Hello ‘Street of Fun,’ it’s been awhile

From the St Catharines Standard: Most times, Bob and Kevin meet up at a bar. Over a beer with a hockey game on. But there they were Sunday, fist-bumping next to a Statue of Liberty made out of toothpicks. For one day a year it’s the place where locals meet. The one place they avoid…

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Farewell to the Maids

From the Niagara Falls Review: There will be considerable change along the Niagara River in 2014 now that Hornblower Niagara Cruises has secured the contract to carry passengers from the Canadian side of the river to the base of the Horseshoe Falls. Two members of the famous Maid of the Mist fleet are no longer…

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Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short coming to Fallsview Casino

From a PR Newswire press release seen on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota: There is funny, and then there is fall-off-your-seat hilarious. The illustrious careers of comedy giants Steve Martin and Martin Short unite on stage at Fallsview Casino for two nights as part of Fallsview Casino’s April live entertainment. “It’s a huge opportunity to bring…

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$1 Museum Day on Clifton Hill this weekend

From the Niagara Falls Review: …Canadian researchers are viewed as leaders in the global effort to find a cure or control for CF. Th at effort, however, takes dollars …lots of dollars. “Research is our answer,” said Nancy Clayton, vice-president of the Niagara chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. The largest local fundraiser to support CF…

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The foam game

From Stuff.co.nz: I’m looking up at movie heart-throb Robert Pattinson, star of the teen-vampire-romance Twilight films, but something’s not quite right. His face seems a little… off. I’m standing outside a waxwork museum and Pattinson’s likeness on the marquee, while recognisable, isn’t likely to challenge Madame Tussauds for uncanny accuracy. This is Clifton Hill on…

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Time to get the job done in 2014, Diodati says

From Niagara This Week: While 2013 represented a year of possibilities for the city, Mayor Jim Diodati said 2014 would be focused on getting the job done on numerous fronts. “It was a great year,” Diodati said in a year-end interview with Niagara this Week. “We’ve moved the ball forward in some big areas.” Sounding…

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