Stacker (Big, Bigger, Biggest) at Boston Pizza on Clifton Hill

Have you ever played Stacker? It is a game where a few small block goes back and forth across the screen. You try to stop them in the same spot each time, thus building a tower. As you move up the tower, it goes faster, and the number of blocks that move back and forth…

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New mattresses at Best Western Fallsview

I wouldn’t normally post about something like this, but when I saw the dumpsters full of mattresses at the Best Western Fallsview, I figured I’d take a picture. I figure there were around 70 mattresses in the two dumpsters.

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Bay City woman’s story as the first to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel told in new book

From MLive.com: Annie Edson Taylor left her boarding house room in Bay City in October 1901 to take the ultimate bumpy ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The extraordinary achievement is told by East Grand Rapids-native Chris Van Allsburg, in his new book, “Queen of the Falls.” “I read about her in the early…

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Scotiabank Convention Centre big hit with visitors

From the Niagara Falls Review: Pretty impressive. That’s what most people were saying on the weekend after getting their first opportunity to tour the new $100-million Scotiabank Convention Centre on Stanley Ave., near Dunn St., in Niagara Falls. The biggest headache for most drivers was getting stuck in long lines of traffic just making their…

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The Way We Were: One Year Ago on April 12, 2010

From Business Insider: What Niagara can Teach us I loaded up the minivan again this past weekend, threw the kids in, cued up “Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakual” on the DVD player, and set the GPS for another long road trip. This week’s excursion went international as The Klein’s took Niagara Falls by storm….

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Convention centre game changer

From Niagara This Week: Described as a critical piece of the pie in terms of attracting people to Niagara, the gleaming new Scotiabank Convention Centre opened in Niagara Falls on Friday to much fanfare. Years in the making, the new centre across from the old Loretto Academy attracted hundreds of people to the opening celebration….

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Niagara Glen a real treasure that needs to be protected

From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s probably no better place to teach children about birds, wildflowers and trees than by taking them on a hike in the Niagara Glen. “It’s all about raising an awareness for nature and the environment and hopefully our youth will do what they can to protect it,” said Bruce Macdonald,…

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More houses torn down at Stanley Ave/Robinson St

Over the last few years there have been several houses torn down at the corner of Stanley Ave and Robinson St. They have been unoccupied for a while, and were an eyesore. I’m not positive how many were torn down the other day, but I think it was 2.

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Twitter updates for 2011-04-13

RT @NiagaraParksPR: The spring planting of the Floral Clock will begin Wednesday, weather permitting. http://ht.ly/4xUDA # RT @Hilton_Niagara: Lots of celebs have been at our hotel lately – John Stamos this weekend, and Buffalo Sabre Derek Roy dined at Brasa! #

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