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From a press release seen on Hotel-Online.com: At a time when news reports are focused on the challenging economic climate, the Baymont brand, one of North America’s fastest growing hotel chains known for its hometown hospitality, continues to grow to meet consumer demand with the opening of its first hotel outside of the U.S.: the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Despite facing hurdles to get a $1.5-billion development off the ground in Niagara Falls, the chairwoman of the company behind the proposal remains confident the project will eventually move ahead. “My vision to this project, and to the future of the project, has never been changed,” Helen Chang, chairwoman and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: For longtime Niagara Falls visitor Chris Endres, it was like looking at the falls with a new glasses. They were brighter. Clearer. Better. Like several other tourists Saturday night, he had come to check out the falls in a better light. Four million dollars worth of better lights, actually. On…
From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Who’s to blame for holding up millions in much-needed casino revenue in Niagara Falls? On Tuesday, Mayor Paul Dyster raised eyebrows during a 9/11 ceremony when he dug into the Seneca Nation of Indians over the holdup and suggested that should a fire happen at their casino, their may…
From CTV News: The birth of the royal baby isn’t just a major affair for Brits. Commonwealth countries like Canada and New Zealand will also fete the arrival of the littlest heir at major landmarks such as Niagara Falls and the Kiwi Sky tower. In Toronto, Canada, the public will learn about the sex of the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Rich Uncle Pennybags can blow it out his top hat. He’s the cartoon-character mascot of the Monopoly board game. Despite his grandfatherly image – with that Wilford Brimley mustache, sophisticated walking stick and the same tuxedo he has been wearing for nearly a century – Pennybags just snubbed Niagara Falls…
Last night the family went for a brief drive along the Niagara Parkway to check out the Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights. It is the first time I’ve seen all of the lights at night. They look excellent. There are a lot more than there used to be. One strange thing is related…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has a short biography of Sir Harry Oakes (the HO in HOCO). Just as the other posting doesn’t mention his involvement in Niagara Falls, this one doesn’t either. Sir Harry Oakes 1874 – 1943 Adventure, fame and fortune all came the way of Sir Harry Oakes, the self-made prospector…
Another updated gallery that I put up recently is of the Oakes Garden Theatre. This is a beautiful park at the very bottom of Clifon Hill at River Road. The Niagara Parks web site describes it in this way: Originally constructed in 1936, Oakes Garden Theatre was built in the form of an amphitheatre. By…