Canadians Love Deals in WNY

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: If you’re anywhere near a local mall these days there’s good chance you’ll spot even more Canadian license plates than usual. That’s because the Canadian dollar has grown stronger and now goes further at U.S. Stores. Better selection and lower taxes on this side of the border have long…

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-07

RT @Niagara_Hotel: Maid of the Mist opens this Saturday, April 10. Supposed to be a nice weekend in the Falls! #

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butterfly mind: these words are all remainders… – Here’s a truck stop instead of Saint Peter’s…

Someone with a LiveJournal blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: So I went to Niagara Falls this weekend, and came home with a fairly wicked sunburn. This — for those of the readership not au fait with So. Ontario springs — is, to put it mildly, odd. The wind- and rainstorm that’s…

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-06

RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: Watch the Cave of the Winds decks being built: the Cave of the Winds Gorge Trip is now open daily http://bit.ly/aQFwIq #

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Suggestions for saving City of Niagara Falls

The Buffalo News has an article about how to save the City of Niagara Falls, New York using the “problem-solving process”: The city has a multitude of problems that result in the city having a poor image: high crime rate, blighted neighborhoods, loss of population, high taxes, high poverty rate, and low wages. If we…

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Happy Together >> Hilton Fallsview Niagara. Fallsview Lane, Niagara Falls

Someone with their own blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls where they stayed at the Hilton: The hotel was really easy to find since it is right off one of the main streets, Stanley Avenue. We checked in, making sure that we upgraded our Hotwire room to a whirlpool room with a…

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-05

Obviously things are a little slower than on the weekend, but there was still a surprising number of people out and around today # RT @Ripleys_Niagara Ripley's Believe it or Not! NF to host World Famous Fertility Statues September 4-26 2010 Touch at your own Risk! #

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Controversy rocks Maid of the Mist Corp.’s boat

From the Buffalo News: Maid of the Mist tours will soon launch for their 125th consecutive summer, but a festering controversy over the attraction’s Canadian and American leases has cast uncertainity over the future of the famous boats. Could this be the last season for the American family that has owned the company since 1971?…

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Bodies coming to Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: The cure for Niagara’s tourism blues this summer might be a bunch of dead bodies. If Linus Hand’s hunch pays off , they’ll come by the busload to see them. After months searching for the right venue, Hand is bringing the world-renowned Bodies … The Exhibition to the former Gerbers…

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My anniversary dinner at Canyon Creek Chophouse

As I tweeted (here, here, and here), I went to Canyon Creek Chophouse (inside the Fallsview Casino Resort) on Thursday with my wife for our anniversary dinner. This has become a tradition for us and we quite enjoy. This trip was no exception. We had reservations for 5 pm (kind of early), so the restaurant…

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