Opening set N.F., Ont. convention center

From Buffalo Business First: Just a few days before the grand opening of the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Kerry Painter is able to finally get rid of her hard hat and steel-toed shoes as she walks around the building. The 288,000-square-foot Niagara Falls, Ont. convention center is that close to opening. Crews inside and outside the…

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Season’s Greetings From Safari Niagara – $11 Kids Season’s Memberships – Limited Time Offer

A week and a half ago I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. To subscribe to “Yak It Up”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.

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    Finishing touches to some restaurants

    None of these are anything significant, but the restaurants that have recently opened (or in the case of Montana’s are soon to open) are indeed open for business, but they aren’t quite finished with the building. The Spicy Olive Bar + Grille now has railings out front Cafe Tu Tu Tango has pictures up on…

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    Twitter updates for 2010-04-20

    @Hilton_Niagara I visited the Floral Clock on Friday but it doesn't look that good yet in reply to Hilton_Niagara #

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      $4-million tourism plan targets border

      From the Niagara Falls Review: A $4-million, multi-city campaign to boost enrollment in the Nexus program is being spearheaded by the Binational Tourism Alliance. Executive director Arlene White said she hopes the campaign, which includes newspaper, radio and television advertising in markets in Ontario, New York State, Michigan and Ohio, will lead to a tenfold…

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        Border Crossing Takes Less Than Ten Minutes, No Passport Required, Says Easy Crossing Council

        From PR Newswire (via Yahoo!): Border Crossing Takes Less Than Ten Minutes, No Passport Required, Says Easy Crossing Council Friday August 5, 11:28 am ET Report reveals misconceptions about delays and passport requirements by U.S. Citizens at Canadian/U.S. Border Crossings NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ — In a report prepared to combat negative perceptions…

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        Zimmerman Fountain is running

        Yesterday I posted about someone getting the Zimmerman Fountain ready. Well, shortly after that I was walking past the fountain, and it was filled and working. Nice!

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          T&C MaC: Ontario 2007- Day Two

          A person with a Blogger blog posted about their trip to the Niagara Falls. They stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake and visited many of the sites in Niagara Falls. The person posted a lot of pictures, with short captions under each one.

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          Niagara Falls: All Dried Up – CBS News Video

          This 20-second video shows some pictures of when the American Falls were “turned off” in 1969. There are lots of sites that are showing these pictures. Gizmodo is another good place to look as they have a posting with a couple of pictures, a CNN video, as well as other links.

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