From Niagara This Week: According to Robert Hickey, the Niagara tourism sector faces some serious challenges with the decline in American visitors. In turn, the workers at the region’s many hotels face tough roads ahead with problems with low wages, increased seasonal positions and risks of being injured on the job. Hickey, a professor of…
From The Review Saturday, May 14, 2005, page A3 NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Parks Police say a man was swept over the falls Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release, the man, who appeared to be between 30 and 40 years old, had been spotted in the fast-flowing waters of the upper Niagara River around…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.
Here are a few more articles that I’ve found that mention Nic Wallenda. He is the guy who wants to walk on a wire above Niagara Falls. NY side has approved it, but the Canadian side hasn’t. Niagara Falls Review – Tightrope walker’s bid to cross falls should be nixed Niagara Falls Review – Tourists…
I’m not sure what happened, but my holiday break lasted a couple of weeks longer that it was supposed to. Don’t worry… I’ve been fine, just lazy 🙂 Anyway, I’ll be back to regular posting. I have a bunch of things I’ll be posting that are kind of old news, but I still wanted to…
@adamwhite Thanks for passing the word along. I was last by there on the 8th, so I must have just missed it. I'll check it out soon… in reply to adamwhite #
From the Niagara Falls News: A local helicopter tour operator is being praised by police for his actions last Thursday. Police said the pilot 33-year-old Lonnie Rumig of Niagara-on-the-Lake showed tremendous responsibility toward his passengers when he decided to set an aircraft down in a local park, after noticing it was not responding to his…
http://twitpic.com/o4u0b – This was taken yesterday of the construction of the Niagara Convention & Civic Centre. It is coming along nicely. #
Never heard of it… RT @Hilton_Niagara Did you know today is "Tourist Appreciation Day?" # Another gorgeous day. The blue in the sky is fabulous! We are supposed to get more rain, so those white fluffy clo http://twitpic.com/1lkj2y # This is part of the perennial garden next to the rose garden in Queen Victoria Park….
From PR Newswire: Border efficiency and support for the world’s largest trading relationship are getting a significant boost with completion of a major construction project at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. The Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission celebrated the completion of the $45-million, fifth-lane Queenston-Lewiston Bridge expansion project today…