Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours Newsletter (20100804)

Last Wednesday I received the latest email newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. You can sign up for their newsletter by entering your email address in the “Signup” form on the left side of most of the pages of the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours web site.

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    High Times closed/moved

    I know how much you are all interested in this topic 🙂 so here is the last update (at least I hope it’s the last). The original store is closed… …and has moved… …down the street… (We had figured as much, but in the beginning, the original store didn’t say that they were moving).

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      Tourism numbers reflect a tough year in Niagara

      From Niagara This Week: Tourism officials in Niagara are calling 2006 a tough year as the sun sets on the industry’s busiest season. With numerous attractions including world-class golf courses, the Journey Behind the Falls, restaurants and gift shops along more than 1,700 hectares (topping 4,000 acres) of parkland along the Niagara River from Fort…

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      Heat turned up on Diodati over Paradise project

      From Niagara This Week: The city’s mayor has been accused of lobbying Premier Kathleen Wynne on behalf of the group proposing a $1.5-billion development on property that is home to more than 200 acres of provincially significant wetlands. “I did not know that you were lobbying the Premier,” Coun. Carolynn Ioannoni told Mayor Jim Diodati…

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        Ripley’s and Guinness now owned by same company

        Jim Pattison, the Canadian Billionaire, has owned the various Ripley’s rights for a while now. He has also had a long association with Guinness museums (including in Niagara Falls). Well, apparently he has taken it one step further and on Friday purchased the Guinness Book of “It gives us another iconic global brand that works…

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          Niagara Falls Video: Horseshoe Falls

          The video of the week today is a video I filmed yesterday. It is actually 3 small videos that I merged together in one. I was walking along the parkway and took a video near the bottom of Murray Hill, then moved closer to the Horseshoe Falls and took another video. I then went right…

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            Wilkins to talk border security

            From the Niagara Falls Review: With growing concerns over Washington’s plans to require all travellers entering the U.S. to carry a passport or similar documentation by 2008, tonight’s visit to Niagara Falls by the United States Ambassador to Canada will have the close attention of businesses on both sides of the Niagara River. David Wilkins…

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              Tourism, you’re either in or you’re out! – Part 1

              If you visit this web site regularly, you know that the commentors have opinions, some of the very strong! On a recent post, regular commentor Fallsview wrote, “I could personally write a 3 page letter with my own thoughts about what I think it will take to turn it around.” Well, here’s his chance. He…

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