From Niagara This Week (includes photo and video): The city needs to do better after an estimated 80,000 people choked off travel in the city on Canada Day, Mayor Jim Diodati says. “We never had a transportation plan like we do for New Year’s Eve or did for the Wallenda walk,” he said after the…
Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from Safari Niagara.
From the Niagara Falls Review: From the ashes of Niagara Concerts comes a new live music series starting in September. Organized by the Scotiabank Convention Centre, where Niagara Concerts spent its final three seasons, the Live by the Falls series kicks off with the Cowboy Junkies on Sept. 16, followed by Niagara Falls’ own The…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (includes video): There’s new information about the death of Niagara Falls Daredevil Kirk Jones. A couple living in Niagara Falls may have witnessed his final moments. Peggie and Ron Bastian were simply having coffee at home over looking the river, when they saw not one, but two men put…
Earlier today I received the latest email newsletter from the Falls Avenue Resort.
A new restaurant opened up recently beside Macs on Ferry St. In the past it was a fortune teller location, but was normally closed and boarded up. It has been renovated and looks quite nice now. It is called Potato Jackets
The other day I was at Coles book store in the Pen Centre where I was browsing the Canadiana books (there were lots of them because of the Canada 150 celebration). One that caught my eye was 25 Places in Canada Every Family Should See by Jody Robbins. As expected, there was a Niagara Falls…
Earlier this week I received the latest newsletter from the Days Inn Niagara Falls Fallsview hotel.
From US News and World Report: New York state wants to give tourists more to do when they visit Niagara Falls State Park and is asking developers to come forward with plans. Officials say they’re looking for a major private investment to improve hiking, biking, climbing, fishing and other outdoor activities along the Niagara River…
I get Google Alerts for things that pertain to Niagara Falls. Neither of these stories are particularly tourism-related, but were still interesting, so I figured I’d share them… Niagara Gazette – A daughter’s journey: Minnesota woman’s trek to Niagara Falls turns up gift of family she never knew Pam Edwards, a native of Grand Rapids,…