Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse: Restaurant’s gauchos slice 12 kinds of Brazilian barbecue

From the Buffalo News: They have an awful lot of roast meat in Brazil. Or so it would seem if you visit Brasa, a traditional, newly opened Brazilian barbecue restaurant called a “churrascaria” in the luxe Hilton Hotel attached to the casino. You can start training for the 2016 Olympics now. A churrascaria serves meats…

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Recent site problems

I’ve been having some issues with the Access Niagara site over the last couple of days, and I’ve been dealing with the hosting provider. I don’t want to post too much regular content as I’m not sure how much people are seeing. I think things are working now, so I’ll probably be back to regular…

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    Massive surge in passport demand expected

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Passport Canada is bracing for 5.2 million passport applications during the year ending March 31, 2009, a jump of 10 per cent over the previous year which itself was record-breaking, an internal document shows. The projection is based on a revamped formula that now takes into account so-called “pulses,” that…

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    Tweet: RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: The #Falls will be illuminate…

    RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: The #Falls will be illuminated red tonight for #Remembrance Day! #NiagaraUSA

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    Parks Commission regrouping

    From Niagara This Week: Niagara Parks Commission Chairwoman Fay Booker has no immediate plans to replace departed Parks executive Joel Noden – at least not until the provincial agency goes through an extensive strategic planning process. “We’ll have to see,” Booker said Tuesday. “This isn’t our busiest time of the year. We’re coming into some…

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      Casino dates dominate Michael Buble’s winter itinerary

      From LiveDaily.com: Jazz/pop singer Michael Buble (tickets | music), whose delivery has drawn comparisons to such legendary vocalists as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, has scheduled early-2006 appearances at a handful of North American casinos, among other gigs. The Canadian crooner is currently scheduled to play a pair of dates at a Niagara Falls casino,…

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        Niagara Falls State Park to get Greenway-funded facelift

        The Buffalo News has information on the more improvements/money coming for Niagara Falls State Park (besides what the Governor already announced): Some worn-out parkland along the Niagara River got a financial boost Friday thanks to Niagara River Greenway funds… • $700,000 for Three Sisters Islands in Niagara Falls State Park. The money will be used…

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        Twitter updates for 2012-01-02

        There is still quite a bit of traffic (foot and car) in Niagara Falls. I guess some people stuck around after NYE2012 #

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        World Poker Tour® Returns to Niagara Falls for the Fallsview Poker Classic WPT® at Fallsview Casino Resort

        From a PR Newswire press release: Fallsview Casino and World Poker Tour® are giving Canadian players another opportunity to compete for the chance to have their name etched onto the prestigious WPT® Champions Cup as WPT expands its Season XII schedule to include the Fallsview Poker Classic WPT running February 22-24, 2014. “Poker is more…

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