The Niagara Falls Review has another article about Earth Hour. After several introductory paragraphs, they get into more details about local businesses: So far, 18 businesses including Niagara Fallsview Casino, the Niagara Parks Commission and big hotels like the Brock Plaza, Hilton, Embassy Suites are on board, the city’s website says. The Embassy Suites hotel…
At another store, I recently saw this book from 1978 called Canada which includes an introduction by Harry J Boyle (apparently he was a famous CBC broadcaster). The book has information about different parts of Canada and there was a section about Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls, where the mighty Niagara River plunges over the escarpment into a deep…
I’m not sure what these horses were training for, but last Friday they were walking down Victoria Avenue. The horses didn’t have anything over them saying where they were from. The men riding the horses had shirts on that said “Horses in Training”. Their helmets had a shield/logo of some kind, but I couldn’t make…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The director of communications for Niagara Casinos has resigned from his post to accept a position as vice president of external relations at Niagara College. “It’s not easy to leave a workplace you love…20 years of friendships and incredible work experiences,” Greg Medulun said Thursday. “But, I could not be…
From Niagara Falls Review: The laughs have come to an end at Yuk Yuk’s inside Casino Niagara. The casino has confirmed it ended its tenure with the venerable comedy club chain last month. The last show was on Jan. 7. Jennifer Ferguson, Director of Marketing for Niagara Casinos, says the club was closed to make…
As I’ve reported before, Adventure City on Clifton Hill still has blank signs from when all of the Marvel logos and images were taken down. Well, it looks like at least one of them is coming down. There used to be a giant Spider-man beside the Rainforest Cafe volcano. Then they took down the Spider-man,…
I’m not sure how long it has been closed, or why, but the Niagara SkyWheel is closed at the moment. It may have something to do with the weather. We had a small ice storm on the weekend (I’ll post on that tomorrow) and it seems like everything has a thin layer of ice on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: They’ve done it in California and Colorado. They’ve even done it for the Super Bowl. And with wildfires filling the Canadian skies with smoke this summer, the prospect of replacing fireworks with drone light shows in Niagara Falls is gaining momentum.
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue.
From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s no shortage of places to visit in Niagara Falls on New Year’s Eve. Bars, eateries and hotels across the city are expected to do brisk business Monday night as revellers prepare to ring in 2008. Officials at Niagara casinos expect to see around 80,000 people that night. New Year’s…