From the St. Catharines Standard: The Niagara Parks Commission has a new teaching partner for its 45-hole Legends on the Niagara golfing facility. Renowned teaching pro Jim McLean – eight master instructors who have worked under McLean have been named to America’s Top 100 Instructors list and 19 are on The Golf Digest top teacher…
From Stuff.co.nz: Nik Wallenda can’t visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, landmarks, nations. Even as a 6-year-old at Niagara Falls with his parents, he pictured walking a tightrope over the raging, whitewater maw. Now 33, the seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas, is ready to…
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…
WIVB TV has a bit of a gallery of Winter Festival of Lights pictures…
As previously announced, the Rink at the Brink will be back on Niagara Parks Commission land this year. The official press release is available here: Thousands of visitors to Niagara Falls will once again be able to experience the thrill of skating just steps from the Horseshoe Falls, thanks to the decision taken today by…
From Niagara This Week: It was another successful season for the Winter Festival of Lights, with increased visitor traffic and donations. The 90-day festival, which ran Nov. 3 to Jan. 31, saw 89,350 vehicles and 464 tour buses go through Dufferin Islands, up from the roughly 76,000 vehicles and 400 buses the previous season.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s tourism operators offered a mixed reaction to plans by the Ontario government to introduce a new, high-tech driver’s licence with secure information about the owner by the end of this year. “I think what they’re doing is definitely worth pursuing,” said Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce president Carolyn Bones….
Someone named Lisa recently came to Niagara Falls and blogged about it: We arrived in Niagara Falls around 5:00 p.m. on Friday night and stayed until Sunday morning, where we left and headed over to Lilydale and from there over to Geneva to visit Don’s cousin Ron. We went to both Casinos while in Niagara…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It is often said by locals and visitors that dining in the tourist areas costs more than it does to eat in the same restaurants in other parts of the city or region. Here’s what we found at several local eating spots: