“Wow June already……”

    Thomas Burnside has a Windows Live Spaces blog. He recently came to Niagara Falls and wrote about it: It’s been awhile since I updated my blog….. I went to Niagara Falls with my friend Nando… We stayed in the Imperial Hotel and Suites … Was very nice… just one issue… when I went to check…

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      Fire forces hotel to evacuate guests

      From the Niagara Falls Review: An electrical fire forced about 200 guests to evacuate Great Wolf Lodge early Monday evening. Patrons stood in front of the Victoria Avenue hotel for about three hours after a “major electrical fire” broke out inside a massive electrical panel system shortly after 6 p.m. Platoon chief Jim Bredin said…

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        Tourism’s troubled waters

        From the Toronto Star: Tucked between Screamers House of Horrors, a $12.95 prime rib special and a slew of motels with heart-shaped Jacuzzis is a near-empty parking lot where the attendants, on the first Saturday in June, are parked on lawn chairs. The odd vehicle cruises by on the once-gridlocked main drag. Mike Piccirillo, who…

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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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            Passport delay a relief for local operators

            From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s tourism industry let out a collective sigh of relief over the weekend in light of the latest delay in the controversial passport issue. The U.S. government Friday voted overwhelmingly to delay implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) until at least the summer of 2009. The plan had been…

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              Hotel workers march through Niagara Falls

              From the Niagara Falls Review: Hotel and restaurant workers from across Ontario marched through Niagara Falls Saturday. Protesters ended the march with a rally in front of the Sheraton on the Falls hotel, owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels. UNITE HERE, the labour union representing hourly employees at three Canadian Niagara Hotels properties, has been in…

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                Angling from edge of Niagara’s reel heaven

                From the Toronto Star: Most people don’t know it, but tucked within one of the world’s great tourist meccas is a fishing spot delivering wilderness majesty and year-around sport to any angler bold enough to venture there. But, be warned, fishing the Whirlpool is not for the faint of heart. Quite literally – anyone with…

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                  Supercharged loonie takes flight against the dollar

                  From the Buffalo News: The Canadian dollar has soared to its highest value in 30 years, and experts predict it soon may be worth as much as its American cousin. That’s bad news for area residents who rely on the strong American dollar to lower the real cost of the Chinese food, theater tickets and…

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                    Implementation of WHTI passport plan bumped back to summer 2009

                    From the Niagara Falls Review: Within minutes of receiving word the controversial passport law had been delayed until summer 2009, Arlene White spread the good news. With a few clicks of her computer mouse, the executive director at the Binational Tourism Alliance instantly notified some 5,000 associates that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has been…

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                      Dead pixel board

                      What a waste! At the corner of Victoria Avenue and Clifton Hill/Centre Street is a pixel board attached to the Classic Iron Motorcycle Museum that has been covered up with a sign. I guess the pixel board broke and they couldn’t be bothered to fix it (too expensive?).

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