From Niagara This Week: Nik Wallenda has done something no one has ever done before: crossed the Horseshoe Falls on a tight rope wire. The seventh generation Flying Wallenda had said crossing the falls had been a childhood dream of his. On Friday night, that dream came true when he completed the stunt across Niagara…
From the Niagara Falls Review: But beyond that, they’ve released few clues as to what Niagara’s Fury will be. A contest that began in February invited people to say what they think the new attraction will entail. Joel Noden, executive director of revenue operations and business development for the commission, said since the contest was…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As we’ve been documenting for the past three days, there are significant challenges facing the tourism industry in Niagara Falls – namely, how to bring more visitors here and how to keep them here longer. Tourism isn’t, and must not be, a dirty word around Niagara Falls. It’s a major…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The government of Canada’s $35-million contribution toward the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre’s construction should survive whatever result occurs in the Oct. 14 election. None of the candidates running to be the Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls said they would do anything to change the arrangement between the city…
The Hilton construction is coming along. It looks like the first floor is up, and they are now working on the second floor.
Here is the newsletter announcing the March 2016 entertainment line-up at the Fallsview Casino Resort:
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s three border mayors plan to write a letter this week calling on the federal government to address the traffic backups that have been a frequent problem at bridges into Canada this summer. “We’re all feeling the pain. It’s very frustrating,” said Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati, adding counterpart mayors…
From the Toronto Star: As an aerialist’s bid to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls next summer hangs in the balance, the commission ruling on his proposal is facing pressure to let the event proceed. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed tightrope-walking Wallenda family, hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream of walking across the falls…
From Niagara This Week: NASCAR is not coming to Fort Erie. No NASCAR. Not in Fort Erie. It bears repeating because one glance at any social media site — and even some major news outlets — over the last week would suggest precisely the opposite. As reported by the Post last week, NASCAR has never…
The family edition of the Amazing Race concluded last night with the following events: ..the teams drove 81 miles south to Queenston, where they jumped into jet boats and motored out to the Niagara River whirlpool that contained a buoy holding their next clue. After retrieving it, the excited teams learned they were headed across…
