Winter Sculpture

The Weather Network has a section of their web site where you can post your weather pictures. Unfortunately, I can’t link to a specific search. You can start here and see a picture called Winter Sculpture, and then do a search for Niagara Falls.

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Skywalker petitions to cross Niagara Falls

From the Globe and Mail: Nik Wallenda walked his first tightrope when he was 2. He’s bicycled 45 metres across a wire suspended 20 storeys high. He even proposed to his wife on a high wire. But the famed funambulist’s most hair-raising feat yet may be a political one: persuading g the embattled government agency…

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    Historic Table Rock attraction receiving $32-million revamp

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has broken ground on a $32-million facelift to Table Rock House, a project chairman Jim Williams said will bring the 19th-century edifice into the 21st century. Built in 1856, Table Rock has become one of the most popular landmarks in the city. It has been upgraded…

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    More reporting about “Niagara Miracle”

    I linked to an article last week about the 50th anniversary of Roger Woodward going over the Falls. Here is some more coverage of the anniversary: Toronto Star – Fifty years since the ‘Niagara miracle’ WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo – Anniversary of death-defying plunge Niagara Falls Review – Miracle of Niagara

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      Falls Avenue Newsletter #14

      Last Saturday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. They are promoting Valentine packages, as well as new Family Day (a new holiday in Ontario) packages. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address middle of the bottom of the page.

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      Tweet: RT @CrashedIce: Crashed Ice in @NiagaraFalls is ju…

      RT @CrashedIce: Crashed Ice in @NiagaraFalls is just around the corner! instagram.com/p/Snd3cly0W-/

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        Comfort Inn Fallsview construction

        I previously reported on the construction at the Comfort Inn Fallsview (formerly the Horseshoe Falls Motor Inn). They’ve made excellent progress and it is looking very nice. Although they aren’t totally finished, it is done enough for people to be able to stay there:

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          Captain sailing into retirement

          From the Niagara News: After 32 years behind the helm of Maid of the Mist steamboats, Richard Schuyler is sailing into the sunset. Schuyler, who has steered a boat through the mist of the Falls since 1974 is retiring. The Niagara Falls native, and captain, departed on his farewell trip on Tuesday October 24 at…

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