From the Salisbury Post (in North Carolina): This summer, my wife Sammie and I visited Niagara Falls for the first time. You hear about it for years and you think it can’t be that big. Then you see it and … oh my gracious!
From Global News: A social media campaign is underway to add Niagara Falls and Ontario’s nearby wine country, Niagara-on-the-Lake, to the Wonders of the World. “The public domain has been debating world wonders for a long time and we have decided to stake our claim once and for all,” said Jody Larose, the executive director…
From the Toronto Sun: Explore your own backyard Tourist towns near the border with the U.S. have suffered a triple whammy in recent years. The recession, new passport rules and a strong Canadian dollar have kept Americans at home. According to statistics from Ontario Tourism, from January to June 2009 the number of American visitors…
Last Friday I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue. I think this is the third time now that I’ve gotten information on this promotion. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address near the middle of the page.
From the Niagara Gazette: The latest attempt to bring a tethered balloon ride back to Niagara Falls has been grounded before getting in the air. Adrian Devine, co-operator of the High Life Ballooning Company, has been in talks with city officials and the Cordish Co. to operate a hot-air balloon at the site of the…
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Today’s front page of the Toronto Star had an interesting article titled Are we thrilling ourselves to death? The article isn’t about Niagara Falls, but given the renewed interested in having amusement rides/attractions in Niagara Falls, I thought it was relevant: Higher, faster, upside down and …? Whatever it takes to melt your mind, churn…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest Clifton Hill Update email newsletter.
From Niagara This Week: Could a Flying Wallenda meet a flying falcon? There’s a “good possibility’’ a pair of nesting falcons at Niagara Falls could attack daredevil high-wire walker Nik Wallenda as he attempts a crossing over the famous waterway on June 15, say Mark and Marion Nash, spokespeople for the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. Wallenda,…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including pictures): Saturday morning we were both up from a lousy night’s sleep. The sleep number bed is just not for us. We both struggled all night to get comfortable. The only position I could tolerate was the forbidden position of laying…