The other day I received the following press release about an event at the Great Wolf Lodge: Monster Truck Makes Pit Stop at Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls from Sept. 1 through Sept. 4 Special Labour Day weekend event to raise money for cancer centre NIAGARA FALLS, ON. (August 12, 2011) – Experience the thrill…
Very cool! RT @NiagaraParksPR: The Dude! Guided Jeff Bridges on a VIP tour of Niagara Falls this morning. http://twitpic.com/2kkwdc # It has been raining a bit today. After days/weeks of humidity, it is kind of nice # http://twitpic.com/2kj2py – That is one large Gummy Bear! (at Fudge Factory on Clifton Hill) # http://twitpic.com/2kiv5s – The…
From Niagara This Week: Casino Niagara is in line for a little sprucing up. Richard Taylor, Vice-President of Operations for Niagara Casinos used the occasion of the gaming facility’s 20th birthday to announce that Falls Management Company would be pumping $7.1 million into new gaming technology and facility improvements “This investment will help us lead…
I guess this weekend and next constitute the unofficial start of summer. Yes, I know that summer doesn’t start until June 21, but traditionally, the Victoria Day and Memorial Day weekends are the first long weekends when the weather is warmer and people want to get out. The temperature is going to be great this…
There was a kiosk on Clifton Hill between Tim Hortons and Boston Pizza. It was removed this week.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m not really a rides person. When I go to Marineland, it is basically just to walk around, and enjoy the scenery. Usually we go with one of my sisters so that my kids have someone to go on the rides with. I have ventured on…
From the St Catharines Standard: Niagara Falls is the backdrop for an award-winning Canadian drama opening at the Niagara Square Cinemas Friday. “Mary Goes Round,” the debut feature from Toronto director Molly McGlynn, stars Aya Cash (“You’re the Worst”) as a substance abuse counselor named Mary who loses her job and driver’s license because of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls should put the brakes on the purchase of buses for shuttling tourists around town and reconsider an electric trolley system before plans for the new people mover system leave the station, says former city employee Derek Costello. But council members say their current people mover plan is affordable,…
From Niagara This Week: Saving $40 or $50 on a weekend getaway to Niagara Falls might not sound like a huge amount when you consider a family can spend hundreds of dollars for such things as staying at a hotel, eating in restaurants and seeing various attractions. But John Tory, leader of the Ontario Progressive…
From the Buffalo News: With workman-like precision, Jay Cochrane put one soft-soled shoe four inches in front of the other across 1,300 feet of wire some 581 feet above the ground to walk into the record books Friday. The acclaimed wire-walker made the 31-minute trek from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton Fallsview Hotel’s north…