Canadian parks police pull man from waters above Horseshoe Falls

From the Niagara Gazette: An apparent suicidal man was grabbed by Canadian emergency personnel Sunday night as he stood in the waters above the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Niagara Parks Police Service officials report that about 6:30 p.m Sunday they were alerted to a man standing waist-high in the waters of the upper Niagara…

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A visit to Niagara Falls USA

From the Norwalk Reflector: My wife, Jodie, and I are celebrating our 20th anniversary. We were married Aug. 3, 1996 and honeymooned in early October of that year, taking an East Coast cruise that included stops in Rhode Island, Maine and Nova Scotia before returning to New York City. So to celebrate our 20th, we…

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ZAVITZ: Aero car has had an ‘exhilarating’ century

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was like a sunny island in the midst of gloomy seas — a happy news story at a time when most of the news, especially if it came from the European war front, was decidedly depressing. That “happy” story was on the front page of The Niagara Falls Review…

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20160620 Trip to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium

One week ago my family headed out to check out the Ripley’s attractions in Niagara Falls. These include Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, Ripley’s Moving Theater, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium. Our last stop was Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium. Note: To view images from our trip, visit the 20160620 Trip to Ripley’s Believe It…

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The story of the Niagara River: The water wonder of the world

From the Globe and Mail: Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, Pierre Trudeau, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Shirley Temple, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Charles Blondin, Wild Bill Hickok, Laura Secord, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Sir Harry Oakes, Jimmy Stewart, Princess Diana … Bit characters all – in a story in which the main character has…

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Crane being lowered into Niagara Gorge

From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Crews in Niagara Falls are hard at work getting the Maid of the Mist ready for the winter. The tour boat company must remove its vessels from the lower Niagara River before the water freezes over. But before that can happen, a giant crane from Germany has to be…

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Well O’ Canada, I think I’ve fallen for Niagara, eh?

From The Queensland Times: I CAN now tick Niagara Falls off my bucket list. The natural wonder of the world which is shared by Canada and the USA is nothing short of perfection. But while anything as incredible as this place is always capitalised on, fortunately this does not detract from its beauty. I walked…

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