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…
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…
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.,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It would have been preferable to see Niagara Falls embark on a closed looped people mover system, but in the final analysis, half a line is better than nothing at all. City council was faced with the prospect this week of either dropping the plan altogether or proceeding with a…
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From the New York Daily News: There are plenty of good reasons to visit Canada, but ironically one of the best is the view of Niagara’s American Falls from the Canadian side. The head-on view of the American and Bridal Veil Falls is spectacular by day and even better at night, when multicolored spotlights give…
From the Niagara Falls Review: On a cool September evening last year, a tattooed, scruffy-looking guy named Dean Sullivan hopped the guard rail near the Horseshoe Falls, wrapped a rope around a tree and plunged head first into the mist. He walked away without a scratch. Two years ago, he was simply walking across a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Canada’s longest running fireworks series returned to the skies above the Friday night, and thousands are expected to watch the dazzling display of pyrotechnic power on Victoria Day. The Niagara Parks Commission’s fireworks displays will be held every Friday, Sunday and holiday starting at 10 p.m., weather permitting. The 2008…
I can’t believe it is that time again. This weekend (Victoria Day weekend) and next weekend (Memorial Day weekend) mark the unofficial start of summer. Even though there are troubles in the economy, there seems to be some optimism going into the season, and there has been a fair amount of changes happening over the…
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