From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: From Rochester: About 90 miles. Attraction: The Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, Ontario, running through Jan. 4, features holiday light displays, live concerts, fireworks and special events. The outdoor displays are lighted from 5 p.m. to midnight, including an “Enchantment of Disney” display.
From the Niagara Falls Review: After writing half a dozen news stories about the $750,000 rink, it was time to see firsthand if the new ice is all it’s cracked up to be. (Check out the video tour of the rink on The Review’s website). Having grown up near Ottawa’s famous Rideau Canal, the world’s…
From Niagara This Week: The Stanley Cup is coming to Niagara Falls. A slogan for the event being passed around the city is “two icons, one location.” The Hockey Hall of Fame put together a package specifically for the 27th year of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights at the Rink on the Brink…
From Jaunted: The Pop Culture Travel Guide: Even though the winter storms have started to blow across North America, believe it or not that now is a great time to visit Niagara Falls. Ideally you’d want to drop by one of the nation’s biggest tourist traps during warmer weather, but if you’ve already been during…
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…
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…
From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Long winter nights are welcome in Niagara Falls when over 3 million lights and hundreds of glittering displays will cast a colourful glow across the city. Matching their brilliance is a star-studded season of entertainment that includes the November 12 Niagara Falls Comedy Fest, Christmas…
From the Niagara Falls Review: You’ll need to lace up more than just your boots for this year’s Winter Festival of Lights. An outdoor skating rink is the big addition to the festival’s 27th year, which opens Nov. 7. Located next to Table Rock along the Niagara Parkway, the 18-by- 36-metre rink will open in…
From a Marketwire press release: On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, Dean Allison, Member of Parliament for Niagara West-Glanbrook, today announced the Government of Canada’s investment of more than $170 000 to support the Winter Festival of Lights as part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program. “This is exciting news for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Outdoor skating near the brink of Niagara Falls could become an “iconic” winter attraction the way it has in New York City’s Central Park and Rockefeller Center, says Winter Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio. The festival is firming up arrangements for the Rink at the Brink, an outdoor skating…