From the Buffalo News: This year marks 35 years since residents in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls sounded the alarm on toxic chemicals. Over 800 families were relocated and the federal Superfund program was created to clean up the nation’s most polluted toxic waste sites. During the last century, the U.S. side of…
From Bullet News Niagara: Windows restaurant by Canadian celebrity chef, Jamie Kennedy, has earned the highly respected AAA/CAA Four Diamond Award. This achievement awards a high ranking to the restaurant and recognizes the high degree of creativity and complexity reflected in its menu.
From Niagara This Week: Even after he was initially turned down in his bid to cross Niagara Falls on a high wire, Nik Wallenda said it was his faith that guided him through the entire process. “What a journey it was to get permission to walk across Niagara Falls and to be able do that…
From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Crews in Niagara Falls are hard at work getting the Maid of the Mist ready for the winter. The tour boat company must remove its vessels from the lower Niagara River before the water freezes over. But before that can happen, a giant crane from Germany has to be…
I know I’m way late for the opening of this exhibit, but it is on until January… This is a press release I recently received: September 6, 2013 For Immediate Release Ancient Egypt comes to Niagara Falls The Ontario Power Generation Gallery at the Niagara Falls History Museum (5810 Ferry Street) will be…
From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, will speak at the 31st Annual Winter Festival of Lights opening festivities to honour Canada’s Veterans of the Korean War and highlight their contributions and sacrifices.
From Niagara This Week: There’s still time to book a hotel room in Niagara Falls and help out local charities at the same time. Rooms are still available at many of the hotels participating. A full list can be viewed at www.sleepcheapcharitiesreap.com. Rooms are available between Sunday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 14. Additional discount…
From the St Catharines Standard: It appears to be a nasty divorce. Maid of the Mist isn’t sailing into the Canadian sunset without a parting shot at the Niagara Parks Commission. “We are disappointed by the failure of the Niagara Parks Commission in its statement to recognize our Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: After 167 years, one of Niagara Falls’ most iconic attractions is sailing into the Canadian sunset. The Maid of the Mist is concluding its tour-boat excursions on this side of the Niagara River for the final time Thursday. The Maid has been around since 1846 and has been owned by…
From the Niagara Falls Review: I was cold. I was soaked. And for one last time, I loved every second of it. It was easy to take the Maid of the Mist for granted over the years, never realizing how special it really was. People who’ve lived here all their lives have never ridden it,…