From the Niagara Falls Review: If referrals mean anything, the annual Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event will have a long list of satisfied customers to draw from in future years. “We come every year. We brought our grand kids and they just love it,” said Keith MacDonald of Thorold while enjoying a relaxing afternoon Monday at…
There used to be a 7-Eleven at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St (it also was a Beaver gas bar). It closed a couple of months ago. Recently, some work has been done on the outside. There is no indication if anything is going in, or if it is just being improved so…
From the Toronto Sun: Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is creating a life-size gingerbread house for family dining. Instead of a little ginger house with frosting, gumdrops and candy canes used a dinner centerpiece, the lodge builds a gingerbread house large enough for a one-of-a-kind holiday dining experience for lodge visitors and local families. It…
From PR-Inside.com: Along the Niagara Parkway is a winter wonderland of dancing and shimmering light displays, all meant to dazzle and entertain. The displays of the Festival of Lights are intricate, fascinating and inspired. This live feed is watching the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights: www.myworldwebcams.com/events/niagara_festival_lights.html
Earlier this month I received the latest newsletter from the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara Falls.
From the Niagara Falls Review (includes video): With the push of a button by Mickey and Minnie, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights kicked off its 29th year Saturday night. The festival got under way in familiar fashion with a pair of free shows at Queen Victoria Park featuring magician Greg Frewin, the cast of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: They won’t say how much it cost for the six-week rental of a carousel ride, but the Niagara Parks Commission says the proper bidding process was followed. The Victorian Candy Lane carousel opened Saturday at Queen Victoria Place and the NPC says more than 700 rides were taken on the…
The FX Ride Theatre inside the Great Canadian Midway appears to be gone (although it still shows up on the Clifton Hill web site). The booth that was in the midway is gone, and the facade is gone.
We had originally planned on going again this year (we went last year), but after reading about it, decided it would be the same as last year so we didn’t bother going. From the Buffalo News: Mickey and Minnie Mouse mascots will flip the switch Saturday evening to mark the official start of the 29th…
From the Toronto Star: Ikaika the killer whale was escorted out of the country in a procession worthy of a head of state. A witness said he counted at least 14 Niagara Regional Police cruisers, with lights flashing, two transport trucks and a crane slowly escorting the 9-year-old male orca from Marineland toward Hamilton airport…