From the Niagara Falls Review: Sitting inside Celsius restaurant, Anna Pierce looks out on the crowd at Bryant Park. It has been a busy morning at the 3.2-hectare midtown Manhattan greenspace behind the New York public library on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue and it is about to get busier. Niagara Falls Tourism’s general manager…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (along with some pictures): Despite the crowds and all the vendors/shows/shops anxious to have you deposit your Loonies with them, the natural attractions at Niagara Falls are simple awesome.
This is from a press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Summer is just about here in Niagara Falls, Canada, and this season is shaping up to be a visitor’s dream with exciting, new Niagara attractions and events for the whole family. Antique cars, international performers, and award-winning roses are just a few of the fun…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The new-look Oh Canada Eh? has an old face running the show. Three years after he retired and sold his share of the company he co-founded in 1994, Jim Cooper has returned to the award-winning dinner theatre. And he’s bringing some friends along. Veteran show member Melissa Penner, who left…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ontario’s integrity commissioner has begun its investigation into a complaint about the Niagara Parks Commission’s process, filed by one of its own commissioners. “The integrity commissioner’s office is handling it. My concerns are being addressed by them,†said Bob Gale, a Niagara Falls businessman and a member of the Niagara…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Cirque Niagara tent has officially folded. Citing assets of about $490,000 and liabilities totalling $6.7 million, Cirque X Inc., operating as Cirque Niagara, filed for bankruptcy Oct. 5, 11 days after its final performance of the 2007 season. “We did all we could,” said Gabe Macaluso, who had been…
From the Toronto Star: As an aerialist’s bid to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls next summer hangs in the balance, the commission ruling on his proposal is facing pressure to let the event proceed. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed tightrope-walking Wallenda family, hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream of walking across the falls…
Apparently CAZA and the OSPCA have inspected Marineland. Here are some news reports: Niagara Falls Review – Marineland releases inspection findings Niagara This Week – Inspection reveals ‘no major issues’ at Marineland The Canadian Press (via Canada.com) – No major issues found in inspection, says Marineland Niagara This Week – City adopts wait-and-see approach
From the Niagara Falls Review: A Toronto sword swallower will be in Niagara later this month to celebrate the fifth annual World Sword Swallower’s Day. Vanessa Neil will offer a free show outside Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum on on Feb. 26 at precisely 2:26 p.m. That’s the same time 21 other sword swallowers…
I recently posted a few pictures along Queen Victoria Park from the Winter Festival of Lights. Last week we also drove through Dufferin Islands, but I didn’t take any pictures. I did however get a copy of the “Make It Your Winter Tradition” booklet. I’ve scanned it, and you can view it here if you…