The big news today is that the proposed replacement system for the People Mover system has been approved. The new Visitor Transportation System will shuttle guests to a lot of places around the tourist area and downtown. Here are some links to stories with the details: Bullet News Niagara – Niagara Falls council approves $50-million…
From Yahoo! News: Niagara Falls is a quintessentially North American phenomenon. Situated at the border between America and Canada, the roaring force of nature has captured the imagination of those who visit for centuries. Actually a collection of three falls, they are dramatic but can bring the reckless side out of tourists and daredevils. The…
From the Toronto Sun: Why do people think it’s safe for their children to lean over the railing and tempt the Horseshoe Falls? Just because it’s a great picture? Just steps from where a teen went over Sunday, a little girl of 2 1/2 leaned over the edge of the falls Tuesday and laughed as…
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Are you going to the Canadian side? You must go to the Canadian side — it’s much better! Just about every time I mentioned that my family and I were planning a trip to Niagara Falls, that was the response. I was taken aback because I’d always thought of Niagara…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Details of the $50-million people-mover project will not be released until next week. Niagara Falls council was expected to discuss the final direction of the deal with the Niagara Parks Commission at a meeting Thursday at city hall. The meeting was cancelled following a lengthy discussion on Wednesday between a…
From CBC News: At a Monday afternoon news conference, the Niagara Parks Police announced the search for a 19-year-old woman who fell into the Niagara River and was swept over the falls Sunday is being scaled back. The story was among the most widely read items on CBCNews.ca Monday, and generated lots of audience feedback….
This isn’t directly in Niagara Falls, but Niagara Parks Commission does take care of the place, and it is just a short drive up the road, so I figured I’d include it. On Saturday my family went up to Queenston Heights for a picnic. It is a huge park overlooking the Niagara River. It is…
From Bullet News Niagara: The steel railing and stone wall that divides tens of thousands of tourists from the beauty and power of Niagara Falls are almost always wet and slippery from the mist that routinely drifts out across the city. But the obvious potential for danger, the signs warning people to keep their feet…
From the Buffalo News: Many people who work and play in downtown Niagara Falls were pleasantly surprised to see a TGI Fridays open in the Sheraton at the Falls hotel in June. But Faisal Merani saw the move coming. The Canadian hotelier soon announced his own plans to fill a major gap in downtown dining…
From the Niagara Gazette: Imagine having developer and one-time gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as a tour guide. Well, under a plan for bringing more business to Niagara Falls and Niagara County, such a scenario may well play out next month. “We found a good niche and it’s working,” said Paladino, the owner of the Giacomo…