Entertainment site eyed for N.F., Ont. casino

From Buffalo Business First: The Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp. has taken the first step to develop a 5,000-seat entertainment venue that would part of its Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort complex. The OLG has issued a “request for information” from the development and entertainment community focusing on the possibility of constructing a “privately-funded, multi-purpose entertainment…

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Seal with amputated flipper headed to Niagara Falls aquarium

From the San Francisco Chronicle: A harbor seal whose rear flipper had to be amputated after being struck by a boat has recovered and is headed to an upstate New York aquarium… The injuries make it nearly impossible for the seal to survive in the wild, so center staff arranged to send the animal to…

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“The Story of Canada” book

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I went to Value Village in Niagara Falls. I looked in the book section, and found this old book called Story of Canada. There was one small reference to Niagara Falls. Apparently some of the Fathers of Confederation went to Niagara Falls after working out the details…

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Brink of Niagara Falls perfectly safe for spectators – as long as they follow the rules

From Bullet News Niagara: The steel railing and stone wall that divides tens of thousands of tourists from the beauty and power of Niagara Falls are almost always wet and slippery from the mist that routinely drifts out across the city. But the obvious potential for danger, the signs warning people to keep their feet…

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Travelodge At the Falls News (20091028)

Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Clifton Group (the Travelodge, Fun House, Brick City, etc). To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any of the pages at Falls.com

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Twitter updates for 2012-05-30

Finally a break in the heat! It is a bit cloudy, but it's another beautiful day in Niagara Falls http://t.co/KcGzBVBq # I've only been to one of them. RT @hotelprops Top 5 Hotels in Niagara Falls! http://t.co/RnUmkRBX #

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GUEST VIEW: Treat Niagara Falls as a whole, not separate business districts

From the Niagara Gazette: This will come off as negative but is truly not meant to be. I appreciate our city council and the PARP’s efforts to bring life back into the Pine Avenue businesses district. I was lost though at the mention of a new Main Street. Pine Avenue will never replace the area…

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Independent forensic audit into NPC to go ‘above and beyond’ two recent probes

From the Niagara Falls Review: A forensic audit is mining the vast records of the Niagara Parks Commission looking for evidence of wrongdoing, but it won’t be completed before the Oct. 6 election. “The forensic audit is very complex and is likely to take several more months to complete,” said Ministry of Tourism and Culture…

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Loonie Museum Day on Clifton Hill

From the Niagara Falls Review: Playing tourist for a day was a welcome escape for the Hesse family of Niagara Falls. Mike, Melissa and their 10-year-old daughter Sara enjoyed several of the tourist attractions along Clifton Hill as part of the annual Loonie Museum Day to benefit the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “It was fun,”…

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