottom of the Falls, and there were a few dozen fishermen gathered. Despite…

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        Niagara cops ready to battle N.Y. sherrifs

        This happened this past Saturday, but here is a Niagara This Week article that was describing the event: Thirty of Niagara Regional Police Service’s finest are ready to take on their cross-border rivals in the annual International Tug-of-War Challenge on Saturday. For more than 40 years, Niagara officers have taken on the Niagara Falls, N.Y.,…

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