Clifton Hill Tim Hortons sign is up

    The new Tim Hortons on Clifton Hill should be open in the next couple of weeks (I don’t know an exact date, but I assume they want it open around either the Victoria Day weekend or the Memorial Day weekend). I haven’t been by the site in a few days, but I noticed that the…

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    Fewer U.S.-Canada tourists cross border

    From UPI.com: The number of people traveling between the United States and Canada dropped from May to June, a tourism official said Sunday in Niagara Falls, Ont. This is the first time in memory the number of tourists declined in the border region between Western New York and Canada, said Arlene White, executive director of…

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      Niagara Falls – The Most Affordable Vacation Getaway

      On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. They are promoting a good rate. They also are promoting their special kids “free for all”. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Special Offers link on the main page of their site.

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        Hoping to ‘create an impetus’

        Note: Several of today’s postings will be about Good Morning America… From the Buffalo News: Cheering crowds echoed inside the marble walls of Union Station in Worcester, Mass., when anchors and crew from ABC’s “Good Morning America” embarked on a five-day train tour scheduled to bring the national morning show to Niagara Falls today. The…

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        Sundays are EXTRA Special this Summer

        Last Wednesday I received the latest email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.

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          Nice day for a 20-storey stroll

          From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s amazing. It’s great. And the fact he does so much to help children around the world makes his death-defying feat all that much more spectacular. Those were just a few of the comments made by spectators Thursday afternoon as they watched wirewalker Jay Cochrane make the first of his…

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            Rotary cancels Art by the Falls

            From the Niagara Falls Review: For the first time in 16 years, there won’t be any art by the falls this September. Or anywhere else, for that matter. With diminishing returns since its move to Optimist Park in 2004, the annual Art by the Falls show has called it a day. The Rotary Club of…

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