Noel Buckley to head Scotiabank Convention Centre

From Buffalo Business First: Noel Buckley, a recognized Niagara Falls, Ont. hospitality industry leader, is returning to Southern Ontario to run the Scotiabank Convention Centre. Buckley, 55, has been named the convention center’s president and general manager, filling a position that had vacant for nearly 20 months. Buckley was selected for a national headhunting search….

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    It’s lights, camera, Falls, as city stars on GMA

    From the Medina Journal-Register: The American Falls left a lasting impression on the crew of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “It’s beautiful and a really amazing place,” anchor Diane Sawyer told the Niagara Gazette after the two-hour nationally televised show wrapped up Tuesday morning. “How many rainbows can you deliver?” Sawyer was referring to the everlasting…

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      Ellen Avenue Boutique Hotel progress

      I’ve posted recently about the construction happening beside the Greg Frewin Theatre. The former dairy location is going to be a boutique hotel. It really seemed to be at a stand-still until recently. They now seem to be making good progress.

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      Not giving up despite ‘roadblocks, frustrations’

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Despite facing hurdles to get a $1.5-billion development off the ground in Niagara Falls, the chairwoman of the company behind the proposal remains confident the project will eventually move ahead. “My vision to this project, and to the future of the project, has never been changed,” Helen Chang, chairwoman and…

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      New screen on top of Seneca Niagara Casino

      Almost a month ago it was announced that there would be a big screen on top of the Seneca Niagara Casino. It didn’t long for it to be completed. The screen is probably huge, but when seen from afar, it doesn’t seem too big. The screen changes and new messages will appear.

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      Award-winning news anchor looking forward to Falls visit

      From the Welland Tribune: The smiling new face in the anchor chair at Global National is no stranger to travel. As a foreign correspondent, Dawna Friesen has had some of the toughest assignments you can get in a post 9/11 world, including reporting from Iraq prior to the downfall of Sadaam Hussein and from Morocco…

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      Wallenda isn’t alone on a tightrope in the Falls

      From the Buffalo News: Canadian officials this month gave the final green-light to Nik Wallenda’s plan to wire-walk above Niagara Falls—and to turn the region into a worldwide media spectacle this summer. Now, Wallenda and officials on both sides of the border must work to make the grand event happen, and that means figuring out…

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