Updated image gallery

    I’ve added another 50+ pictures to the gallery and now have over 800 images. Here are a few highlights of what I’ve added today: Sportszone Great Canadian Midway Scenic Niagara Falls in Spring 2005 (great rainbow shots) Several restaurants added Of course you can always see the whole gallery at http://www.accessniagara.com/gallery/ and be sure to…

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    Scotiabank Convention Centre Newsflash – November 2011

    Earlier this month I received the latest newsletter from the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara Falls.

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    Wallenda hopes to follow in footsteps of tightrope walkers

    From the Niagara Falls Review: By Wednesday afternoon, Nik Wallenda will find out if he will be come the first person in more than a century to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. The Niagara Parks Commission says it will announce its decision on Wallenda’s proposal for a cross-gorge skywalk at some point…

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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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    Gale wants unbiased NPC investigation

    From Niagara This Week: The list of people to turn to is short, and getting shorter for Bob Gale in his ongoing push for what he considers a proper investigation of the Niagara Parks Commission. As a former commissioner, Gale has spent the last few years crusading for change at the arms-length agency of the…

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    Bustling New York… Raging Niagara!

    From the Sun Star Cebu in the Philippines: New York! The City that Never Sleeps. Niagara Falls. Power Like Thunder! Blend these two, then add glimpses of Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston City, Rhode Island and New Jersey, and, presto, you get a rare USA experience… The power of the sights and sounds of Niagara Fall,…

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      Canada rejects twinning proposal

      From ZWNews.com: Canada has rejected a proposal by Zimbabwe to twin Niagara Falls and the Victoria Falls in a marketing strategy President Robert Mugabe’s government hoped would help attract more western tourists to his country. Late last year, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA)’s chief executive officer, Karikoga Kaseke announced that his organisation would take advantage…

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        You can count on two casinos: premier

        From Niagara This Week: Heading into the home stretch of the provincial election, Premier Dalton McGuinty is promising a bright future for the city’s two casinos. The premier made a promise to keep both casinos open after a raucous crowd welcomed him and his wife, Terri, to the Renaissance Hotel Tuesday night for a Liberal…

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        Arkells to rock the block for Crashed Ice

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Would you like some Arkells with your Crashed Ice? Following Friday’s elimination round of the Red Bull Crashed Ice, another party gets underway on Victoria Ave. headlined by the Juno-winning Hamilton band. Clifton Hill to Magdalen St. will be blocked off for the five-hour bash which also features Niagara Falls…

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