Skating

Graham on December 8th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Rink at the Brink will offer a free skate event Tuesday in support of Niagara food banks.
Residents of Niagara can enjoy a complimentary skate rental and parking on Tuesday with proof of residency and a food or cash donation to Project SHARE, Community Care or the Hope Centre.

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Graham on December 2nd, 2009

On Saturday I walked down to the “Rink at the Brink” to take a few pictures. It was around 1 pm, and there were about 15 people skating. I had read the article in the Review about the fences, and they’re right! It is very difficult to actually get in.
This first picture shows the fences, [...]

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Graham on November 27th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
The unmistakable sound of winter in Canada -metal cutting into ice -will blend with the roar of Niagara Falls when the Rink at the Brink opens today.
After two weeks of getting it ready, the Winter Festival of Lights attraction will open on Niagara Parks Commission land, creating a new winter attraction [...]

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From a Canadian Press article found at Yahoo! Canada News:
A new public skating rink will open next month “a stone’s throw from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls,” say organizers of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights.
The outdoor Rink at the Brink, two-thirds the size of an NHL rink, will be located across from [...]

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Graham on September 19th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Outdoor skating is on its way to Table Rock.
The Niagara Parks Commission has approved a plan by the Winter Festival of Lights for the ‘Rink at the Brink,’ putting a 20- by-40-metre sheet of ice next to the Horseshoe Falls.
Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio envisions a family attraction similar to [...]

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Graham on June 1st, 2009

From the Buffalo News:
After failing to make money by redeveloping the Wintergarden, Joseph Anderson is giving winter in Niagara Falls another try.
Anderson, the Tuscarora cigarette and gasoline magnate, is building a 49-foot snow tubing hill on Main Street in the Falls. Scheduled to open next month, it would operate year-round. The city’s newest attraction also [...]

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Graham on May 26th, 2009

From RochesterHomepage.net:
The city of Niagara Falls is becoming the host to the region’s only year-round snow park.
Snow Park Niagara opens June 15th, and will feature winter activities such as skating, tubing and sledding and a “snow play area.”

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