From Niagara This Week: A familiar sight will be awaiting Marineland when it opens for its 58th season Saturday: Protestors. But those protestors will be seeing something different: A long, blacked-out section of the fence dividing the property from Portage Road. It spans the grounds where protestors are legally allowed to gather, in the area…
From the St Catharines Standard: It wasn’t fatigue or exhaustion that caused Bernadette Miszk to break down as she approached the finish line at the Niagara Falls Women’s Half Marathon, Sunday. Nineteen-year-old daughter Julianne stood at the finish line, waiting to place a medal around her mother’s neck… More than 1,600 women participated in the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: City council gave the green light on two, 38-storey and one, 56-storey hotel developments on Robinson Street that represent about $600 million worth of investment. Canadian Niagara Hotels, the company behind the project, said each tower will cost between $180 million to $200 million, while the team’s agent, Michael Kirkland,…
I saw this sign the other day beside the parking lot on Clifton Hill. It is regarding all of the greenspace between that parking lot and Robinson St. You can see the the details on the City of Niagara Falls website, or here
For the longest time there was an abandoned house a couple of doors down from the Macs at the corner of Stanley Avenue and Ferry St. Late last week it was finally torn down. The lot behind it was empty, so now there is quite a large lot. I don’t know if there are any…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Despite construction starting on one of the rumoured sites for the new 5,000-seat theatre in Niagara Falls, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. still hasn’t officially announced where it will be. Work has begun in the area behind the Hilton Fallsview Hotel off Stanley Avenue. The fenced-off section is within walking…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls had extended a public invitation last week to people interested in setting a new world record for the most people howling like a wolf for a one minute. On Canada Day, 849 participants gathered in the back parking lot of the resort and gave…
From the Niagara Gazette: An apparent suicidal man was grabbed by Canadian emergency personnel Sunday night as he stood in the waters above the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Niagara Parks Police Service officials report that about 6:30 p.m Sunday they were alerted to a man standing waist-high in the waters of the upper Niagara…
I know this isn’t directly related to the tourism area of Niagara Falls, but if you’ve been to the city more than a couple of times, changes are you ended up at Niagara Square. From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s the end of an era at Niagara Square. The enclosed area of the Montrose Road…
The other day I noticed that the Qila Restaurant at the corner of Victoria Ave and Magdalen St was torn down. I don’t know why, and I don’t recall seeing any signs. Just one day I noticed it was gone. The first image shows what it looked like (a screenshot from Google Maps). The other…