Preparing for tonight’s party

    I was out by Queen Victoria Park today around lunch and took this picture with my cell phone: You can see the stage in the background, concessions tents, and barriers. It looks like everything is ready to go for the big New Year’s Eve party tonight. While I was there, there were people on the…

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      Brock’s monument facts

      Photo courtesy of Parks Canada I just posted a link to a Niagara Falls Review article about the Brock Monument that is at Queenston Heights Park (part of the Niagara Parks). The paper also has an article that shares a few facts about the monument as well.

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        Relive your travel journeys through journals

        From FloridaToday.com: Have you been to Niagara Falls? If not, you have missed one of the charming faces of Americana. I have done a fair amount of traveling, but I never enjoy it as much as when I travel to learn. Now when I go places, I take notes, not just photographs. I even ask…

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          Rainbow Tower Hotel

          We have posted several times on the new developments started on Falls Avenue. Canadian Niagara Hotels is building a waterpark and a new hotel. The City of Niagara Falls now has added this project to their developments page. They have 2 nice renderings of what the hotel will look like. I’ve included the images below,…

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          Something Good for Today: Niagara Falls

          Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We spent three days visiting Niagara Falls and enjoying some time away as a family. We went for a long walk by the Falls, admiring both the Canadian and the American falls. We visited a variety of little shops near the Falls…

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            Marineland’s King Waldorf Stadium

            At Marineland, it used to be that all of the big performances were done in King Waldorf’s Stadium. Now that Friendship Cove and Arctic Cove have been built, King Waldorf Stadium is used for dolphin and sea lion shows. During one of my trips there in July, I took some pictures. As is always the…

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            It’s time to go Over the falls

            From Niagara This Week: …And speaking of Clifton Hill, that is one of the reasons I am loving covering the Niagara Falls. Ever since growing up as a kid in Dundas, family trips to Niagara Falls and walks up and down the Hill have made the the Falls become a special place for me and…

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            NPC to announce new GM in ‘few weeks’

            From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission plans to announce a new general manager in a “few weeks,” says chairwoman Janice Thomson. “We’re currently in the interview process. I believe we’re just a few weeks away from having our new GM announced. The start date will depend on variables,” she said. Current GM…

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              Another reason NPC meetings should be open to the public

              From the Niagara Falls Review: … So when he packed it in this week, we also knew something was wrong at the Niagara Parks Commission. But what? Gale, bound by a confidentiality agreement signed by all Parks commissioners, says he can’t tell anyone. Jim Williams, the commission chairman, says Gale took issue with an unnamed…

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                After weather delays wirewalk, Cochrane ready to go

                From the Niagara Falls Review: Wirewalker Jay Cochrane is ready to go – and if the weather co-operates today as expected – he will perform the first of his 20-storey walks this summer in the Fallsview district near the Skylon Tower. Wednesday’s rain prevented the 63-year-old world famous wirewalker from performing on America’s Fourth of…

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