From Niagara This Week: For a pair of local youngsters, it was a chance to hang for a few minutes with Katy Perry — at least a wax rendition of the pop singer anyway. “Everything!” Brooke Annette said when asked what she liked about the annual Museums Dollar Day for Cystic Fibrosis. “Everything is great,”…
I think in the summer at some point I tweeted a photo or two of a new dinosaur that was being put in at the back of Dinosaur Adventure Golf on Clifton Hill. Here is a gallery showing some pictures of the dinosaur as it was being constructed and lifted into place. They also have…
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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…
Surprisingly this article from the Sudbury Star talks about Harry Oakes but doesn’t mention at all his time in Niagara Falls or his contributions to the city, and the many locations that are named after him. For those who don’t know, Harry Oakes is connected to Oakes Garden Theatre (at the foot of Clifton Hill), Oak Hall (the…
I know it is only the 23rd of December today, but I’m pretty sure I’m done posting for the year. I’m off now until the first week of January and will be enjoying a break with my family. 2016 was a difficult year for the blog and website. I was tempted on numerous occasions to…
Last week I received the latest Clifton Hill Update email newsletter. To get your own copy of the newsletter, fill out the Clifton Hill Newsletter form at the bottom of every page of the Clifton Hill web site.
There used to be paving stones (interlocking bricks) along Victoria Ave near the top of Clifton Hill, as well as a grass area. Recently that was all dug up and the fence for the new go-kart development has been moved out closer to the street.
Last week I received the latest Clifton Hill Update email newsletter. To get your own copy of the newsletter, fill out the Clifton Hill Newsletter form at the bottom of every page of the Clifton Hill web site.
On Clifton Hill beside the Fudge Factory and underneath Boston Pizza are a couple of concessions… Sweets & Treats and Spuds Hot Dogs. They are currently closed, undergoing some kind of renovations. 15