How did these people survive a plunge over Niagara Falls?

From the Toronto Star: Death, taxes, Niagara Falls. In the old days, those were the only certain things in life — or death — according to the river men who patrolled a thunderous Horseshoe Falls before it became somewhat tamed by hydro companies. During the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of suicide and accident victims…

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    Bronto’s Adventure Playland construction update

    The changes I mentioned at Bronto’s Adventure Playland are more substantial than I thought. They’ve added new fencing around the whole thing and made it larger (brought it out to the front more).

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      New Year’s Eve party sign

      I’ve mentioned a couple of times about the New Year’s Eve party in Queen Victoria Park. I also clarified in a comment on one of those posts that CH Hamilton will be boadcasting the party. You’d think such a big party would have a better sign. This looks very cheap:

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      Twitter updates for 2010-05-11

      The location of the former Capri Restaurant was going to be some sort of pizza deli. It now has a name… "Bravo! http://twitpic.com/1myd0e # The Wing House (former Wild Wing's) will have some new stonework on the front of the building. Yesterday the tile http://twitpic.com/1mybrs # There is a map mural being painted on the…

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      Floral showhouse all decked out for Christmas

      From Niagara This Week: There’s some tiny inhabitants amongst the poinsettias and other flowering plants populating the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse in its annual Christmas display. The display, which runs until Jan. 12 at the showhouse located along the Niagara Parkway, is for a second year showcasing miniatures obtained by the Niagara Parks Commission from…

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      Pictures of Nightmares Fear Factory

      Last year Graham posted about how some pictures taken at Nightmares Fear Factory had gone viral. Well, I just saw the picture online again. It’s interesting that they are still out there. You can see them on the Houston Chronicle website.    

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        A Visit to Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks

        Two weeks ago I had a chance to go through Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks. I’ve posted about Tussaud’s several times, and it was nice to go through it. The first thing that you notice is that all of the figures are out in the open. You can put your arm around them and pose with them….

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        Twitter updates for 2010-09-16

        It looks like one of the first holes at the new Dinosaur Park Adventure Golf is being done. http://twitpic.com/2p0umy # It is a dull, rainy day today, but the weather looks decent for Fri/Sat/Sun # The latest Man v Food show was shown the other day. It was filmed at Mick & Angelo's on Lundy's…

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        Official Wallenda Walk Date Established

        Many news outlets have articles about the official Wallenda Walk date. Here are a few: Niagara Parks Blog – Official Wallenda Walk Date Established Niagara This Week – It’s on! Niagara Falls Review – It’s official! Wallenda walk June 15

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