Yes, it’s that time of year again… the flowers are starting to come up along the Niagara Parkway in Queen Victoria Park. I noticed some flowers and shoots for the first time today. Within a month or so there will be daffodils, tulips, and crocuses all along the parkway. It’s seems like it’s been a…
Last year at this time, I was struggling to post even one thing a day. This year, there just seems to be more going on. Even if some of them are little, it’s good to see things happening/changing. There is still work being done around the new Cantina Charlies. The building is painted blue and…
City Councillor Janice Wing wrote a letter to the Niagara Falls Review expressing concern about their coverage of the City Council meeting where Canadian Niagara Hotel’s application for off-site parking at their Jolley Cut hotel was approved: Some important facts were missed in your coverage of the Canadian Niagara Hotels’ new development atop the moraine…
Last June I linked to an article in the Detroit Free Press about 10 ways to see the Falls. This article was picked up by the wire services and for several days my Google Alerts had links to dozens of reprints of the article. Well, I guess the Miami Herald is a bit behind. They…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A construction worker from Niagara was airlifted to Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto after falling about five metres at a construction site in Niagara Falls. The man was in “serious but stable condition†when his stretcher was loaded onto the helicopter which touched down in the parking lot of the Imax…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Hey Thunder Bay! Where’s your Sleeping Giant now? Yet another accolade was showered upon Niagara Falls Tuesday, as the world-famous waterfall was declared “Canada’s Most Dependable Landmark.” Niagara Falls was inducted into the “Dependability Hall of Fame” Tuesday. It’s an Internet thing (www.maytagdepnedabilityhalloffame.ca). You can’t pack up the kids in…
From Niagara This Week: Earth Hour fever is starting to catch on in the city as residents and businesses prepare to turn out the lights for at least one hour Saturday night. A webpage for residents to sign their names and their Earth Hour plans on is up and running on the city’s website, www.niagarafalls.ca….
This morning I received the latest update from Niagara’s Fury. They are asking people to guess what the attraction is. I’ve got an idea… why don’t they tell us what it is!
With all of the demolition happening at the old Pilgrim Restaurant (future East Side Mario’s?), I wondered if they were going to tear down the whole building. Well, it looks like that is NOT the case. They have added “I” beams to the top of the existing ones and so the roof will be a…
Late last week (Thursday or Friday I think), the Fun Pass offered for many of the Clifton Hill attractions was expanded. Prior to this, for $25, the Fun Pass used to include the following: Niagara SkyWheel Movieland Wax Museum Galaxy Golf or Dinosaur Park Miniature Golf Ghost Blasters Cosmic Coaster (FX ride) 10 or 15…