From a Niagara Parks Commission press release seen on Niagara at Large: “RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World” presents RUMBLE AT THE FALLS, offered by Rezolution Pictures in association with the Niagara Parks Commission and the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. This signature live concert event will be held Saturday, August 19, 2017, 7:30 PM,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A world-class casino at Woodbine Racetrack in north Etobicoke is bad news for Niagara Falls. “But, you know, thank God, we have the falls here, the wine country and all kinds of great, other attractions and amenities that make people from Toronto want to get out of Toronto, and come…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Region Chairman Alan Caslin is continuing to push for regular Toronto to Niagara Falls GO train service to be up and running in time for the 2021 Canada Summer Games. However, Metrolinx — the arm’s-length provincial agency that operates GO Transit — isn’t committing to any changes to its…
From the Toronto Star: I tried to do it all — the mazes and minigolf and midway and magic. I rode on a zip line, a ferris wheel, a cable car and a helicopter. I lunched at a rotating restaurant, looking down at tumbling tumultuous water, then out at the distant towers of downtown Toronto….
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has issued a formal Request for Proposals to the planning, architectural and landscape architectural consultant community to help develop a renewed master plan that will become the provincial agency’s blueprint for the future. The purpose of the master plan is to guide continued development, programming and…
From the Buffalo News: Driving a taxicab in a city that welcomes more than eight million tourists a year might seem like a lucrative business – and that might have been true at one time. But today, owners of taxi and livery companies in Niagara Falls are battling over a piece of a shrinking pie….
From Niagara This Week: An American police marine unit that patrols the upper Niagara River says too many boaters and people on personal watercraft are getting too close to the brink of Niagara Falls. New York State Park Police Lt. Clyde Doty tells WGRZ-TV in Buffalo (http://on.wgrz.com/2feIsBJ ) that people put their lives at risk…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The city’s new 5,000-seat theatre will be located next to the Hilton Hotel and be connected to Fallsview Casino by a new enclosed walkway. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) officially announced the site late Thursday, despite work already being done on the property for weeks. The $130 million venue…
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: The latest skirmish between the David of the citizens of the city of Niagara Falls and the Goliath of state agencies such as State Parks, USA Niagara and the New York Power Authority, when it comes to waterfront development, appears to have been settled in our favor, at least for…
This isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but many visitors do make a trip into Niagara-on-the-Lake when the come. From the Cleveland.com: American soldiers burned charming Niagara-on-the-Lake to the ground in late 1813, a brutal act in the ongoing War of 1812. Lucky for us, the Canadians rebuilt – because Americans have been enjoying this…