From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is bringing parity to the border. Beginning Nov. 15, it will cost the same amount to pay the toll in either Canadian or U.S. currency at the Rainbow and Queenston-Lewiston bridges. The new fee will be $3.25 – a 25-cent increase for those paying in…
Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Falls Avenue Newsletter. This came about 6 weeks since the last one. I would think they should be sending this out a little more frequently. They are promoting several Fall packages, as well as New Year’s Eve packages. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ballet dancers portraying “icicle fairies,” creatures who supposedly live behind the mist of the Horseshoe Falls, helped transform Queen Victoria Park into a winter fantasy land for the start of the Winter Festival of Lights Saturday. The annual winter festival is officially on, even though Mother Nature hasn’t yet decreed…
I meant to go to this when I heard about it a couple of months ago, but I wasn’t in Niagara Falls this weekend, so I missed it. From the Niagara Falls Review: Playing with toy cars just leads to more expensive toys, exhibitors and fans at the Wheel World car show agree. Six-year-old Evan…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Toss those pumpkins. Put the costumes away. Hide the Halloween stuff. It’s time for another Winter Festival of Lights… “We’re the top (lights festival) in Canada,” says festival general manager Dino Fazio. “Nobody touches us in Canada. In America, after this year we’ll definitely rank top two, if not No….
This is from a press release available on PRWeb: The Winter Festival of Lights (WFOL) will kick off its 25th Anniversary celebrations beginning Saturday, November 3, 2007 in Queen Victoria Park, along the Niagara Parkway. Opening Ceremonies for the Winter Festival of Lights, presented by Ontario Power Generation, begin at 5:00 pm. An ideal destination…
From Niagara This Week: Wayne Thomson thinks a new American tourist-advertising video which shows footage of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls shot from a viewpoint in Canada is little more than water under the bridge. In fact, he thinks it was a blessing in disguise. “There’s no bad kind of advertising,” said the city councillor and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Public financing of Niagara Falls Tourism has been a point of contention at city budget deliberation time for years – although it appears the group might get a warmer reception at council this year, despite the fact it wants more taxpayer money… Many tourism operators in the city have been…
I’m sure there are a few new things this year (as there are most years) for the Winter Festival of Lights. The main thing that I’ve noticed that is new in in the Zimmerman Fountain Pond at the bottom of Clifton Hill in Queen Victoria Park. Over the last week or so a couple of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: To mark the Winter Festival of Lights’ 25th anniversary, Jack Custers has gone digging through the vaults. The production supervisor of Cogeco Cable 10 has footage from most every festival, and felt it was time for a look back. Starting this week, nostalgic vignettes on the event’s colourful history will…