From the Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin: With the economy making the U.S. dollar worth almost a third more across our northern border, now is a great time to grab your passport and escape to Canada’s Niagara Region for a chance to view the beauty and power of Niagara Falls, the collective name for the three waterfalls…
From the Niagara Falls Review: His first time out, Malcolm Bunting kept thinking that it goes against all common sense and seamanship to go toward a waterfall of that size. He did it anyway. That was 36 years ago. The giant waterfall was the Horseshoe Falls and his job was with the Maid of the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The number of passenger vehicles crossing Niagara-area bridges is falling. Year-to-date figures for the Rainbow Bridge show a 7.75-per cent decline in passenger traffic, compared to the same period in 2006. At the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge, passenger crossings are down 4.77 per cent compared to the figures from the first half…
From the Toronto Star: The thunder of the waterfall roared in his bones, but Will Gadd kept climbing. Moments later, along with Sarah Hueniken, who followed him up, Gadd completed the first-ever ice climb of Niagara Falls, a feat that earned the champion climbers praise and attention from around the world. “This is absolutely the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two million lights, 100 displays and one big party by the falls. The Winter Festival of Lights unveils a bigger, brighter look tonight when it throws the switch for its 23rd year at Queen Victoria Park. The earlier start is just the first of many changes for the festival. Visitors…
From the Buffalo News: The city skipped right over spring and jumped into summer Thursday with the opening of a $210 million resort and indoor water park, the Great Wolf Lodge. The year-round destination is one of two multimillion-dollar indoor water parks opening this month on the Canadian side of the falls, a much closer…
From AssociatedContent: My husband’s birthday is in December, and I try to do something memorable for him every year. This year, I had the bright idea of taking him to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, for a birthday dinner. I figured that we never know what spring can bring, so let’s go to Canada now, while…
A Flickr user has posted pictures from their trip to Niagara Falls…
I’d like to try the new Crystal Caves attraction on Oneida Lane. # I got some Marineland passes and hope to go sometime in the next couple of weeks. # You can tell school is almost out. There have been lots of kids around on school trips. # Looks like I’ll be getting a few…
From the London Free Press: Nik Wallenda is set to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a wire in eight days, but first he has to figure out how he’s going to get the wire from one side of the Niagara River to the other. The logistics of stringing the 550-metre wire from Goat Island…