From the Niagara Falls Review: In addition to the economic, real-estate and quality-of-life benefits year-round GO train service is expected to bring to Niagara Falls when it arrives in 2023, it also provides an opportunity to redevelop the area surrounding the downtown station. Denise Landry, a planner with Niagara Region, presented council with an update…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It might be Friday before Niagara’s Fury blows into town. The Niagara Parks Commission will have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday before the Transportation Safety Standards Association comes in and signs off on the commission’s newest attraction, allowing people to experience the 4-D, Universal-Studios-style ride. Niagara’s Fury was first…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Niagara Falls announced events and activities for this summer. Destination NiagaraUSA, Old Falls Street, USA, Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and Niagara Falls State Park held a joint press conference Thursday to announce the plans. “I am so pleased that all of our downtown partners have come together to…
Today at lunch Chris and I went through the Fun House on Clifton Hill. I can’t believe there are companies that charge people for such garbage. It took us about 5-10 minutes to walk through the place. Everything looked kind of grungy and many moving parts squeaked. I was severely underimpressed. Admission is $7.99 for…
Last week a new user joined the community here at AccessNiagara and is going by the handle Margin. He has submitted a document with his thoughts and concerns about the convention centre. As I asked him why the interest in this, he said that he has “no axes to grind or money to be made…
From the Canadian Press (via Yahoo! News): Campaign officials work hard to keep their leader in the best possible light and out of potentially embarrassing situations. So it seemed too good to be true Saturday when Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s schedule indicated he would visit the Ripley’s Believe It or Not attraction in Niagara…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including a few pictures): This summer of 2010 I get to celebrate new beginnings. For the next six weeks I’m in the GTA (Toronto Area) having adventures and spending time with some of my oldest and dearest friends. Amna & Ali’s wedding…
From Buffalo.com: Science is a living, breathing thing, constantly changing and growing to fit our needs and leaving relics of past experiments to rot away. Now these pieces of technology are preserved and proudly displayed at the Niagara Science Museum. Check out some of these cool artifacts at the museum’s first ever community open house…
Nothing new to report as I'm not in the Falls at all, but the weather has been great with a nice break from the heat of the last few days. #
From the Niagara Falls Review: You can start booking Sleep Cheap rooms today. Hotel operators will begin taking calls for the program at 7 a.m. This year’s Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event will take place over four nights, from Nov. 26-29. Participating hotels will offer room rates of $35 per night for a standard room,…