Sophistication at Fallsview Casino Resort

From the Toronto Sun: Well known for its glitzy casino — the largest and most elegant in Canada with 3,000 slot machines and 130 gaming tables — Fallsview Casino Resort has also earned a much-deserved reputation as one of the finest hotels in Niagara Falls. Every year since it opened in 2004, the Hotel at…

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American side of Niagara Falls to go silent

From North Country Public Radio: Parks officials in New York are planning a project of historic significance: temporarily shutting off the American Falls. That will dramatically alter a natural wonder that attracts millions of tourists from around the world. The Niagara Falls State Park project is designed to replace two pedestrian bridges that are over…

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Another slow week (or more) of posting

I’m on vacation again now until about 10 days from now, so there probably won’t be a lot of postings. Actually, I do have a fair number already scheduled (including this one), so you might not even notice I’m gone 🙂 While I’m off, I will be doing a couple of Niagara Falls-related things. On…

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Boxing Day 2013

In Canada we celebrate Boxing Day. It is generally a shopping day, so that’s probably where I am at the time you are reading this 🙂 Credit: The image came from http://jis.gov.jm/calendar/boxing-day/ on 20131221

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Cochrane Launches Skywalk 2012

From WBEN AM: He’s been walking tightropes for 50 years, and Jay Cochrane will be spending his summer walking over a part of Niagara Falls, Ontario. He’ll be walking each night for 12 weeks from Niagara Fallsview Hilton Hotel’s north tower to the top of the Skylon Tower, 600 feet in the air. Cochrane says…

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Secrets of ‘The Office’ Wedding

From “The Morning Call” TV Watchers blog: Visitors to Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, N.Y., were pleasantly surprised last Thursday when they walked onto the set of NBC-TV10’s “The Office” and found actors John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer taping a scene for the upcoming season’s fourth episode, according to The Buffalo News… Fischer’s makeup was…

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    Congresswoman offers hope for border: Ignore Chertoff, he’ll be gone by 2009

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Terrorism kills tourism. But it doesn’t have to, New York State congresswoman Louise Slaughter said in response to Canada’s secretary of state for small business and tourism assertion that the country’s tourism woes are a direct result of the tight border. Tourism industry insiders have to continue to accentuate the…

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    Cuomo Talks Toppling Taxes, Defends Thruway Signs, Tourism in Niagara Falls

    From Time Warner Cable News: …Cuomo says he won’t stop his call for development on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, despite a petition calling for the park to remain focused on nature and having funds instead go toward other parts of the city. Cuomo says the state is still pushing forward with a request for…

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    Twitter updates for 2009-12-04

    Only a few days left to send in your contest submissions on "Why do you love Niagara Falls?" http://bit.ly/4NdNI2 #

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