Eastern Canada tour, 8 nights, $1,709

    MSNBC has a Budget Travel article about an Easter Canada tour that includes a visit to Niagara Falls: The next morning, you’ll head south for a 90-minute bus ride along the shores of Lake Ontario to iconic Niagara Falls. Upon arrival, the group will board the Maid of the Mist for an hour-long boat ride…

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    Niagara Falls was the ideal place for a proposal

    From The Times of West Virginia: Some proposals are cute. Some are spontaneous. Others are unexpected. And some are so downright romantic, others pale in comparison.

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    City wants safer bet for casino workers

    From the Niagara Falls Review: St. Catharines is joining Niagara Falls and the Region in an effort to protect casino jobs. Councillors unanimously backed a motion by St. George’s Coun. Mike Britton calling on the province to halt its current process for selecting the next operator of the two Niagara Falls casinos.

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    Newsflash – October 2012 – Halloween at the SCCN

    Earlier this week I received the latest newsletter from the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara Falls.

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      A Life on the Run: Niagara Ultra 50 km-summary

      Someone with a Blogger blog who likes to run, posted about a recent run through Niagara Falls: The Niagara Ultra is one of my favorite races. The course is beautiful (even with this year’s modification I refused to embrace…and thus ended up running 60+ km!). The course follows a recreation path along the Niagara River…

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      Changes at Lodge Inn & Suites

      I mentioned a couple of months ago that Boccelli’s might be for sale. Well, the restaurant is closed right now undergoing renovations. There are also renovations being done on the main Lodge Inn & Suites building, as well as the motel portion.

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      Weak Canadian dollar means paying more at border

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The prolonged weakness of the Canadian dollar means people paying more to cross the border. Effective May 15, Canadian tolls for passenger vehicles will be increased to $4.00 Cdn from the current $3.75 rate. The U.S. tolls will remain at $3.25 U.S. The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, which operates the…

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        “Bugalicious” With Kevin O’Neill

        Yesterday I posted a couple of links to articles about the event at the Butterfly Conservatory called Bug-a-licious Insect Food Festival. WGRZ, a Buffalo TV station, sent one of their reports and there is a video you can see of him at the press day. You can check it out on the WGRZ web site.

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        Twitter updates for 2009-11-14

        I'm out for a walk (currently on Stanley Ave) wearing a very light jacket. It's so nice out I'm boiling with it on! # There is some kind of dance competition on this weekend. There are lots of tween and teen girls with fancy outfits and glitter on their face # Lots of people around…

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        A year after walk, Falls officials balance expectations, realities of Wallenda’s walk

        From the Niagara Gazette: …Saturday was the one year anniversary of Wallenda’s historic walk over this city’s giant waterfalls, and an informal Gazette survey showed that while the impact of the media storm of publicity last year is still unclear, the good news is that the city is now able to take advantage of additional…

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