Niagara Falls Blog

I’ve posted a couple of times about the changes at the Travelodge in order to make room for a snack bar of some sort. Well, the place still doesn’t look very fancy, but at least it has a name: The Pit Stop.

I have no idea when they will be opening, but they sure are making slow progress:

I did a search at Google News for the keywords John Daly Niagara Falls and it returned 174 results. Try it for yourself. It sure made for some good publicity for the area!

From the Toronto Sun: here are some birds up there swirling around as the sun goes down for the day — and there is a man walking between two hotels on a wire. You kind of have to do a double-take. It’s not something you see every day, although every day — weather permitting —…

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…

I have subscribed to the newsletter of several area hotels, but so far I’ve only received the Clifton Hill Resorts Update. This is done by the people who own the Comfort Inn and Quality Inn on Clifton Hill, along with the Great Canadian Midway, Boston Pizza, and other outlets. I just received the August 2005…

They keep popping out! From the Niagara Falls Review: Xena the beluga whale has become a mother for the second time. Xena’s latest calf, a male who is still without a name, was born at 4:32 a.m. Monday at Marineland’s Arctic Cove. The baby whale is the third beluga born at Marineland this summer. On…

From the Niagara Falls Review: Fast-food outlets like McDonald’s or Tim Hortons could have a future at Niagara Parks Commission properties, the old hydro generators near Table Rock could become museums and ice-skating could become a winter attraction if the commission embraces some of the suggestions received through public consultations held earlier this year. Be…

The Toronto Star (see the very last part of the article) is reporting that “266,000 watched John Daly hit golf balls into the Niagara Gorge Wednesday on Sportsnet.” [the link is from me… it was not in the original Toronto Star article]

From NorthernLife.ca (be sure to visit the site to see the pictures): Niagara Falls, so much to do, so little time Story and photos By Marg Seregelyi Niagara Falls is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and one of the most popular tourist attractions to visit in southern Ontario. You could spend a…