Last Chance for Summer Savings!
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from Oh Canada Eh?. You can subscribe to their newsletter by clicking on the “Join our eClub for discounts, eh?” link at the top of their web site.
August 2016
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Should Canada’s Niagara region become the 8th Wonder of the World?
From Global News: A social media campaign is underway to add Niagara Falls and Ontario’s nearby wine country, Niagara-on-the-Lake, to the Wonders of the World. “The public domain has been debating world wonders for a long time and we have decided to stake our claim once and for all,” said Jody Larose, the executive director…
It’s All About the View – Summer Fun in Niagara
Earlier this week I received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa To subscribe to the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa newsletter, visit the main page of their site and enter your email address in the “Subscribe to Offers” form.
Drummond Road gets wet and wild
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was most fun Rob Flood ever had doing a hit and run. Thankfully, his ‘victim’ was laughing too. Bodies were everywhere on Drummond Road Saturday, taking the plunge for The Urban Slide – a 1,000-foot-long water slide which put the steep incline between Lundy’s Lane and Prospect Street to…
Man’s fall shuts down Rainbow Bridge lanes
From the Niagara Falls Review: A major international bridge in the Niagara Falls’ tourist district closed its U.S.-bound lanes for two hours Sunday after a man tumbled into the gorge. Niagara Falls firefighters on the Canadian side of the border parked their aerial truck on the Rainbow Bridge and rescued a 25-year-old man from below….
Leaders from both sides tell Ottawa more resources needed at border
From WBFO.org: Seven elected leaders, including the mayors of three Western New York municipalities, have co-signed a letter to Canadian federal officials urging them to increase resources that will help ease long waits at local international bridges.
Niagara Canada launches new tourism website
Last week I received a newsletter from the Tourism Partnership of Niagara
Final Tragically Hip show to be broadcast in Queen Victoria Park
From Niagara This Week: Add Queen Victoria Park to the list of places across Niagara where Tragically Hip fans can go to see the band’s final show. The CBC’s Tragically Hip: A National Celebration will be shown Saturday, Aug. 20 on two large screens in the park overlooking the Horseshoe and American falls. Admission is…
Photo Gallery: Aero Car turns 100
The Niagara Falls Review has some photos from the anniversary celebration of the Whirlpool Aero Car.
ZAVITZ: Aero car has had an ‘exhilarating’ century
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was like a sunny island in the midst of gloomy seas — a happy news story at a time when most of the news, especially if it came from the European war front, was decidedly depressing. That “happy” story was on the front page of The Niagara Falls Review…