From the Niagara Falls Review: The Tourism Industry Association of Canada has shortlisted Niagara Falls Tourism as a finalist in the 2017 Canadian Tourism Awards. This acknowledgement comes after the success of its summer 2016 #ExploreNiagara social media campaign. The awards are presented annually by the association and the Toronto Star to recognize success, leadership…
From the Toronto Star: I tried to do it all — the mazes and minigolf and midway and magic. I rode on a zip line, a ferris wheel, a cable car and a helicopter. I lunched at a rotating restaurant, looking down at tumbling tumultuous water, then out at the distant towers of downtown Toronto….
From the Toronto Star: Unroll your yoga mat on the observation deck at Journey Behind the Falls, and try out the Horseshoe Falls position. Not my thing, but go for it if you do yoga 🙂
I get Google Alerts for things that pertain to Niagara Falls. Neither of these stories are particularly tourism-related, but were still interesting, so I figured I’d share them… Niagara Gazette – A daughter’s journey: Minnesota woman’s trek to Niagara Falls turns up gift of family she never knew Pam Edwards, a native of Grand Rapids,…
From the Toronto Star: A Niagara Falls aquarium is expanding so it can breed and protect the threatened Humboldt penguin.
From the Toronto Star: Since its inception in 1867, Canada has welcomed newcomers from all walks of life, although perhaps less enthusiastically in recent years. As millions prepare to celebrate the country’s July 1 birthday, here are some things that immigrants and visitors have to try while in the great white north… 4. Visit Niagara…
From the Toronto Star: The thunder of the waterfall roared in his bones, but Will Gadd kept climbing. Moments later, along with Sarah Hueniken, who followed him up, Gadd completed the first-ever ice climb of Niagara Falls, a feat that earned the champion climbers praise and attention from around the world. “This is absolutely the…
From the Huffington Post: Even if you don’t care about beluga whales or how animals are treated in captivity, you may still be interested in what’s happening at Marineland. In this age of widespread protest — from the Occupy Movement to the Québec student protests to the Arab Spring — Marineland reminds us that it…
From the Toronto Star (includes a video): On the one-year anniversary of the Star’s Marineland investigation, reporter Linda Diebel discusses the story so far — from the whistleblowers, to the government response, to the lawsuits.
From the Toronto Star: Ask foreigners what they think about when Canada is mentioned, and the answer is likely to be Niagara Falls. It’s the image that most defines us, for better or for worse, and no matter how inaccurately.