Tiptoe through the tulips: One of Canada’s top horticulturalists lists his favourite public gardens

    The March issue of Canadian Geographic’s Travel magazine has an article about favourite public gardens. The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens in Niagara Falls was on the list: Maintained entirely by students at the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, the 40-hectare gardens are worth a visit for the phenomenal rose garden, featuring 54 rose beds, and…

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    From the archives… some great pictures from Sue!

    How’s this for a trip down memory lane?! Feel free to leave a comment with some of your memories… Note: you can click on any of the pictures to view a larger image. Thanks Sue!

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    Pokémon Go in Niagara Falls

    First off, let me say that I have no desire to get into this game at all… I just installed the app so I could see what creatures were around Niagara Falls. I really don’t understand the interest people have in this, but I guess we’re all different 🙂 Well, I installed Pokémon Go on…

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    Twitter updates for 2010-06-24

    I smell ribs (probably from Tony Roma's). Yum!! # It absolutely poured half an hour ago. Now, it's sunny under blue skies with white fluffy clouds. Weird weather. I wonder what's next… #

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    Slow progress on the Niagara Speedway go-kart track

    Work continues, slowly, on the Niagara Speedway go-kart track. The work seems to be focused on the multi-level spiral. Still no word on when it will open…

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      Atlantis Waterpark walkway told to stop work

      I haven’t seen any news stories online, but apparently a walkway associated with the waterpark that is being built by Canadian Niagara Hotels on the Casino Niagara parking garage didn’t have all the permits necessary to work. They went to city council last night asking for a couple of approvals and/or changes, and the mayor…

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        Convention centre design-build team helping project to go green

        From Niagara This Week: Two new additions to the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre design-and-build team will help it attain accreditation as an environmentally friendly building. The design team for the convention centre has added the bridging compliance consultant services of the Zeidler Partnership, made up of Zeidler architects/consultants and the HNTB architectural/programming firm.

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        Another Development in the tourist core

        I was having dinner at Kelsey’s on Clifton Hill last night when I saw the following public notice posted across the street between House of Frankenstein and Ripley’s Moving Theater. This is the first time I saw this posting, though the meeting is next week. We have been told this is a formality to allow…

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