Pokemon Go helps boost tourism at Niagara Falls to all-time high

From Syracuse.com: Everyone who makes their living in the tourism industry in the Niagara Falls area is talking about it. Summer 2016 was reported as an all-time high, with the Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, assisting over 103,000 people, a 16 percent increase over 2015. “I watched the old movie ‘Niagara’ with Marilyn Monroe and…

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Experience Niagara Falls’ Positive Energy This Weekend

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.

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A New Video On The Citizens’ Campaign To Save Thundering Waters Forest In Niagara, Ontario

From Niagara at Large: Niagara, Ontario documentary filmmakers Jon Lepp and Stacey Koudys are working on a documentary they are at least tentatively calling ‘The Paradise Project’ about the growing citizens battle to save hundreds of acres of forest, savannah and wetlands known as the Thundering Waters Forest in Niagara Falls. Here is a quick…

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Canadians call for Niagara to be recognized as 8th wonder of the world

Last week I received the official press release about the #claimthe8th campaign Canadians call for niagara to be recognized as 8th wonder of the world 78 per cent of Canadians support local Tourism Partnership of Niagara initiative to claim elusive title NIAGARA, CANADA (August 9, 2016) A recent national poll by Ipsos Reid gauged Canadians’…

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Biz crowd flying high over air service

From the St Catharines Standard: Bookings have begun rolling in for upcoming flights connecting Niagara and Toronto — and it comes as no surprise to Mishka Balsom. The president and CEO of Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce believes the air service offered by Greater Toronto Airways announced Tuesday will be a “great benefit” to the…

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Final Tragically Hip show to be broadcast in Queen Victoria Park

From Niagara This Week: Add Queen Victoria Park to the list of places across Niagara where Tragically Hip fans can go to see the band’s final show. The CBC’s Tragically Hip: A National Celebration will be shown Saturday, Aug. 20 on two large screens in the park overlooking the Horseshoe and American falls. Admission is…

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“See! Niagara Falls” – NS&T railway information

The St Catharines Museum is right by one of the big Welland Canal locks, so many of you may have been there at one point or another. It is a nice little museum that has a fair amount of artifacts on display. This is a photo of one of the displays that is specifically related…

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