Limited construction expected at Niagara Falls bridge crossings this season

From WBFO News: Cross-border travelers have more than Canada’s sesquicentennial to celebrate this summer. Canada’s history is going to change recent history on the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission’s three crossings this summer.

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Just say Yes: Hall of Famers headed to Niagara Falls

From the Buffalo News: Days after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, members of the legendary progressive rock enclave Yes have announced a date at the Seneca Niagara Casino. Though the group performed at the UB Center for the Arts last fall beneath the moniker Anderson Rabin & Wakeman, when Jon…

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Photography business rising from the ashes

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was a nightmare. K.J. Dong Jia was at home on January 15, 2016 when he received a call from his alarm company. A fire, deliberately set, had swept through his themed photography business on Victoria Avenue near Clifton Hill. “I came right away,” the 35-year-old father of three recalled….

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Casino concerns bring Niagara officials to Queen’s Park

Wow… it doesn’t matter what side of the river you are on, everyone seems to be concerned about casino revenue and related jobs! From the Niagara Falls Review: The day after the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation started a process to find new operators for Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino, a delegate from Niagara…

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Jet boats take to Niagara River for early season

From the Niagara Falls Review: Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours launched five jet boats into the Niagara River Tuesday to get prepared for the summer season of taking people into the river rapids.

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Future home of 5000-seat theatre

Regular visitor drafty left a comment on another post about the future home of the Fallsview Casino 5000-seat theatre being where the Best Western Fallsview is. Here is the notice of public meeting as seen outside the hotel:

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