From the Niagara Falls Review: One more illusion. One more long night to get through. Once magician Greg Frewin deals with his Blades of Fire, the three-week marathon is over. But it won’t be easy. It’s the big finale of his CBC special, and there probably isn’t a worse place to be in Niagara Falls…
From Canoe Travel: As my boyfriend Mauricio and I drove along highway 420 to Niagara Falls, Ont., I could see it in the distance: Canada’s tallest hotel tower, rising 500 metres above the ground and now open at the Hilton Hotel & Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. It’s impossible to miss the 53-storey tower as you…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Helicopters president Ruedi Hafen’s “quick-thinking and airmanship” were the reasons he was a finalist for Aviator of the Year, but he just couldn’t edge out the compelling story of U. S. Airways pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger. “I feel really good to be chosen as the only helicopter pilot in…
From a Canadian Press article found at Yahoo! Canada News: A new public skating rink will open next month “a stone’s throw from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls,” say organizers of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights. The outdoor Rink at the Brink, two-thirds the size of an NHL rink, will be located…
From a Marketwire press release: On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, Dean Allison, Member of Parliament for Niagara West-Glanbrook, today announced the Government of Canada’s investment of more than $170 000 to support the Winter Festival of Lights as part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program. “This is exciting news for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A man who waded into the water about 120 metres above the Horseshoe Falls was convinced to come back to shore by a Niagara Parks Police officer and city firefighters Thursday. The incident occurred around noon-hour near Table Rock House, when a tour bus arrived at the usual stop on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Outdoor skating is on its way to Table Rock. The Niagara Parks Commission has approved a plan by the Winter Festival of Lights for the ‘Rink at the Brink,’ putting a 20- by-40-metre sheet of ice next to the Horseshoe Falls. Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio envisions a family…
Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including pictures): Even if I have been here before, I was still excited when I found out that our former officemate in SGS would drive us to Niagara to see The Great Falls. I was excited for my family especially the…
LIFE.com has some great shots of natural wonders, including this one of Niagara Falls…
From the Niagara Gazette: After a man was stopped from jumping into the Niagara River and plummeting over the Horseshoe Falls Tuesday night, emergency personnel were unable to stop another man’s attempt Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, it seems that the police are keeping busy with this sort of thing…