City convention centre ‘a natural:’ Finance minister

    From the Niagara Falls Review: A convention centre in Niagara Falls is a “meritorious” idea to boost tourism but shouldn’t leave taxpayers on the hook for unexpected costs, says federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. “We don’t need any white elephants that taxpayers end up having to foot the bill for in the long term,” Flaherty…

    Read More

    Dinner at Sparks Steakhouse – Part 1

    Back in August I blogged about a new restaurant in Niagara Falls, Sparks Steakhouse. This used to be the location of The Beef Baron on Centre St, but at some point it had re-opened as two separate restaurants. One portion of the building is Maharaja Grand which sells South Asian (Indian) food, while another part is Sparks…

    Read More

      Switchover to new blogging platform

      Rather than drag this out, I’ve decided to just go for it. Sometime tonight I will change the blog over from b2evolution to WordPress. I’ll try to setup some redirects on the server to keep the feeds going, but if you find that you haven’t received any new feeds, then please come back to the…

      Read More

        Niagara Tourism Expo

        The biggest mall in the Niagara Region is The Pen Centre, located in St. Catharines. This weekend (Saturday and Sunday) they are having a Niagara Tourism Expo. There are many of the regional entertainment destinations that have tables and/or displays setup. HOCO was there promoting their Clifton Hill attractions (they were even giving away free…

        Read More

        Wallenda will train in Niagara County for tightrope walk

        From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda will train in Niagara County for his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls later this summer. Wallenda, in Albany Thursday to meet with state legislators, told The Buffalo News that he is dropping plans to train for the event on an airport runway in Pittsburgh and instead scouting locations in…

        Read More

          Cirque Niagara reopens its big tent

          From the Niagara Falls Review: True to its word, Cirque Niagara has pitched its tent for a second summer in Niagara Falls. When this high-flying Russian circus was announced last year, naysayers wondered if it would happen. When it opened, there were doubts it would survive. When it wrapped up in October, there were rumours…

          Read More