SCCN Newsletter – January 2012

Last week I received the latest newsletter from the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara Falls.

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First Mac’s sign up at new convenience store

The Mac’s convenience store/Shell gas station that will be opening at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St is coming along. The other day the big Mac’s sign went up on the building.

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Actors Dillon, Russell on set in N.F., Ont.

From Buffalo Business First: “Healy” and “Snake Plissken” have been spotted along Clifton Hill. Actors Matt Dillon and Kurt Russell are filming several scenes around Clifton Hill and other sites in Niagara Falls, Ont., all of which serve as the backdrop for the movie “The Black Mark”, which is being made in the Southern Ontario…

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The Niagara daredevil I knew didn’t quit – and it killed him

From Buffalo Business First: On July 3, 1984, a Czech emigre by the name of Karel Soucek rode in a nine-foot barrel over the cataracts at Niagara Falls, and lived. A few months later, on Jan. 19, 1985, a stunt he was performing in the Houston Astrodome malfunctioned and within a day he was dead,…

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Water park finds magical way to entertain kids

Apparently the Niagara Falls Great Wolf Lodge has a new interactive game that is being installed. The Niagara Falls Review Business Beat has a report: You have to watch your step walking through the halls of Great Wolf Lodge. Even on a weekday winter morning, dozens of kids are running around from floor to floor…

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Director Sobol brings it all back home, again

From the Niagara Falls Review: As tensions rise between the border guard and suspicious driver at the Rainbow Bridge, Jonathan Sobol can’t keep a straight face. He’s watching on a monitor ten feet away as the guard, played by Canadian comedian Mike Wilmott, asks the driver – actor Jay Baruchel – what’s in the trunk…

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Kurt Russell movie shooting in the Falls

As I tweeted yesterday, there is a movie shooting in Niagara Falls. It stars Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, and others. WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo and the Niagara Falls Review both reported on it. WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo – Kurt Russell movie shooting in the Falls Niagara Falls Review – Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon…

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