From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism may not be as prominent an issue in this provincial election as it was in 2007. But candidates representing the three major parties looking to form government after Oct. 6 are adamant they’re not overlooking an industry they say is so vital to Niagara’s economy. During the provincial election…
From the Toronto Star: Ontario’s Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision ordering Marineland to return a killer whale to the Florida water park that loaned it out. In July, an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered the Niagara Falls amusement park to return Ikaika, a 9-year-old male orca, to SeaWorld, the Orlando, Fla.-based…
From the Globe and Mail: After our umpteen day trips escorting overseas visitors to Niagara Falls, it’s hard to imagine there could be anything new to see. But this time we’re doing it differently – just us, with two kids aged 1 and 3 in tow, and for a three-day stay.
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
Yesterday I posted a press release about escape artist Steve Santini appearing at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. I was able to go down and see it. I got there just after 11 am (it was supposed to start at 11 am), and he had already done…
Yesterday I posted a few links to articles about Nik Wallenda and how Governor Cuomo has approved his proposal. If you are interested, here are bunch more links. Note that many of them use material from the Associated Press, but then add in their own comments: Niagara Frontier Publications – Statement from Wallenda and Western…
From the Niagara Falls Review (not really an article… just a video): Niagara Falls Review reporter Tony Ricciuto was taken for a ride in a 500 HP Dodge Charger on Saturday in the upper parking lot of the Skylon Tower. The car was in town for an exhibition to mark the one year anniversary of…
A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue.
Last week I received this press release about an escape artist who will be at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum on Clifton Hill tomorrow (Tuesday, September 27, 2011). I hope to be there to see it. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist to perform The Dagger Trap, Live on Sept….
From the Buffalo News: The Flying Wallenda who wants to cheat death with a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls will get his wish, at least with the blessing of New York state. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation today permitting Nik Wallenda’s bid to walk 1,800 feet across the falls on a two-inch wide steel…