Niagara Falls gives family a chance to soak it all in

From Deseret News: For our family summer vacation this year, we decided a long plane trip wasn’t necessary. Perhaps I’d worn out my wife and kids on long-distance travel so we planned to just head north of the border and enjoy the sights of Ontario, Canada, specifically Niagara, for a change of pace. We checked…

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Freefalling at Niagara Falls; Work Can be Play

“Canada’s Adventure Couple” posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: This week was no exception. We spent 2 days running around Niagara Falls checking out and promoting some sights. It all started with check in at the Hilton on the company’s dime of course. Our rooms weren’t ready, so for some unknown reason, they…

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CAA Winter Festival of Lights kicks off Nov. 3

The Welland Tribune reports that November 3rd marks the 30th Season For the CAA Winter Festival of Lights in Queen Victoria Park and The Niagara Parks are not the only ones pulling out all the stops.  One attraction pulling all the stops will be the Skylon Tower. The Skylon Tower will be lighted up  using…

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    Fred’s Photo Blog: Clifton Hill Sign

    Someone with a Blogger blog posted a picture of the Great Canadian Midway (GCM) sign with the following comments: While taking photos at the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights, we made a short stop on Clifton Hill to take a few photos of the bright signs. The picture on the site is clickable so you…

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    Seven plans offered for Falls site

    From the Buffalo News: The city whose reputation as a honeymoon capital is often overshadowed by its reputation for urban decay is poised to get its first major downtown development — outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino — in some 30 years. City and state officials have confirmed that seven developers submitted proposals for a…

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    New governance for Niagara Parks

    From Niagara This Week: There have been a lot of changes over the past few months at the Niagara Parks Commission and it seems the biggest are yet to come. In addition to open meetings, a new chair and a new board member, at its latest monthly board meeting the NPC adopted a new governance…

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      Take a hint from falls: Casinos can crowd Nature

      From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The falls still work. Immense volumes of water tumbling over one of nature’s best-located edges make a grand sight and sound, plus clean electric power galore. But the forces of development are great, too. And fickle. They build, transform and move on. And how much improvement occurs — well, you’re entitled…

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        I Married Big Bertha! (and Other Tales of Terror)

        No, that’s not what I call my wife! This is a blog entry from someone named Jim Squires. He mentions going to a couple of the arcades on Clifton Hill: Last week the wife and I took our little one out to Niagara Falls for the first time. It’s only one town out, so it’s…

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