Clinics needed to beat border confusion

From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s still so much confusion about what travel documents are required for entering the United States from Canada, government agencies on both sides of the border should sponsor “clinics” to help people decide which type of identification meets their needs and even to help fill out application forms, the head…

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Centerplate Chosen to Serve Ontario’s New Niagara Convention & Civic Centre

From a PR Newswire press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Centerplate, the leading hospitality provider to North America’s premier convention centers, sports stadiums and entertainment venues, announced today it has been awarded the long-term contract as hospitality partner to the new Niagara Convention & Civic Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The company was selected…

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Improving tourist signs in city becomes priority

From the Buffalo News: The generations- old debate over the best use of street signs to direct tourists to local attractions may be nearing a settlement — but not quite yet. City Council Chairman Sam Fruscione and Mayor Paul A. Dyster said they plan to discuss the issue during a private meeting today, and the…

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Bike Rally on the Parkway

From Niagara This Week: It is said that Winston Churchill called it “the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world” and on Sunday, June 20, thousands of bikers will likely share his sentiment as they cruise down the Niagara Parkway. Between June 18 and 20 thousands of bikers will descend on Niagara Falls for the…

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Canadian Forces personnel rappel from Sheraton-on-the-Falls Hotel

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes picture and video): Tourists on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls watched in amazement, but for two members of Canada’s military, it was just another day on the job as they rappelled more than 100 meters down an outside wall of the Sheraton-on-the-Falls hotel. It was all part of a…

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Park poised for 125th anniversary

From the Buffalo News: Dignitaries from around the nation and Canada came to Niagara Falls in 1885 to be a part of history when the governor of New York accepted the Niagara Reservation as a state park. Organizers hope marching units will come from far and wide to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the park…

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Craitor kicks off Tourism Week in Falls

From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls’ economic bread and butter is front and centre this week as part of celebrations for this year’s national Tourism Week. In a kickoff celebration held today at the Ontario Travel Information Centre on Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor, who’s also the newly appointed parliamentary assistant to the…

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Tourism Minister stops in Niagara for first official visit

From Niagara This Week: Ontario’s Minister of Tourism and Culture has finally made his first official visit to Niagara. Michael Chan was named tourism minister in January of this year and recently came under fire from the opposition party for not visiting Niagara Falls — one of Ontario’s largest tourism destinations. Last month, Tim Hudak,…

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Parks Police may get 11th hour reprieve from province

From Niagara This Week: Niagara Parks Police may soon get a new lease on life — at least for five more years. Just days before the 123-year-old police force faced being shut down, the Niagara Regional Police Services board voted last week to recommend to Community Safety and Corrections Minister Rick Bortolucci that the Parks…

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The King will live again at Elvis festival in August

From Niagara This Week: It’s going to be girls, girls, girls chasing after men in blue suede shoes as loyal fans of the King invade the streets of Niagara Falls this coming August. While employees of local hotels, motels and other places of accommodation key in reservation requests, the innovative and anticipated plans for the…

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