Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls celebrates “Howl-O-Ween” with spooky family activities

On Monday I linked to a Toronto Sun blurb about the Great Wolf Lodge and some Halloween activites. It turns out that is from a press release, and I received it too. Here is the whole thing. By day, the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is the ultimate family fun zone with kids taking part…

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Getaway Guy: Goat Island Getaway

The Getaway Guy from cable Channel 9 YNN in Rochester had a piece (including a video) about Goat Island: Goat Island may be the best place to see the falls in Niagara Falls, USA. The island is surrounded by the mighty Niagara, the bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. In fact you are so…

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Spandy Andy on Clifton Hill

Do you know who Spandy Andy is? I didn’t until a few days ago. he is a guy who wears a full body bright spandex suit and dances. He performs on the street, tried out for So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and apparently even has a gig at Marineland. I’m not really a…

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Visiting FX Ride Theatre with my son

The other night I had a father/son night with my 9-year-old son. He wanted to come down to Niagara Falls, so we went mini-putting at Galaxy Golf, played in the Great Canadian Midway, rode the FX Ride Theatre, then had dinner at Wendy’s. It was fun! It had been a while since I’d been on…

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Independent forensic audit into NPC to go ‘above and beyond’ two recent probes

From the Niagara Falls Review: A forensic audit is mining the vast records of the Niagara Parks Commission looking for evidence of wrongdoing, but it won’t be completed before the Oct. 6 election. “The forensic audit is very complex and is likely to take several more months to complete,” said Ministry of Tourism and Culture…

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Province probes deeper into NPC records

From Niagara This Week: The Ontario government is probing deeper into the records of the Niagara Parks Commission. Bullet News has learned that only four weeks after releasing two embarrassing audits that revealed abused expense accounts and questionable purchasing practises at the Commission, the province is conducting a specialized independent forensic examination aimed at discovering…

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Queen Street Retail video

Regular visitor Dan let me know about this. It isn’t in the main tourist districts of Clifton Hill or Fallsview, but downtown Niagara Falls (Queen Street) is becoming more of a destination for people. I’m not sure exactly who is in charge of what, but a group out of Maryland has created a marketing video…

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