From the UK Daily Mail: Two theme parks are waging an international custody dispute in court – over a 17-foot killer whale. SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, is demanding the return of Ikaika, a two-tonne, captive-born orca that it sent to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2006. But Marineland has defied the call – and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Marineland has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA). The Niagara Falls park filed the charges Tuesday in Toronto, according to OSPCA spokeswoman Stephanie Johns. When asked for comment, the animal welfare organization issued a statement saying it “vehemently denies all of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was supposed to be famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s fourth summer performing in Niagara Falls. But now he’s making other vacation plans. What would have been a spectacular daily walk from the top of the Skylon Tower to the top of the new Niagara Falls Hilton on Fallsview Boulevard was…
Every year around Halloween, Nightmares Fear Factory gets a lot of publicity from the pictures they take of their guests being scared… From KFOR channel 4 in Oklahoma City: A rather famous year-round haunted house in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Nightmares Fear Factory sends out their “Faces of Fear” every year. Check out this year’s…
If you’ve been following the blog for a long time, or know what hotels have been approved (but not built), then you know that several years ago the Loretto Academy on Stanley Avenue was sold. There has been talk for years that a hotel complex was going to be build. I still think it is…
I posted yesterday the following: …if anyone is interested in helping me blog about Niagara Falls, send me an email and we can discuss it. There is no real money earned from the site (as mentioned before, I make enough to cover expenses), but if you are a fan of Niagara Falls and want to…
Hello folks, My name is Lisa and I am from Rochester NY I have been traveling to and from Niagara Falls since I was little. The Hotel we have stayed in the most was – Fallsway Motor Hotel which of course became the Quality Inn Clifton Hill, which than made way for the Niagara Skywheel. I…
From Niagara This Week: Actor-turned-activist Danny Glover was looked to as a lethal weapon by labour leaders during a rally outside of Canadian Niagara hotels on Labour Day. Glover, a labour rights activist and actor best known for his role as Los Angeles police sergeant Roger Murtaugh alongside Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon movies,…
On Friday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter. It seems to be back to the regular length (after being shorter last month). They are promoting Winter packages. They also announced the contest winners from a couple of months. They also have an interesting history item about the bridge that…
From a press release seen on I-Newswire.com: Welcome to INFO Niagara Sharing Niagara Falls Wonders With The World – the most dependable On-Line Booking Service in Niagara Falls, Ontario. INFO Niagara has been assisting travelers for over 15 years, helping them with up-to-dateTravel and Tourist Information so that their stay in Niagara Falls, Canada is…