From Niagara This Week: The region’s crucial tourism industry is salivating at what officials are confident will be a massive year after years of struggles. At the kickoff of Tourism Week at the Ontario Travel Information Centre next to the QEW in St. Catharines on Tuesday, optimism for a boon year for tourism practically oozed…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Jeff Gordon’s final career winning stock car made a pit stop in Fort Erie this week. Following the Motorama Custom Car and Motorsport Expo held from March 11 to 14 in Toronto, the Hendrick Motorsports transporter, carrying Gordon’s 2015 #24 AARP Member Advantages Chevy SS NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car…
From Bullet News Niagara: The Canadian Motor Speedway is moving ahead even though an approximate $60-million commitment from the provincial government that would cover costs of needed infrastructure improvements in the area of the 823-acre project in Fort Erie has not been provided. The widening of thoroughfares in the area of the proposed project and…
Here is an interesting article from Reed Construction Data about developments in the Niagara region: For anyone who hasn’t visited Niagara Falls in a decade or so, the most astonishing initial sight is skyscrapers rising into the clouds to the east of the Queen Elizabeth Way. The city has changed dramatically, with luxury high-rise hotels…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two Fort Erie landowners whose property is needed to develop the Canadian Motor Speedway are waving the red flag, but speedway director Azhar Mohammed says plans for the track are proceeding full throttle. Mike Racey and Richard Jukosky own two pieces of land near the QEW and Bowen Rd., that…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Council is petitioning the province to properly maintain Highway 420, one of the main tourist arteries into Niagara Falls. The appearance of the highway, which connects the QEW to the city, has been a thorn in city council’s side since Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation did some highway work in 2003….
From the Toronto Star: Ikaika the killer whale was escorted out of the country in a procession worthy of a head of state. A witness said he counted at least 14 Niagara Regional Police cruisers, with lights flashing, two transport trucks and a crane slowly escorting the 9-year-old male orca from Marineland toward Hamilton airport…
If you travel into or out of Niagara Falls in the direction of Fort Erie/Buffalo, then you have driven by Niagara Go-Karts. Since it isn’t in the main tourist districts of Falls Avenue, Clifton Hill, or Fallsview Blvd, you may not have considered it, but you should. A week or so ago I went there…
From Bullet Media: Niagara Falls may be one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, but many visitors, even those from this country, just want to take a fast look at the water, buy some icewine, and head down the QEW to Toronto. And that’s a serious problem, says Niagara Parks Commission Chairwoman Fay Booker….
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls may be one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, but many visitors, even those from this country, just want to take a fast look at the water, buy some icewine, and head down the QEW to Toronto. And that’s a serious problem, says Niagara Parks Commission Chairwoman Fay…