From the Niagara Falls Review: The man behind the Canadian Motor Speedway project is banking on a groundbreaking by the beginning of winter. Executive Director Azhar Mohammad said while the results of the Ontario Municipal Board’s decision haven’t been released yet, he’s remaining optimistic. “There really wasn’t any opposition,” he said of the hearing that…
Honeymoon Suite will be releasing a new album later this year that they have called Clifton Hill “in honor of the ‘Falls’, where Johnnie and [Derry] started out many years ago. We felt the music had a renewed energy and somewhat of a creative return to the HMS of the 80’s. So we thought the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Theory of a Dead Man will take centre stage later this month at the annual Fort Erie Friendship Festival. News that the Vancouver-based trio will be performing has caused “quite a bit excitement,” said Lyn Royce, resource development officer with Fort Erie Festivals. Singer Tyler Connolly, guitarist Dave Brenner and…
I know I’m late with this, but as they say… better late than never. At the beginning of January, I posted that the Winter Festival of Lights had been extended for a week and that I was hoping to get out and take some pictures. I did indeed take some pictures, and I’ve finally gotten…
The 6th floor is up at the Motel 6 that is being built on Stanley Avenue. It is the last floor. I’m not sure how many rooms fit on a floor, but it’s probably only a 15-20, so it looks like the hotel will have around 100 rooms. As far as I can tell, the…
From Niagara This Week: Employees at the Scotiabank Convention Centre could be excused for wanting to have their cake and eat it, too. Staff were marking the centre’s second anniversary, and a brief cake cutting ceremony was held to celebrate. Mayor Jim Diodati joined board chair Wayne Thomson and SCCN president and general manager Kerry…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has been fair, open and transparent so far in a procurement process that will eventually lead to the selection of an organization to operate boat tours in the Niagara gorge, says a government-appointed fairness commissioner. In the first of what is expected to be four reports,…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Waterpark Resort. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the “Stay Informed with the Americana Newsletter” link on the left of the every page of the Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.
Last Monday I received an email newsletter from the Greg Frewin Theatre about Suzie McNeil’s concert tomorrow night: To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the Greg Frewin Theatre Mailing List page.
@hnhniagara Yes, I was by the other day and posted a couple of pictures on the blog in reply to hnhniagara #