I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that recently a man was rescued from the Niagara River. CNN has a video clip that shows some of Niagara Falls and shows where he was rescued. The video is about 1 minute long. Note that CNN uses pop-ups so you may have to adjust your blocker.
From Bullet Media: The news release trumpets the arrival of TV in Niagara, an assertion with which Cogeco might have issue. But there is no disputing the launch of Niagara News TV does change the local broadcasting landscape starting Feb. 7. Be sure to visit the Bullet Media web site to read the entire article…
From Niagara This Week: Coffers have swelled by more than $21 million since the city signed on to a new casino hosting agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming. The city received its a fourth-quarter (January to March) non-tax gaming revenue payment — $4,452,570 — to bring the total to $21.2 million for hosting Casino…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Clifton Hill Resort. You can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resort Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.
DeskPicture.com has a very nice aerial view of Niagara Falls taken from a helicopter. You can download a version of it in numerous sizes (1152 x 864 – 369K, 1024 x 768 – 274K, 800 x 600 – 178K, 640 x 480 – 116K). It’s actually quite an old picture. It’s quite interesting to see…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Dave and Buster’s, on Clifton Hill, is hosting its first ever Guitar Hero tournament, Aug. 19, starting at noon. The first-place prize package consists of a Nintendo Wii, lunch for the first place finisher and five or their closest friends, and two hours of free gaming on more than 200…
One of the newest attractions (opened May 5, 2005)in Niagara Falls is Cosmic Golf. It is a miniature golf course where everything glows in the dark. I had the opportunity to go twice yesterday. I’ve never been to a glow in the dark mini-putt before, and I was pleasantly surprised at how great everything looked….
From the Niagara Falls Review: Leaving Marineland broke Phil Demers’ heart. But he had to do it. The 34-year-old animal trainer left Marineland after 12 years, and has gone public with allegations of deplorable water conditions and mistreatment of animals by his former employer. Demers said he made the decision to leave in May and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission and Cirque Niagara are teaming up to support cancer care in Niagara. On June 14, Cirque Niagara will present an evening performance of Avaia to raise money for the Niagara Health System Foundation, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation and the Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation.
As we posted recently, Canadian Niagara Hotels is planning a 229m hotel on their property. There is a discussion of this going on in the ScyscraperCity Forums. I looked around the site a bit, and noticed they have all sorts of information on skyscrapers in major cities. There is a page for Niagara Falls, as…