Air show above Niagara this weekend

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Among the thousands of people who will be looking skyward this weekend during the annual Friendly Foes Above the Falls air show will be a man who already conquered the stratosphere. Bjarni Tryggvason, a professor of flight dynamics at the University of Western Ontario, flew aboard the shuttle Discovery in…

    Read More

    Forum focuses on Niagara Falls tourism

    From the Buffalo News: Regional attractions are losing visitors from school field trips because of budget cuts. Some signage in downtown Niagara Falls may be either missing or misleading to tourists. Shifty tour guides are attempting shakedowns at local attractions. And there still is no means of transportation connecting attractions in the Falls to others…

    Read More

    Do Niagara Falls On The Cheap With Winter Deals

    From CBS Pittsburgh: Lots of people from our area visit Niagara Falls in the summer, but what about the winter? There are some great deals and more going on than you may realize. Plus, on the Canadian side the exchange rate helps a little, too.

    Read More

    Fallsview Casino installs huge, high-definition LED billboard

    From the Buffalo News: A high-definition LED sign 13 stories tall now drapes off the side of Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ont. The three-sided digital billboard is purported to be the largest of its kind in Canada. The new sign, which went into operation in mid-May, is roughly as tall as the static…

    Read More

    Rockin’ Fun, Prizes, and Deals to Kick-Off the Holiday Shopping Madness at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls (USA)

    From a press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls will host a Rockin’ Midnight Madness party beginning at 11pm on Thursday, November 26th inside the shopping center in the Fashion Avenue wing (near Polo Ralph Lauren store). Music and fun will be kicked off by 97 Rock’s DJ Jigster and Hard…

    Read More

    Penny souvenirs, part 2

    A few years ago I posted about a penny souvenir I found on the ground. By penny souvenir, I mean the coins (sometimes just metal slugs) which you put through a machine and it leaves an imprint of something on the metal. This led me on a bit of search for where these machines are…

    Read More