Remember the people mover?

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission’s green people mover buses keep chugging along. They have been in service for about 22 years, shuttling tourists along the Niagara Parkway from one attraction to the next. The bodies are getting old, seats are getting worn and the air conditioning doesn’t blast ice-cold anymore. But…

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      Niagara Falls has disappeared

      You’d almost think that Greg Frewin was performing today. The Falls have entirely disappeared! Yesterday was cool and rainy in the morning and then it warmed up in the afternoon. Today is quite warm, and so there is fog over the water, but no where else. Walking along Queen Victoria Park is as clear as…

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        Niagara Falls Rescue (CNN video)

        I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that recently a man was rescued from the Niagara River. CNN has a video clip that shows some of Niagara Falls and shows where he was rescued. The video is about 1 minute long. Note that CNN uses pop-ups so you may have to adjust your blocker.

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          Duty free fighting GST cuts

          From the Niagara Falls Review: With Niagara Falls $35 million closer to a convention centre, the federal government’s plan to keep the GST rebate program for conventions and group tours is good news to those who feared millions of dollars in cancelled reservations. But Chuck Loewen has little reason to celebrate. Loewen is general manager…

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            Convention centre would generate $93 million: advocate

            From Niagara This Week: A new convention centre for Niagara Falls could generate at least $93 million in new revenue for the economy and wouldn’t cost the city a cent, says the man heading the drive for the facility.But federal and provincial funding is crucial to the project moving forward. “The private sector dollars have…

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              Niagara Falls Video: Butterfly Conservatory

              My video of the week is usually done on Wednesday, but as I mentioned, this week is a little different. There are actually 2 videos this week. Both of them are of the Butterfly Conservatory. This is one of the few attractions that I’ve never been to, but I hope to correct that this year….

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                Concrete evidence of hotel; Work on 58-storey Niagara Hilton continues in carefully choreographed work exercise

                From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourists watched with keen interest as the cement trucks kept arriving and the concrete continued to be poured into a giant hole Wednesday on Fallsview Boulevard. Construction workers were busy pouring the foundation for the expansion of the Hilton Niagara that will be 58 storeys. “Everything has been going great,”…

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                  Forecast: Balmy and fun in Niagara Falls

                  From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: The weather outside was frightful earlier this month when we ventured up to Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, with blowing snow and single-digit temperatures. But inside the Americana Conference Resort and Spa, it was a balmy 84 degrees. Americana’s Waves Indoor Water Park, opened in 2004, was the first…

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                    Slow posting for the rest of the week

                    I am on vacation this week, and so will not be around the main tourist area much for the rest of the week. I’ve posted what I can, but probably won’t have many more posts the rest of the week, unless there are some news stories online. I also will probably be able to post…

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                      Attend Our 1st Anniversary Party and Save $50!

                      On Friday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls. They will be celebrating their first anniversary: You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.

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