From CBC News: Drivers, start your engines — a massive, roller coaster-like go-kart racetrack is now open in Niagara Falls, Ont. Tourism company HOCO Limited unveiled its new “Niagara Speedway” attraction on the Clifton Hill entertainment strip this week. “It’s like go-karts on steroids,” said Harry Oakes, HOCO’s president, in a statement. “You drive on…
From Buffalo Business First (sometimes the article shows up free, sometimes you need a paid subscription): On a sunny spring afternoon, Asian tourists climbed off a bus in the Fallsview District of Niagara Falls and made their way toward the iconic waterfalls, many with cameras in hand. Those who didn’t immediately head to a nearby…
From Niagara This Week: In the 25 years since Oh Canada Eh? has been offering dinner theatre patrons homegrown songs celebrating the Great White North, Eric Hitchcock has had a front seat through a good deal of them. Now general manager of the Niagara Falls-based theatre, Hitchcock was there for the first show on May…
From Niagara This Week: A variety of birds of prey will be on display later this month as the Canadian Raptor Conservancy celebrates Father’s Day at the Niagara Glen Nature Centre. Free live raptor shows will be held June 16 and 17 outside the Niagara Parkway facility.
From Niagara This Week: Yondu was in the house and the crowds couldn’t get enough. Michael Rooker, who played the blue-skinned buccaneer Yondu in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” series, was one the main attractions at Niagara Falls Comic Con. The 63-year-old actor enjoys meeting with his fans.
From the St Catharines Standard: It wasn’t fatigue or exhaustion that caused Bernadette Miszk to break down as she approached the finish line at the Niagara Falls Women’s Half Marathon, Sunday. Nineteen-year-old daughter Julianne stood at the finish line, waiting to place a medal around her mother’s neck… More than 1,600 women participated in the…
From Niagara This Week: Visitors to Niagara Falls may have noticed a crane dangling workers over the ledge above the lower observation deck of Journey Behind the Falls on Monday. The workers were chipping away at loose rock in a process called ice-jacking on the Canadian side of the Horseshoe Falls, 13 storeys above the…
From Niagara This Week: More than a year after first floating the idea, plans to build a Titanic museum in Niagara Falls are steaming ahead with no icebergs in site. Fuelled with a $3-million commitment from the Niagara Angel Network, proponents of the attraction hope to welcome aboard their first passengers by the middle of…
From the Buffalo News: An estimated 800 million gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater have flowed into the Niagara River from the American and Canadian sides so far this year, eight times more than last year. It’s enough to pour over the Horseshoe Falls for 20 minutes. The American side accounts for about three-quarters of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Horror fans loved having a Niagara Falls convention this weekend dedicated to all the things they love. “I like it because it’s a lot more intimate, it’s more segregated to the horror genre,” said Aaron Kellar, who Saturday dressed up as Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street during…