Sleep Cheap returns Nov. 13-17

From Niagara This Week: Sleep Cheap is back for an eighth year with a seven-figure goal in mind. The fundraising event that gives Niagara residents the opportunity to stay in local hotels at vastly reduced rates with the proceeds going to charity is looking to cross the million-dollar mark this year. More than $845,000 has…

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Get into Ripley’s for $5

From Niagara This Week: Admission to a Niagara Falls attraction on Clifton Hill for just five bucks? Believe it — or not! There’s a catch, however, but that OK. It’s all for a good cause. Ripley’s Believe it of Not! Odditorium on Clifton Hill is staging what the museum calls its Gimmie Five Food Drive…

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Dino Rampage is no more

Dino Rampage, the ride simulator on Victoria Avenue has been closed for a while, but just the other day they finally took down the signs and the t-rex head. I had meant to go and give it a try, but never did. I wonder what is going into that space…

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The man behind Marineland: 50 years of controversy

From the Toronto Star: One spring day in 1963, John Holer, the owner of Marineland, found himself on a Lake Ontario beach in a struggle with a 100-pound sea lion. Jeff, a sea lion that had escaped from Holer’s animal park in Niagara Falls three days earlier, sunk its teeth into Holer’s bicep as it…

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Believe it or not, Hudak skips potentially embarrassing Niagara Falls attraction

From the Canadian Press (via Yahoo! News): Campaign officials work hard to keep their leader in the best possible light and out of potentially embarrassing situations. So it seemed too good to be true Saturday when Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s schedule indicated he would visit the Ripley’s Believe It or Not attraction in Niagara…

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A trip to Niagara Falls is a roaring good time

From the Fort Worth Star-Telgram: “Take off your hat!” a tour guide yelled as I clung to my pink ball cap and climbed the steps cautiously to the water-soaked platform above. “What????” No way could I hear him over the deafening deluge of water falling just 15 feet away. “Take! Off! Your! Hat!” My boyfriend,…

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