Escape to Wine Country
Yesterday I received the latest email newsletter from the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel and Suites.
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Canada’s birthday party continues in Niagara Falls
From Niagara This Week: Canada Day might have come and gone, but the party for Canada’s 150th isn’t over yet. Members of the Canada 150 committee in Niagara Falls have been busy planning and organizing the city’s official Canada 150 Signature event entitled 150 Fun Fest in the Falls, set to take place this Saturday…
Cuomo threatens new casino in Niagara Falls; Senecas call it ‘foolish’
From the Buffalo News: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday doubled down on his threat to locate a new casino in the Niagara Falls area in response to the Seneca Nation halting revenue sharing payments from its casino in the Falls. “They’re not fulfilling the compact and their right to exclusive gaming is gone,’’ Cuomo…
Still Summer Left Book Your Stay & Play
Yesterday I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort Spa & Waterpark.
Next phase of Victoria Avenue work before council
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls city council will consider awarding a $6.8-million contract to complete the second phase of a road reconstruction and streetscaping project along Victoria Avenue. Staff is scheduled to present a report to politicians Tuesday recommending the lowest bidder, Rankin Construction, do the work. The report also recommends staff appoint…
No tickets to ride this trolley
From the Lockport Journal: Alice Putnam and her two lady friends from Niagara Falls just wanted to have lunch in Lewiston. And then ride up to Old Fort Niagara to visit Alice’s daughter who works in the gift shop there. Joyce and Bill Price had walked from Lewiston to Youngstown with their daughter, Rachael, her…
Eclipse watchers pack Niagara Glen
From the Niagara Falls Review: The last time so many Canadians stared up at the sky at the same time, Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy was the No. 1 song and Laverne & Shirley was TV’s No. 1 show. It was Feb. 26, 1979, that the last total solar eclipse passed through North…
Indigenous music rumbles Falls
From the Niagara Falls Review: Across both sides of the river, drums played back and forth during the opening ceremony of Rumble at the Falls on Saturday night at Oakes Garden Theatre in Niagara Falls. Though they were tough to hear at some parts from the other side, during the swells of traditional Indigenous drums…
Ontario’s Niagara Parks Unveils New Pollinator Exhibit at the Butterfly Conservatory
From a Niagara Parks Commission press release seen at Niagara at Large: This August 18th, The Niagara Parks Commission officially launched its new pollinator exhibit, Saving the Pollinators; Our World Depends on It, at the Butterfly Conservatory with an announcement and unveiling led by Niagara Parks Chair, Janice Thomson. At this new bilingual exhibit, visitors…
YESTERDAY AND TODAY: Bridging the Niagara Gorge
From the Niagara Falls Review: The first bridges across the Niagara River (first for pedestrians and carriages, later also allowing for railroad traffic) opened in the late 1840s and early 1850s. They were a good distance away from the Falls, crossing the Niagara Gorge where the CN crosses today at the eastern end of Bridge…