From the Niagara Falls Review: Experienced rescuers said it’s “amazing” a man survived going over Niagara Falls Monday morning — only the fourth time someone has taken the 54-metre plunge and lived. An unidentified man went over the Horseshoe Falls in what police say was an unsuccessful suicide attempt that unfolded in front of hundreds…
From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Finance Canada: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and Grammy winner Tony Bennett are among the stars to be spotlighted in Fallsview Casino’s slate of March entertainment. Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx shows why he’s considered an ultimate triple threat in the entertainment industry as he performs live in…
From CanadaEast.com: David Tetrault has noticed a 50 per cent drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ont., this year and he estimates a chunk of that is the result of new passport regulations at the Canada-U.S. border. “Our business is probably 30 per cent less just because of the passport…
From the Niagara Falls Review: More off-site parking will mean less of an impact on the Niagara escarpment, say developers of a five-star hotel that will be built into the moraine near Robinson Street. City council gave Canadian Niagara Hotels permission to provide 71.5 per cent of the parking for its planned Westin hotel in…
This isn’t directly Niagara Falls related, but it is still interesting… From the Nelson Star: This month, stuntman Nik Wallenda became the first person in over 110 years to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. One person who would have known the feeling was William Leonard Hunt, aka the Great Farini, an American-born, Canadian-raised daredevil…
I’m a little late on this one as well. I’ve written before that the facade of the Fun House on Clifton Hill was being changed. It is complete now with much brighter colours. It does look more “fun”, but I think the attraction itself is still the same.
Yesterday there was some major filming/shooting going on out side Dinosaur Adventure Golf on Clifton Hill (at the back of the course). I couldn’t tell if it was video or stills, but there were a bunch of trucks, lighting, and lots of people.
From the Niagara Falls Review: An electrical fire forced about 200 guests to evacuate Great Wolf Lodge early Monday evening. Patrons stood in front of the Victoria Avenue hotel for about three hours after a “major electrical fire” broke out inside a massive electrical panel system shortly after 6 p.m. Platoon chief Jim Bredin said…
Earlier this week I received an email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview.
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: If Easter week is any sort of barometer, the 2011 tourism season is going to be an exceptionally good one for Niagara Falls. Tourists were out en masse, and even the reality of $4-per-gallon gas prices did not keep them from traveling to see the world’s most famous waterfall. The…