Rink ready to rock

From the Niagara Falls Review: It won’t take long for the city’s newest ice rink to heat up. A three-month battle of the bands competition starts next Thursday at Rink at the Brink, the new outdoor facility that opened near Table Rock Wednesday. Rock the Ice Nights will run every Thursday until a champion is…

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Sullivan laying low after latest falls stunt

From the Niagara Falls Review: Daredevil Dean Sullivan is back in town. Sullivan filmed two stunts this month in which he used his face-first rappelling technique to jump from the top of the Niagara gorge, near the Horseshoe Falls. “(Wednesday’s) was great. It was awesome. It was fantastic. It took me a couple seconds,” he…

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Delegation from ‘Great Wall’ visits Table Rock

From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s a new picture hanging inside Table Rock House -one that symbolizes the friendship and co-operation between two famous attractions a world apart. On Thursday, Niagara Parks Commission chairman Jim Williams, Mayor Ted Salci and Regional Chairman Peter Partington welcomed a delegation from China’s YanQing County and the Badaling Great…

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‘Rink at the Brink’ gets the thumbs up

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…

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Helicopter’s tour above Niagara ‘totally rocked’

From the Vancouver Courier: Two teenagers, one day, one natural wonder of the world. With our vacation time running out in Toronto, our family makes a mad dash to Niagara Falls. Our plan is simple: get there early, stay late, see as much as we can. Of course, “early” is a relative term with teenagers….

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