Falls ready to welcome Invictus athletes

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara tourism partners will host hundreds of international athletes and their families next week as part of the upcoming Invictus Games in Toronto. Up to 500 athletes, family members and coaching staff will take a specially chartered Via Rail train to Niagara Falls on Wednesday for a day-long outing to…

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Ontario’s Niagara Parks Introduces New Literary Speaker Series

From a Niagara Parks Commission press release seen on Niagara at Large: The Niagara Parks Commission is pleased to announce a new four-part literary speaker series, Coast to Coast: Canada’s Literary Women, in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary and the multitude of unique and extraordinarily talented, female literary voices found within this country. The new…

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Zombie Mud Run this weekend in Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: About 500 people will try and survive a 21-obstacle course in Niagara Falls this weekend. Survive, because they will hunted down by at least 50 zombies. The fourth annual Zombie Mud Run returns to Campark Resorts on Lundy’s Lane Saturday. Starting at 8:30 a.m., participants will navigate a five-kilometre muddy…

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Food festival and night market coming to Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: The first annual Niagara Falls Night Market and International Food Festival is scheduled to take place during Labour Day weekend. The event was created by the same creators as Toronto’s Ford Waterfront Night Market and will transform a large outdoor space on Sept. 2 and 3 between 2 and 11…

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Canada 150 festival sees community ‘come together’

From the Niagara Falls Review: More than 4,000 people turned out to the Canada 150 Fun Fest inside and outside Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls Saturday. “We’re very happy with the turnout,” said organizer Chris Dabrowski. The Stanley Avenue venue hosted a full day of free indoor and outdoor events, which started at noon….

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