Tuesday, Sept. 27: World’s most extreme escape artist to perform at Ripley’s Niagara Falls

Last week I received this press release about an escape artist who will be at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum on Clifton Hill tomorrow (Tuesday, September 27, 2011). I hope to be there to see it.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist to perform The Dagger Trap, Live on Sept….

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OPP investigating NPC procurement

From Niagara This Week: The Ontario Provincial Police is investigating allegations of procurement wrongdoing at the Niagara Parks Commission. Bullet News has learned the Parks Commission’s own Niagara Parks Police requested the OPP look into the assertions in an attempt to ‘clear the air.’ Parks Police Chief Doug Kane confirmed he ‘recently’ made the call…

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Governor OKs tightrope walk over falls

From the Buffalo News: The Flying Wallenda who wants to cheat death with a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls will get his wish, at least with the blessing of New York state. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation today permitting Nik Wallenda’s bid to walk 1,800 feet across the falls on a two-inch wide steel…

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Fire from Volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf in Niagara Falls

While on Clifton Hill today, the volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf was erupting. There isn’t any lava or anything, but there is a big fireball that comes out of the volcano. It certainly gets your attention! Here is a picture of it in action. I also took a 6-second video. You can see it on…

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SAVE NOW with Niagara Falls End of Summer Deals!

Last week I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Falls Tourism:

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Marineland – Orca/Killer Whales and Topple Tower

A couple of unrelated thoughts from Marineland… I’ve been to Marineland a few times this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time at Friendship Cove where the Orca whales are kept. We watched the splash show a couple of weeks ago, and the last time we were there we went to the underwater viewing…

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The Kids Book of Canada – Niagara Falls Ontario

If you’ve followed the blog for very long, you know that I am interested in finding almost any and all references to Niagara Falls. Well, recently a friend gave my kids a used book called “The Kids Book of Canada” by Barbara Greenwood. It is a large print hardcover kids book with around 60 pages…

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