Someone with a Blogger-hosted blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including lots of pictures): After lunch, we proceeded to a place called the Clifton Hill, and it made me feel like a kid all over again!
From Niagara This Week: The co-founder of Marineland Animal Defense says demonstrations will continue, but they will be obeying new restrictions laid out by the court last week. Justice Richard Lococo imposed three several restrictions last Friday morning at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the case of Dylan Powell against Marineland Canada. The interim injunction…
From Yahoo! News: Niagara Parks Police say a fire alarm forced staff and visitors out of the Maid of the Mist plaza in Canada for a more than an hour. The fire call at the site of the famous Niagara Falls tour boats came in about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities trace the alarm to dust…
From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: With his walk over the Grand Canyon now over, Nik Wallenda has returned his focus to Western New York. On Wednesday, the daredevil announced that he is planning on walking a 200-foot high-wire at next year’s Erie County Fair. Wallenda is also moving ahead with plans to build an entertainment…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Standing across from President Barack Obama and his wife MIchelle are two stars from a blockbuster that made millions worldwide. Wax figures of Katrina Kaif and Salman Kahn are the newest additions to the Movieland Wax Museum of the Stars on Clifton Hill. The duo stared in 2012’s Ek Tha Tiger,…
From the Buffalo News: Plans to develop a zip line program within parks in southern Ontario’s Niagara region are moving ahead, the Niagara Parks Commission announced Friday. Agency staff have been given the go-ahead to undertake the next phase of the procurement process, including the development of business plans and site plans, the commission said…
From Yahoo! News: A trainer was injured on Thursday, August 8 at Marineland, in Ontario, Canada, during a show featuring two beluga whales. The injured trainer, a young female, was taken to the hospital after the incident, according to the blog Everyone Hates Marineland. The incident was also videotaped and posted on YouTube by someone…
From Niagara This Week: It was short, just over a minute long, but kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Niagara got to do something no one else will be able to do. They were among the first passengers to ride the new Niagara Parks Commission Incline Railway along with a select group of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Several reptiles seized from a New Brunswick shop, where police say two young boys were strangled by a python, will soon call Safari Niagara home. Three dwarf caiman crocodiles are expected to arrive at the Stevensville zoo sometime next week. The animals will undergo a 30-day quarantine and then be…
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