From Niagara This Week: Starting next month, Chinese visitors will have Chinese mobile payment options at Niagara Parks attractions. After a procurement process, OTT Pay Inc. was selected as the preferred vendor, catering to the emerging Chinese tourism market. The agreement was finalized with a signing ceremony on March 14. Once implemented, Niagara Parks will…
From Niagara This Week: The battle to stop a U.S. plan which threatens to cripple tourism in Niagara isn’t over yet and may still be winnable. That was the consensus among business and political leaders who met in the Queen’s Landing hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake Friday to discuss how to address new U.S. legislation that will…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Spongebob Squarepants has moved from his pineapple under the sea in Bikini Bottom to a sunny spot in the Niagara Glen. Among his neighbours are The Simpsons and Dora the Explorer. Gen. Isaac Brock and several members of his army are just a few steps away. They’re among 500 wooden…
I saw this billboard for Niagara’s Fury (the first one I’ve seen) on Stanley Avenue between Murray Hill and Robinson St.
From Niagara This Week: I had no intention of chowing down on creepy crawlies being offered Saturday afternoon at the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory. But after witnessing several children chomping on the critters I got up the nerve to take a bite. A small slice of pizza wouldn’t ordinarily scare me off, however one topped…
From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: Yesterday Marineland welcomed the first regular surprise inspection by the new Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) zoo inspectors, as part of the new framework for monitoring of animal care developed with the Government of Ontario, the OSPCA and Canada’s…
From Niagara This Week: True to the name, charities did reap from an annual fundraiser that allows Niagara residents to take advantage of cut rate hotel rooms in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati was busy Tuesday, handing out cheques to 18 different organizations who all shared in the $131,075 raised by 2013’s 10th…
Let’s finish the week with a nice photo courtesy of Earthsky.org. Click the screenshot to the the full-size image.
From WSTM-TV: Witnesses told State Parks Police that a man went over Niagara Falls yesterday afternoon. They reported seeing a man, who appeared to be in his 40s or older, going over the Horseshoe Falls near Terrapin Point. Lieutenant Peter Radwanski tells The Buffalo News this afternoon that nobody has been recovered.
I submitted a couple of videos to the Google Video website. After what seemed to be an eternity, they were finally approved. Here’s the first one for your viewing pleasure: This is on a Tulsa, OK site, but it is a nice video of the fireworks over Niagara Falls. It was done in December of…