Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante expanding?

As a follow-up to my “Center Gift Shop” torn down for a parking lot posting last week, regular visitor Drafty found a document on the city web site (or here if the city website link changes) that indicates that Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante will be expanding into the space where Center Gift Shop was. A…

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Marineland faces animal cruelty charges:OSPCA

From Niagara This Week: Marineland was charged Monday with six counts of animal cruelty, but the company dismissed the allegations, accusing Ontario’s animal welfare agency of acting on behalf of “a band of discredited activists.” The latest charges, filed by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, relate to a number of…

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SEARCH ENGINE: Hanging three million lights

From the Niagara Falls Review: Q: How long does it take to put up the Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls? I’m also curious as to where they are stored in the off season. A: It takes more than two times longer to put up all those lights than it does to take them down….

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Dollar Day returns to Niagara Falls

From Niagara This Week: It all started with a cough that wouldn’t go away for Angela Morris. “They started thinking I had pneumonia,” Morris, a Grade 9 student at Stamford Collegiate Secondary School says. As it turns out, doctors at Niagara Health’s St. Catharines site found it was something completely different — and life changing…

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Colour Me Canada colouring book

So called “adult” colouring books are quite popular these days. Mandalas are very common, and let you colour in a beautiful design pattern. It seems that as these sorts of colouring books have come to the market, it has also improved the kids colouring books as well. A good example of that is the Colour…

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Outdoor skating rink a hit with community

I know this isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but I posted about it before, so I figured I’d post this follow-up: From Niagara This Week: The outdoor skating rink at Fort George is turning out to be a real hot spot. Since being opened in partnership by Vintage Hotels and Parks Canada last month…

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