From Niagara This Week (includes photo and video): The city needs to do better after an estimated 80,000 people choked off travel in the city on Canada Day, Mayor Jim Diodati says. “We never had a transportation plan like we do for New Year’s Eve or did for the Wallenda walk,” he said after the…
From Niagara This Week: The city plans to explore all “available legal avenues” with the hopes of getting the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to halt the process of procuring a new operator for Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. At a special council meeting on June 22, council voted unanimously in support of…
From Niagara This Week: There will be no shortage of things to do to help celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in the city on July 1. Festivities will centre on Queen Street and will include everything from the country’s newest citizens being sworn in to a parade, music, games, live entertainment, fireworks and, of course, birthday…
From Niagara This Week: A 54-year-old man was airlifted to a Toronto hospital after he left the trail and tried climbing the headwall at the Niagara Gorge and fell. Just after 7 p.m. Sunday, emergency responders were called to the Niagara Glen at 3050 Niagara Pkwy. in response to a 911 call. It was learned…
From Niagara This Week: The city has secured funding from the province to help with the costs associated with the annual New Year’s Eve concert in Queen Victoria Park. Earlier this year, staff submitted a funding request to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Celebrate Ontario program and was approved. The city will receive…
From the Niagara This Week: They did it again. For a sixth straight year, the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview has earned the hotel chain’s President’s Award. The Niagara Falls hotel was selected from among more than 150 properties across the globe. The award is presented annually to the properties that achieved top scores in…
Speaking of daredevils and the risks they take… From Niagara This Week: A man who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls without protection in 2003 has died after he went over again, this time inside an inflatable ball. Police tell the Syracuse Post-Standard the body of 53-year-old Kirk R. Jones was found in the Niagara…
From Niagara This Week: A half-marathon and television taping will result in a number of road closures along the Niagara Parkway and Clifton Hill over the next week. Following are closures and lane reductions that are scheduled:… Niagara Falls Women’s Half Marathon — Sunday, June 4 Live with Kelly & Ryan Television Broadcast WEGO Service…
From Niagara This Week: Organizers of the Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights say extra funding from the city will allow for the festival to expand its programming for the 2017-18 event. On May 9, city politicians approved a request for $300,000 in additional funding so organizers could expand programming to mark a number…
From Niagara This Week: The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls. Five years after Nik Wallenda walked over the falls on a high wire, aerialist Erendira Vasquez Wallenda plans to dangle by her teeth from a helicopter as it flies over Niagara Falls.