Wallenda abruptly cancels final practice

From Niagara This Week: Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda, who will be crossing the Falls between the U.S. and Canada on June 15, has been holding his practice sessions open to the public May 12-22 at the Seneca Niagara casino, twice a day and yet before Tuesday’s last appearance he unexpectedly cancelled. Spectators lined up against…

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Group chosen to build new Niagara Falls theatre

From the Niagara Falls Review: Mississauga company Bird Construction is part of the consortium which will build a 5,000-seat entertainment centre in Niagara Falls. The company is among principals known as Niagara Falls Entertainment Partners, which beat out four other conglomerates for the right to design, build and maintain the facility. The winning bidder was…

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    IMAX Niagara Falls – The Movie

    This post is continued from IMAX Niagara Falls – The Theatre Since 1987, the IMAX Niagara Falls Theatre has been showing Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic. With most of the promotional material you see now, you wouldn’t know that was the name of the movie. Everything talks about The Falls Movie Legends & Daredevils. I…

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      Super treasure for Kal-El fan; City man has cape worn by Christopher Reeve during filming of Superman II

      From the Niagara Falls Review: As the warning goes, you don’t spit in the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger and you don’t tug on Superman’s cape. Mark Saccone doesn’t care about the first two, but he takes the cape part pretty seriously. Hidden in a house quickly filling with memorabilia…

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      Musical upgrade for Festival of Lights

      From the Niagara Falls Review: You’re going to hear a lot of Niagara Falls composer Nathan Chamberland at the upcoming Winter Festival of Lights. Over and over again. An eight and a half minute score Chamberland wrote will be matched with the light displays at Dufferin Islands, giving the park a musical component to go…

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      A Piece of History Gets Renovated

      From the Niagara Parks blog: Drive through Dufferin Islands and you’ll notice a hut constructed of stone boulders located at the base of Burning Spring Hill. The former police hut is the last of its kind still standing from 1907 and will be renovated to preserve a significant piece of history within Niagara Parks. A…

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      World’s most amazing waterfalls

      From FoxNews.com: Waterfalls are one of nature’s most beautiful creations, and come in all shapes in sizes. Here are some of the most incredible waterfalls on Earth. Niagara Falls come in at number 7 on their list: Arguably the most famous falls, Niagara Falls is comprised of three waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls…

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        Niagara’s Wildest Party Every Saturday Night

        On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls: To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form at the bottom of the Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls web site. Note: Cantina Charlies sends out a lot of emails. I will not be posting every one.

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        Twitter updates for 2011-04-15

        RT @HP4K: @NiagaraFalls @nfblog we're hosting a charity game @ the Gale Centre in June, help us get the word out # RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: The Cave of the Winds Gorge Trip is now open 9am-4:45! More info: http://bit.ly/gYc6hO # RT @NiagaraParksPR: Whirlpool Golf Course is open for the season – celebrating 60 years in 2011!…

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