From Niagara This Week: The weekend GO trains which ran into St. Catharines and Niagara Falls during the past two summers will become a regular occurance. Earlier this month, GO Transit announced the summer service, which saw four trains a weekend coming to the region from Toronto, will become a part of its regular network….
When Falls the Coliseum (“a journal of American culture[or lack thereof]) has some information on planning a trip to Niagara Falls (including the person’s own itinerary): We recently took a summer family vacation to Canada. Did you know it’s a different country? It is! You even need passports. We had a great time in Toronto…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Wanted: Niagara Falls residents with a video camera to help capture the essence of their community on tape and share it with a large audience of public television viewers across Ontario and Western New York. No experience necessary. WNED Buffalo/Toronto has selected the Cataract City as the subject of the…
From a Newswire press release: The Falls Avenue Resort has launched a “We Love Toronto” campaign that will see proceeds donated to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. The hotels located on the Falls Avenue complex have prepared an exclusive offer for residents of Toronto and the GTA that will benefit both guests…
From the Niagara Falls Review: With yet another long weekend behind them, some local tourism officials like what they’ve seen from the summer so far. “Everybody seems to be up slightly (from this time last year),” said Niagara Falls Tourism chairman Wayne Thomson. “Rates for accommodations are not what they used to be, but I…
From the Buffalo News: A state secret more closely guarded than the agenda of the recent G-20 summit in Toronto finally was cracked Monday. Yes, the Obama girls, Malia and Sasha, did visit the Canadian side of Niagara Falls on Sunday, along with their grandmother, Marian Robinson. The White House on Monday confirmed the visit…
This comes from a press release I received from the Skylon Tower: Look out…. ‘the world’s most rock ‘n roll car rally ever staged’ is coming to the Skylon Tower Niagara Falls, Canada! On Saturday, May 1 the flag will drop at Waterloo Place on the Pall Mall in London following a day of celebrity…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As volcanic ash continues to ground aircraft across much of western Europe, travellers stranded in Canada are finding ways to pass the time. For Nick Haynes, he decided a visit to Niagara Falls was in order. Haynes, international director at BRE (Building Research Establishment) Group, and Rufus Logan, director of…
Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We weighed out our options for a long weekend away: Toronto, Niagara Falls, Camping Trip. We’d done TO a few times before, so we weren’t super-excited about another stay at the SoHo. We also don’t own any camping equipment and have a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The cure for Niagara’s tourism blues this summer might be a bunch of dead bodies. If Linus Hand’s hunch pays off , they’ll come by the busload to see them. After months searching for the right venue, Hand is bringing the world-renowned Bodies … The Exhibition to the former Gerbers…