Guinness World Records Museum in Summer 2007

    No, that’s not a typo! I am truly posting about a trip from last year. To be precise, it was a trip from the end of August 2007. I know, I know, I’m a little slow, but better late than never. About a year ago my family and I went to the Guinness World Records…

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      NPC fights visitor drought

      From the Niagara Falls Review: With U.S. visitors to Niagara at a 30-year low, the Niagara Parks Commission acknowledges it must do more to convince our neighbours to the south a trip to the region is both safe and affordable. That’s why the commission is proposing a partnership with all tourism stakeholders to offer a…

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      Rick Mercer, live from Niagara

      From the Niagara Falls Review: When it came time for their ‘man date,’ Canadian comic Rick Mercer and rock legend Alex Lifeson went straight to the Honeymoon Capital. The odd couple were in town Wednesday filming a segment for The Rick Mercer Report, donning flappy flight gear to tackle the Niagara Freefall Indoor Skydiving challenge….

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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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        Hooters coming back to Niagara Falls

        The former Wild Wing location on Ferry St has been closed for a while. The windows have been covered in paper and there was a small sign on the door that said they were undergoing renovations. It has been closed for quite a while, and I was a little suspicious that they had just closed…

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        Tweet: The stage is being set up for the Winter Festival…

        The stage is being set up for the Winter Festival of Lights opening ceremony #wfol It’s this Saturday. See you there! http://t.co/ubN36PUr

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          Trudeau, Niagara Falls among top Canadian icons, poll finds

          From CBC.ca: Picture this mental image: Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau stands with his back to the thundering waters of Niagara Falls, clutching a red maple leaf in his hand. On Canada Day. Can you imagine a more Canadian scene? Only if the robotic space Canadarm somehow snuck into the frame, according to a recent…

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            Return from the Great White North

            LiveJournal user PghKitten has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Our second annual ill-advised trip to Canada during winter went extremely well this past weekend! The weather was indeed very cold, and we were snowed on a great deal on Saturday, but we bundled up and persevered. The only problem I had with…

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            Update on Kiska (not) being pregnant

            So I posted back in January about a rumour I’d read that Kiska, Marineland’s remaining Orca whale, was pregnant. I hadn’t read the rumour anywhere else, but it was an exciting thought that there could be some baby Orcas on the way. Well, I have an update. It has as much authority as the last…

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            Comics and Cartoons to Invade Niagara Falls

            From Anime News Network: The Can-Am Comics and Anime Expo will be held in Niagara Falls Canada at the famous Skylon Tower, March 12-14, 2010. The show will feature displays from exhibitors covering both of these popular and interesting genres. While comic books and their collectors have been almost timeless, the Japanese cartoon animation forms…

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