From the Associated Press (via Native American Times): Casino operators and local officials in Canada say business is already hurting and worry that if New York approves casinos upstate, both sides of the border could face economic struggles. The Buffalo News reports that competition, a weaker dollar and a more restrictive border since the Sept….
From the Sunday Times (UK): Niagara Falls, Ontario Go here: The king of Canadian spectacles, Niagara is a terrifying spectacle. (It’s actually not one but three falls, clustered around the Niagara Gorge; the two smaller cataracts are in the US, but the biggest, Horseshoe, is in Canada, and a roaring giant, 900m wide.)
From the Niagara Gazette: The final week of the 2012 calendar is featuring quite a few youthful visitors in Niagara Falls. More than 2,000 youth and adults from across the United States and Canada have piled into area hotels, restaurants and convention halls for the Joshua Revolution 2012 Conference “Niagara ’12 The Last Trump.” The…
From NorthJersery.com: Our trip started with sightseeing on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, then we toured Toronto, had family fun-time on Horseshoe Lake in Minden and shopped in Kingston. (I know this isn’t much of an article, but it’s always good to see Niagara Falls mentioned. It means some people came and they are…
For the 10th year Rocky Horror Show is returning to a live stage at Oh Canada Eh?. This is becoming a Halloween tradition. The event is also a fundraiser for AIDS Niagara. From the Bullet News Niagara: Every now and then, Craig Maguire doesn’t mind dressing up in women’s clothes — especially for a good…
From the Buffalo News: A group of tourists on their way to Niagara Falls a decade ago would first notice the crumbling city streets. Then came the seedy hotels and shuttered attractions of a ghostly downtown. It looked nothing like the kind of place millions of world travelers flock to each year. But as Lt….
From the Niagara Falls Review: Walter Urban now has the weight of the world off his shoulders. Well, not quite the weight of the world, but the weight of a 14-passenger business jet at least. As part of CBC’s Sports Day in Canada on Saturday, the Guelph resident set a new Guinness World Record by…
From a PR Web press release: Niagara Scenic Tours, a leading New York motor coach company, recently announced that the day tour company it owns has published its winter tour schedule. Know How Tours, a division of Niagara Scenic Tours, offers the largest selection of one day motorcoach tours in Buffalo, N.Y. and the surrounding…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two months after making history, wirewalker Nik Wallenda will be back in Niagara Falls Wednesday. For an invite-only event at Bravo Pizzeria (7:30 p.m.), Wallenda will have a concrete impression made of his feet, to be placed in the daredevil exhibit at the newly-renovated Niagara Falls Museum. Wallenda’s walk across…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Who — or what — has helped to put Niagara on the map? Here’s a list of a few notable people — and products — that have brought Niagara to the forefront. Nik Wallenda: The world watched on June 15 when Wallenda successfully walked 550 metres from the U.S. to…