Dinner in Niagara Falls

    This was posted recently on the Chow Hound web site: Known more for the casinos than the chow, does anyone have any dinner suggestions? I am tempted to keep it safe and go to the Keg, but would love to hear of any decent alternatives, a little more high-end if possible. Visit their site to…

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      Council scraps downtown proposal

      From the Niagara Falls Review: City council formally scrapped the Strategic Implementation Plan, the controversial downtown revitalization plan they’ve spent a year and a half trying to get off the ground. Instead, revitalization efforts will concentrate on a “scaled back” version of that plan focusing on the eastern end of Queen Street, not the entire…

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        Topple Tower almost open at Marineland

        Marineland is notoriously slow in opening new rides or attractions. They announced a while ago that there would be a Topple Tower ride. It was supposed to be ready last year, and it still isn’t ready. I was at Marineland on Friday (I’ll post pictures and info later this week), and Topple Tower is in…

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          Niagara Freefall at Hooters

          One of the attractions that was announced years ago, but has yet to materialize, finally looks like it’s going forward. There is a Hooters restaurant on Stanley Avenue right by the Fallsview Casino is building a wind tunnel so that you can indoor skydive. They’re calling it Niagara Freefall and Interactive Centre. The website says,…

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            Whales can’t adapt in captivity: NAFA

            From Niagara This Week: It was Saturday morning and outside Marineland it was business as usual. The parking lot was filled with cars, the screams of children could be heard from a nearby ride and visitors were fanning themselves to keep cool in the heat. Beyond the theme park’s property, however, about 30 individuals were…

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              Tim Hortons 2007 calendar

              This is not a great picture (taken with my camera phone), but it is off a 2007 Tim Hortons calendar I saw in a store. Each month has a picture of a Tim Hortons location (near the ocean, beside a mountain, etc) and the June 2007 picture is of the Tim Hortons on Clifton Hill….

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                Nice day for a 20-storey stroll

                From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s amazing. It’s great. And the fact he does so much to help children around the world makes his death-defying feat all that much more spectacular. Those were just a few of the comments made by spectators Thursday afternoon as they watched wirewalker Jay Cochrane make the first of his…

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                  Mtl_Shag Niagara Falls photoset at Flickr

                  As I’m always on the lookout for good Niagara Falls sites, I came across a Flickr collection the other day for someone with the username Mtl_Shag. This person came to Niagara Falls 6-9 months ago, and took some nice pictures of the Falls in Winter. There are also other Niagara Falls pictures as well.

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                    Time for Niagara to seriously look at new markets for tourism

                    From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s tourism industry continues to suffer a hangover from significant events of years past – the SARS outbreak and 9-11. Compounding these lingering effects are issues like confusion about the need to show identification when crossing the border, the rising loonie and the end of a GST exemption for visitors…

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                      “Marvel Adventure at Niagara Falls, Ca, anyone been?”

                      A popular Disney discussion board recently had someone post a question about Marvel Adventure City. He wanted to know if anyone had been and what the cost was. There weren’t a lot of responses, but it was interested to see what other people’s perceptions are. One response was: The views from down in the gorge…

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