From the Niagara Gazette: A 22-year-old Niagara Falls man was pulled from the Niagara Gorge Wednesday night after he was found under the Rainbow Bridge. About 8:15 p.m., members of the Niagara Parks Police Service, Niagara Regional Police Service, Canadian Border Services Agency, Niagara Emergency Medical Services and the Niagara Falls Fire Department respond to…
The Fallsview Waterpark is one of the big new openings for the 2006 tourist season. I’ve covered quite a bit of the developments on the Niagara Falls Blog. Canadian Niagara Hotels recently published a promotional leaflet which I’ve scanned. I’ve also included the text below: Front of leaflet: North America’s Largest Hotel and Indoor Waterpark…
RT @FrewinTheatre: Santa’s Magical Arrival @thepencentre Saturday through the powers of Greg Frewin 11am opening for Greg; 283PAC @Jorda …
From ThemeParks.About.com: The humble Ferris wheel, long an amusement park staple, is generating some new buzz with plans for mega-sized models. For example, the Great Canadian Midway, an entertainment district in the Clifton Hill section of Niagara Falls, will be getting a 175-foot Giant Wheel in 2006. But, you’re thinking, the season will be so…
From the Seoul Times: When I finally saw Niagara Falls, I felt, inevitably, let down. The falls were certainly impressive, but after looking at them in countless photos, calendars and tourist brochures, I was destined to be disappointed. I was soon to change my opinion. The falls really do deliver; given the hype and overdevelopment…
From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: If you’re traveling to Canada this weekend, prepare to wait. More than 40,000 vehicles are expected to cross the three main bridges to and from Canada over the long Labor Day weekend. When Shirley Lappi and Pamela Sherry decided to visit this Canadian tourist town this week, they planned…
@EmbraceNiagara It's not going to be a regular thing. I did the same thing during the Wallenda walk. Normally it'll be a tweet here or there in reply to EmbraceNiagara # @EmbraceNiagara I was just tweeting as I walked. I'd have to slow down if I wanted to spread the tweets out 🙂 in reply…
On Tuesday I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. I’m pretty sure I’ll be there on Saturday. To subscribe to “Yak It Up”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.
From Niagara This Week: A lot of ink has been spilled on the life and times of Pete Rose. Countless baseball books, news stories and feature stories have been written on him across decades: the controversy, the lifetime suspension, the negativity. And yet, through it all, ‘Charlie Hustle’ remains a fan who loves to talk…
From the New York Times (including some kids’ drawings): The Kids Draw the News assignment to do a drawing about Nik Wallenda’s plan to cross high above Niagara Falls on a tightrope Friday night drew a bunch of lovely submissions. Some of them are in the slide show above.