Regular visitor Lisa from Rochester sent me this link… From USA Today: Starting Feb. 1, U.S. residents who travel frequently by land or sea between the USA and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda can apply for a cheaper, wallet-sized alternative to a traditional passport, which is already required for all air travel outside the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the most dramatic events in the history of Niagara Falls took place 70 years ago Sunday, on Jan. 27, 1938. During the previous few days, high winds had driven unprecedented amounts of Lake Erie ice into the Niagara River – ice that, due to a recent mild spell,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A fire at the Monte Carlo casino in Las Vegas Friday shows why other fire departments, including Niagara Falls, need to be ready to battle a blaze in a high-rise building. “There are a lot of things at play in high rises,” said assistant fire Chief Phil Ross. “It’s the…
From Niagara This Week: Because Niagara is rich in its range of experiences, promoters for the city’s new convention centre are hoping to lure in big conventions by selling the region, even before construction begins. Dragan Matovic, the project coordinator for the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre, introduced a team of consultants, hired guns from…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The use of destination marketing funds, uniting a “fragmented” tourism industry and continuing to market Ontario inside the provincial boundaries and beyond are Tourism Minister Peter Fonseca’s goals for 2008. On his first official visit to Niagara since being appointed to lead the $209-million ministry, Fonseca took part in a…
This isn’t really tourism-related, but ARN has an interesting article about some of the technology in use at the border: When visiting Niagara Falls, chances are you’re too enthralled by the beauty and power of the cataract to think of anything else. Until you cross the U.S./Canada border — then you have to think about…
Those of you who have been around for a while, know that I was there the day that Danny Glover was first in Niagara Falls for the hotel workers union. He was sitting on the wall of Oakes Garden Theater on Falls Avenue across from the Canadian Niagara Hotels properties. Well, as has been report…
As I’m sure many of you remember, local documentary filmmaker Jay Cheel is doing a documentary based on Jay Cochrane. I was interviewed in September at Marineland and I previously posted the picture above with details of the interview. Shortly after the interview, he sent me a short preview video that he had put together….
This picture was taken a few days ago. There is still no indication on the building that I could see that it is going to be a Build-a-Bear Workshop, but that is what the City of Niagara Falls web site says. Also, the Build-A-Bear Workshop web site shows that there will be one at this…
Last Saturday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. They are promoting Valentine packages, as well as new Family Day (a new holiday in Ontario) packages. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address middle of the bottom of the page.