Ontario casinos offering buyouts to 92

This is kind of old news, but WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo reported on some changes at Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino: Casinos in Niagara Falls, Ontario have offered buyouts to all 92 slot attendants. That includes workers at both Casino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview Casino. Workers have until Tuesday, Feb. 5 to decide whether…

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Six spectacular Canadian moments

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.)

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More than 100K NEXUS cards issued in Niagara area

From the Associated Press (via the New Jersey Herald): More than 100,000 NEXUS cards have been issued in the Buffalo-Niagara region to speed border crossings. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a youth hockey player from Niagara Falls, Ontario became the 100,000th NEXUS cardholder on Friday. An event was held to celebrate the milestone. Buffalo…

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Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls reach deal on voluntary payments to municipality

From Bullet News Niagara: The Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls have settled a two-year spat over voluntary payments that the provincial agency makes to the municipality in lieu of property taxes. With no public discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting (the matter was passed in a bulk reading of bylaws) Niagara Falls politicians…

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Plans for Zip lines at Niagara Falls

From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Plans are underway for a new zip line attraction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, but first the idea has to pass muster with the community. The Niagara Falls Review reports that residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the plan in two public meetings to be held…

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Tightrope walk, gay weddings, casinos? Niagara Falls open to anything for economy’s sake

From the Associated Pres (via Canada.com): In recent years, Niagara Falls has thrown open its doors to casino gambling, gay weddings and a tightrope walk that, until laws were relaxed, would have meant arrest. It even briefly considered taking in toxic wastewater from hydraulic fracturing… With its spectacular natural wonder — the famous waterfall that…

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Parking tickets draw Wallenda’s ire

So, last week WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo had an article about how the City of Niagara Falls (New York) was preparing for Nik Wallenda’s walk: People are already lining the streets to see the Great Wallenda practice at the Seneca Niagara Casino for his June 15th trek across the gorge. Mayor Paul Dyster said…

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