Dollar Day returns to Niagara Falls

From Niagara This Week: It all started with a cough that wouldn’t go away for Angela Morris. “They started thinking I had pneumonia,” Morris, a Grade 9 student at Stamford Collegiate Secondary School says. As it turns out, doctors at Niagara Health’s St. Catharines site found it was something completely different — and life changing…

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Colour Me Canada colouring book

So called “adult” colouring books are quite popular these days. Mandalas are very common, and let you colour in a beautiful design pattern. It seems that as these sorts of colouring books have come to the market, it has also improved the kids colouring books as well. A good example of that is the Colour…

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Outdoor skating rink a hit with community

I know this isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but I posted about it before, so I figured I’d post this follow-up: From Niagara This Week: The outdoor skating rink at Fort George is turning out to be a real hot spot. Since being opened in partnership by Vintage Hotels and Parks Canada last month…

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In Focus: Niagara Falls Area, Ontario, Canada

From HospitalityNet: The city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, which forms the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. The natural wonder of Niagara Falls, which is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls, the adjacent American Falls, and the…

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“Center Gift Shop” torn down for a parking lot

The former “Center Gift Shop” store that was on Victoria Avenue has been closed for several months. I’m not sure why, and I never noticed any signs on the window that indicated that they would be closing. Just one day I noticed it was closed. Well, now the building has been torn down, and it…

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Niagara Falls images from 2017 calendars

Earlier this week I was at the temporary Calendar Club store in the Pen Centre in St Catharines. I noticed several calendars that had pictures of Niagara Falls.

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Top 10 names in mining

Surprisingly this article from the Sudbury Star talks about Harry Oakes but doesn’t mention at all his time in Niagara Falls or his contributions to the city, and the many locations that are named after him. For those who don’t know, Harry Oakes is connected to Oakes Garden Theatre (at the foot of Clifton Hill), Oak Hall (the…

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