Great Wolf renos for Glenview

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Last fall, the house at the corner of Broughton Street and Leader Lane was a tiny, four-bedroom wartime home, in need of upgrading and repair. Nine months and some $300,000 later, it’s a three-bedroom, open-concept house with stainless steel appliances, a gas fireplace, laminate flooring with lots of light and…

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    Celebrate Canada Day all weekend at Safari Niagara

    On Wednesday I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. They have a special deal on for this holiday weekend. To subscribe to “Yak It Up”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.

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    Sea Lions Receive Unique Eye Surgery, Aquarium trying for Pepsi grant

    I heard about this originally this morning on the Buffalo NPR station. From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo (includes a video): In Niagara Falls, the term “Cataract City’ takes on new meaning after two sea lions become the first in the area to receive a unique eye surgery. Thousands of guests come to the Aquarium…

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      Raising the roof at the old Pilgrim Restaurant

      With all of the demolition happening at the old Pilgrim Restaurant (future East Side Mario’s?), I wondered if they were going to tear down the whole building. Well, it looks like that is NOT the case. They have added “I” beams to the top of the existing ones and so the roof will be a…

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      Niagara Parks Invests in the Revitalization of the Niagara Glen Nature Centre

      From the Niagara Falls Reporter: The Niagara Parks Commission is pleased to announce its investment in the revitalization of the Niagara Glen Nature Centre, creating a trailhead and interpretation facility that will focus on Niagara Parks’ important stewardship role, while educating the public on the geological, environmental and historical significance of the spectacular Niagara Glen….

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        And they call it walrus love

        This is old news (I posted here and here about this in February), but CNN recently posted a video segment about Smooshie the walrus at Marineland. You can also see more videos on AOL Video and YouTube.

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        Go RVing Canada kicked off the RV vacation season with a splash

        From the RV D@ily Report: Go RVing Canada kicked off the RV vacation season at an exclusive press conference event hosted at The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC), in Niagara Falls, an all-time favorite RV camping destination for Canadians. Go RVing Canada highlighted the increase in summer bookings in Ontario campgrounds, indicating that RV owners will…

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        Courtyard Marriott Opens in Niagara Falls

        From Buffalo Rising: BF Patel and family have opened Niagara Falls’ newest and most unique hotel in recent years. Originally built as a Chocolate Factory for the Niagara Chocolate Company in 1912, the building later became home to the northeast headquarters for Moore Business Forms employing thousands of Niagara Falls residents for decades. After Moore…

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