From the Niagara Falls Review: Hornblower has set another record as it nears the end of its third season on the Niagara River. The boat-cruise company expects to reach more than 2.2-million passengers when its 2016 season wraps up Sunday. That’s up from 1.8 million last year and 1.6 million during its inaugural season in…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A building permit for the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre is expected to be issued in the next few weeks, as work continues toward the centre’s 2011 completion target. “It’s tracking on schedule. It’s tracking quite well. Everything is moving along quite nicely,” said Serge Felicetti, the city’s business development…
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From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: The Ontario Energy Commissioner, Chris Bentley, is expected to be on hand for a ceremony next Thursday marking the completion of the new hydroelectric tunnel under the city of Niagara Falls. The massive project took six years to complete. Bentley will be there for the last pour of concrete…
Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz has a new book out with photos of scenery rather than celebrities. I haven’t seen the book, but an article in The Atlantic says that the cover of the book has Niagara Falls on it. Stopping in front the book’s cover image—a breathtaking vision of Niagara Falls—she explained that this was…
From the Nassau Guardian: During the seven short years that he lived in The Bahamas, Harry Oakes was to make a great impact on the society. Originally from Maine in the United States, Oakes decided in his youth that he wanted, above all, to be a wealthy man. Educated at Bowdoin College, he worked for…
From the New York Times: The scenic attributes of Niagara Falls are well known, but if the pilot points them out to you in a plane at 30,000 feet, the falls can look more problematic than sublime, as if there’s a leak in the Great Lakes — it makes you want to call someone. On…
On a previous post, regular reader Dan commented that Regis and Kelly are coming to Niagara Falls. I couldn’t find anything to confirm this (on any of the news sites, or on the official Regis & Kelly site). I’ll post more when/if I find out more. However, I did come across an old article (from…
There is new advertising covering where Graham had posted back in 2005 about this same billboard. It was dedicated to the Movieland Wax museum on Stanley Avenue, but was starting to become very sun faded. They have now changed it to represent the Niagara Skywheel on Clifton Hill and it really stands out.
From the Niagara Falls Review: How about “The Queen on Queen” as the theme for this year’s downtown summer festival in Niagara Falls? The real Queen of Canada in the real downtown. After a couple years of hit-and-miss festivals aimed at bringing people downtown, the Queen could give Niagara Falls a regal shot in the…