From the Niagara Falls Review: The Jimmy Kimmel Show will be filming segments in Niagara Falls next week, but it’s still unclear whether Kimmel himself will be here. Robin Garrett, CEO of the Tourism Partnership of Niagara, said there’s no guarantee the popular ABC talk show host will appear, but “we are negotiating that as…
From the Toronto Sun: By day, the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls is the ultimate family fun zone and Canada’s largest indoor water park. But when the sun goes down during Halloween season, the lodge undergoes a transformation and becomes a surreal, spooky setting for a one-of-a-kind Halloween experience. It’s all part of a “Howl-O-Ween…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s time to stop the decline of the incline. The Niagara Parks Commission has plans to replace its aging Falls Incline Railway that makes it easier for visitors to go from the Fallsview tourism district down into the park. The upgrade is the next phase of its Table Rock Redevelopment…
This quiz was in the Niagara Falls Review last week, but it is still worth trying. Here are some of the questions, and click through to read them all and see all of the options and answers… Rounded to the nearest thousand, what is the population of Niagara Falls? What anniversary is the Niagara Parks…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Dan Aykroyd, you’ve got some explaining to do. Local fans might be wondering who they’re gonna call after the ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ star called Niagara Falls, New York “a little prettier” than its Canadian counterpart during an appearance across the river Saturday. Aykroyd was promoting his Crystal Head…
From the Niagara Falls Review: One explosive issue — the Niagara Health System — continues to publicly manifest itself as candidates get ready to hit the provincial election campaign trail. But decisions surrounding the Niagara Parks Commission’s board of directors and Maid of the Mist boat tour operation will likely continue to unfold out of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: His first time out, Malcolm Bunting kept thinking that it goes against all common sense and seamanship to go toward a waterfall of that size. He did it anyway. That was 36 years ago. The giant waterfall was the Horseshoe Falls and his job was with the Maid of the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Daniella Martin is an entomophagy advocate. To the uninitiated, that means she eats bugs. “Insects are fabulous food,” she said with confidence. (Her personal favourites are wax worms, bees, wasps and fried bamboo worms). The U.S. host of the web-based show Girl Meets Bug travels the globe to share her…
From Niagara This Week: Dave Munday is no daredevil. Though he has parachuted from an airplane more than 1,000 times and has gone over the roaring Canadian Horseshoe Falls in a barrel — twice — the Caistor Centre native doesn’t like to be referred to by that term. “It really wasn’t much of a big…