In an octopus’ garden

From the Niagara Falls Review: The latest addition to Marineland is an anomaly of sorts. Its newest ride features a giant purple octopus with 12 — not 8 — tentacles. The Ocean Odyssey opened at the end of July and, so far, families are enjoying the colourful amusement park ride. “It’s probably the most likeable…

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Bigger N.F., Ont. trolley planned

From Buffalo Business First: An expanded Niagara Falls, Ont., people-mover system could be ready for tourists by next spring. Niagara Falls Mayor Ted Salci said he is confident that a few remaining issues, mostly centered on financing the rubber-tired trolleys, can be worked out in the next few weeks with his own city council, as…

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All quiet on the Hill

From the Niagara Falls Review: The theme-park kitsch of tourist mecca Clifton Hill seems tailor-made for late singing and dancing great Michael Jackson. It’s easy to picture the 50-year-old svelte superstar – who did, after all, live in a virtual amusement park called Neverland – slithering down the incline of the money-sucking street in a…

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