Graham on February 29th, 2012

From the Buffalo News: Canadian officials this month gave the final green-light to Nik Wallenda’s plan to wire-walk above Niagara Falls—and to turn the region into a worldwide media spectacle this summer. Now, Wallenda and officials on both sides of the border must work to make the grand event happen, and that means figuring out [...]

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Graham on February 29th, 2012

Apparenty Niagara Falls will be coloured with green lights for St Patrick’s Day RTE News – Niagara Falls to go green for St Patrick’s Day Tourism Ireland has unveiled plans for what it said will be the largest-ever global St Patrick’s Day celebrations. As part of the organisation’s initiative, some of the world’s most famous [...]

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Graham on February 29th, 2012

The new Wyndham Garden hotel on Stanley Avenue has a Notice of Application out front. They want to put some signs up in places that aren’t currently approved.

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Graham on February 29th, 2012

From the Niagara Falls Review: If the Liberal government decides to close Casino Niagara, it will likely cost them tens of millions of dollars. Canadian Niagara Hotels, which owns the building Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation leases for the original Niagara Falls casino, said Thursday the 15-year lease extension signed in 2010 has no early-exit [...]

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Graham on February 29th, 2012

Earlier this month I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue.

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Graham on February 28th, 2012

From Niagara This Week: Two new faces at Niagara Falls Tourism have been charged with helping the organization implement a plan which will focus on drawing visitors from the world’s emerging markets. Jennifer McGregor and Anastasia Belashov have been brought on board with NFT to help sales initiatives in such places as China, India, Brazil, [...]

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Graham on February 28th, 2012

I recently received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.

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Graham on February 28th, 2012

The Golden Steer is located on Centre Street, just up the road from the new Ma Agretto’s building. A week or so ago some scaffolding went up. It looks like they are going to do some work on the front facade.

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The building at the corner of Centre St and Ellen Ave where Ma Agretto’s used to be is coming along. The foundation/basement and ground floor are there, and they are working on the second floor.

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Graham on February 28th, 2012

Apparently there is concern now about whether the existing Maid of the Mist will run this season. I’m sure something will get resolved. Here are some articles about it: Bullet News Niagara – Maid of the Mist may not run this season in Ontario, operator says Niagara Falls Review – Maid of the Mist threatens [...]

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