Speaking of Canada’s interesting cannabis laws (and Niagara Falls being close to the border), High Times is closing. It has been open for just under a year, so I assume that the lease is up, and either the landlord wouldn’t renew it with them, or the store declined to renew.
I’m not up on all of the “lingo”, but apparently 420 has to do with cannibas (“pot”) culture. Because highway 420 ends in Niagara Falls, the city often ends up with a “sit-in” or something similar on April 20 (4/20 day). Anyway, one of my Google alerts brought to my attention a writeup from the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The new Spring in Bloom Concerts is expected to attract 7,000 people to the city in May. The concert series, hosted by the Winter Festival of Lights, recently secured $75,000 from the Ministry of Tourism’s Celebrate Ontario 2008 program. The Niagara Falls event was one of seven Niagara recipients to…
Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. They are promoting various packages. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
From the Niagara Falls Review: If Grand Canyon visitors can ride donkeys down to the bank of the Colorado River, surely people in Niagara Falls can handle a 150-metre nature trail to walk down the escarpment. It was a surprise at Monday’s council meeting to hear disparaging comments about the Jolley Cut, the trail that…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Hoteliers Tony and Connie Zappitelli will be among those honoured next month at the Bi-national Star Awards ceremony. The event, co-hosted by the Canadian Consul General in Buffalo and the U.S. Consul General in Toronto, will be held April 3 at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y. The Zappitellis…
MSNBC has a Budget Travel article about an Easter Canada tour that includes a visit to Niagara Falls: The next morning, you’ll head south for a 90-minute bus ride along the shores of Lake Ontario to iconic Niagara Falls. Upon arrival, the group will board the Maid of the Mist for an hour-long boat ride…
The Niagara Falls Review has another article about Earth Hour. After several introductory paragraphs, they get into more details about local businesses: So far, 18 businesses including Niagara Fallsview Casino, the Niagara Parks Commission and big hotels like the Brock Plaza, Hilton, Embassy Suites are on board, the city’s website says. The Embassy Suites hotel…
From Niagara This Week: More off-site parking will mean less impact to a sensitive area of the escarpment overlooking the falls when a new, 26-storey hotel is built on the brink of Queen Victoria Park, proponents say. Despite planning staff calling for no off-site parking for the project, council gave its blessing Monday night to…
There used to be a Snack Bar at the Great Canadian Midway where they made mini-donuts, and eventually funnel cakes. HOCO has recently taken out the snack bar and moved all of their ticket counting machines over there and put up signs that say Ticket Center.