Parking rates revised for Niagara Glen

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has slashed its proposed annual parking fees in half at the Niagara Glen Nature Centre. The provincial agency announced in September paid parking would begin at the Glen – which had previously offered free parking – starting in the spring. Daily parking rates, between May and…

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Local steel company tops off high-rise hotel

From the Niagara Falls Review There’s a sense of pride in having a part in building a high-rise that changes the landscape of a city, says Jason Bradshaw whose Niagara Falls ironworks company specializes in structural steel work at construction sites. “It’s not very often you do a job that’s 55 storeys. Where is there…

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    She greets each day at falls happily

    From the Buffalo News: Norma K. Fulp spends her summer afternoons armed with maps and information as she waits for tourists by the rapids of the upper Niagara River. The part-time nurse and Niagara Falls resident is a volunteer for the Niagara Greeters “Info On the Go” program. The program, in its fifth year, will…

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      World-recorder holder visits Guinness museum

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Dan Netherland, who holds a world record for breaking the most concrete with a single strike, dropped by to visit the Guinness World Records Museum, in Niagara Falls, Sunday.

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        Great Wolf Lodge – The Hotel

        Usually I’m pretty good with getting information up on the blog in a timely manner, but not in this situation. Back in April (a little over 3 months ago), I had the opportunity to stay at the new Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls as part of the “soft” opening. “Soft” openings are fairly common…

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        Council to ask locals be exempt from DMF

        From the Niagara Falls Review: It appears Niagara Falls city council is finally wading into the contentious waters of the Destination Marketing Fee (DMF). At Tuesday’s meeting, Coun. Wayne Campbell introduced a motion calling on Mayor Jim Diodati to meet with the city’s tourism stakeholders to possibly remove the fee for Niagara Falls residents… “There…

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        Judith: Clifton Hill

        Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: The streets near Niagara Falls remind me of the Edmonton Ex. Wall to wall families, lots of weird things to see and buy, but generally a fun atmosphere. It obviously is a family vacation destination.

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        Site downtime starting later today

        My current web hosting provider has been just awful of late. They do not respond to service requests, and the performance of the server it is on is terrible. I’ve signed up with a new provider, and so I will move the site this weekend. It should go fairly smoothly, but you may find the…

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