From CTV Toronto: The controversy over a 25-year lease renewal for the Maid of the Mist tourist boats in Niagara Falls spilled into the Ontario legislature Monday, with the Opposition alleging political interference by the Liberal government. The Niagara Parks Commission decided to extend the lease with the American operators of the tour boats, the…
Last week I received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by filling out the “Sign Up and Save” form on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page
From the Niagara Falls Review: Among the front page news stories in The Review Aug. 2, 1922, was one that reported the loss of a great creative genius. Headlined: “Inventor Of The Telephone Passes On,” the story announced the death of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell at his summer home near Baddeck, N.S. He was 75….
http://twitpic.com/md17s – The big T-Rex by the waterfall at Dinosaur Park Miniature Golf has been tagged (graffiti). Why do people do this? # http://twitpic.com/md121 – This Kung Fu Panda Pitch game was inside the Great Canadian Midway on Clifton Hill. It's a funny movie. I'm sure #
From Niagara This Week: Visitors to Niagara Falls may have noticed a crane dangling workers over the ledge above the lower observation deck of Journey Behind the Falls on Monday. The workers were chipping away at loose rock in a process called ice-jacking on the Canadian side of the Horseshoe Falls, 13 storeys above the…
Last Tuesday I received this email newsletter from the Days Inn Niagara Falls Clifton Hill Casino.
Although it is now unlikely that the Ripley’s Aquarium will ever be built, the architects that were involved are B+H Architects. Their web site has a conceptual drawing of the building and some information on the design: Apparently they were also involved with the design of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.
Although I’m trying (and succeeding) to post more often, over the next couple of weeks things will be slower. I’m not going to be in Niagara Falls at all as I take some vacation time. I’ll still post some newsletters and links to articles, but I won’t have any update on developments until I get…
Yesterday one of my Google Alerts had a link to http://www.niagaraconventionciviccentre.com/attractions.php that mentioned Clifton Hill. I was intrigued, so I visited the link. At first glance, it appeared to be legit and I wondered why there weren’t more attractions listed. Then I noticed that all of the attractions were owned by the same company. I…
If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to check out the Dinner at Sparks Steakhouse – Part 1 posting… As I mentioned, a couple of weeks ago my wife and I went to Sparks Steakhouse for dinner. We were expecting to go in, order a couple of meals, and then be done. To our…