Twitter updates for 2011-04-16

RT @GetontheGO: GO Transit will be once again offer weekend train service between Toronto and Niagara Falls: http://bit.ly/f3xwfE" # RT @NiagaraParksPR: NPC staff have completed the spring planting of the Floral clock with pansies – check it out! http://bit.ly/hSUrEc #

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Twitter updates for 2011-04-15

RT @HP4K: @NiagaraFalls @nfblog we're hosting a charity game @ the Gale Centre in June, help us get the word out # RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: The Cave of the Winds Gorge Trip is now open 9am-4:45! More info: http://bit.ly/gYc6hO # RT @NiagaraParksPR: Whirlpool Golf Course is open for the season – celebrating 60 years in 2011!…

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Stacker (Big, Bigger, Biggest) at Boston Pizza on Clifton Hill

Have you ever played Stacker? It is a game where a few small block goes back and forth across the screen. You try to stop them in the same spot each time, thus building a tower. As you move up the tower, it goes faster, and the number of blocks that move back and forth…

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New mattresses at Best Western Fallsview

I wouldn’t normally post about something like this, but when I saw the dumpsters full of mattresses at the Best Western Fallsview, I figured I’d take a picture. I figure there were around 70 mattresses in the two dumpsters.

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Bay City woman’s story as the first to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel told in new book

From MLive.com: Annie Edson Taylor left her boarding house room in Bay City in October 1901 to take the ultimate bumpy ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The extraordinary achievement is told by East Grand Rapids-native Chris Van Allsburg, in his new book, “Queen of the Falls.” “I read about her in the early…

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Scotiabank Convention Centre big hit with visitors

From the Niagara Falls Review: Pretty impressive. That’s what most people were saying on the weekend after getting their first opportunity to tour the new $100-million Scotiabank Convention Centre on Stanley Ave., near Dunn St., in Niagara Falls. The biggest headache for most drivers was getting stuck in long lines of traffic just making their…

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The Way We Were: One Year Ago on April 12, 2010

From Business Insider: What Niagara can Teach us I loaded up the minivan again this past weekend, threw the kids in, cued up “Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakual” on the DVD player, and set the GPS for another long road trip. This week’s excursion went international as The Klein’s took Niagara Falls by storm….

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Convention centre game changer

From Niagara This Week: Described as a critical piece of the pie in terms of attracting people to Niagara, the gleaming new Scotiabank Convention Centre opened in Niagara Falls on Friday to much fanfare. Years in the making, the new centre across from the old Loretto Academy attracted hundreds of people to the opening celebration….

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