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Printed from the Buffalo News

There’s something for everyone on Clifton Hill
By TONI RUBERTO
News Staff
8/20/2006

CLIFTON HILL, Ont. – There he was – Brad Pitt.

It didn’t matter that he was a bit shorter than expected – surprisingly awfully close to my eye level. Or that Russell Crowe, apparently just a few inches taller than my statuesque 5-foot-5 frame, didn’t fare much better.

It didn’t matter, either, that these were wax figures. Just the idea of standing face to wax face with Brad, Russell, Denzel, Madonna, Julia and Herman Munster, too, was pretty exciting.

The life-size statues inside Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks are heaven for anyone who loves to stargaze. The fact that you can get up close to the majority of these intricately made wax figures is fascinating. (Be sure to bring your camera and strike a pose with your favorite.)
Walk through an elaborate garden party on the second floor of Tussaud’s where Madonna, Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise are all lounging about in their Sunday best. Even if they are wax, it’s difficult not to want to size yourself up next to the waiflike Hollywood beauties (Halle Berry’s not that skinny, you’ll try to convince yourself).

Welcome to life on Clifton Hill, the amusement park-like playground just on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont. Here, you can revel like a kid in wax museums (Tussaud’s, Movieland) and scare factories (House of Frankenstein).

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Printed From: Niagara This Week

NIAGARA FALLS — Tourism officials in Niagara are calling 2006 a tough year as the sun sets on the industry’s busiest season.With numerous attractions including world-class golf courses, the Journey Behind the Falls, restaurants and gift shops along more than 1,700 hectares (topping 4,000 acres) of parkland along the Niagara River from Fort Erie to Niagara-on-the-Lake drawing millions of people each year, the Niagara Parks Commission is one of the major tourism attractors in the region. But with a forecasted 12 per cent drop in traffic in 2006, which equates to a five per cent drop in revenue, even Niagara Parks is feeling the sting from a mediocre year, said Executive Director Joel Noden.

“There’s been a slight increase in Canadian tourists but there’s been a real decrease in American tourists,” said Noden. “Americans spend three times (in Niagara) what a Canadian would spend.”
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Found on Canada NewsWire, Aug 22, 2006

Attention News/Assignment Editors:
Media Advisory – Minister of Energy celebrates wind tower plant opening

FORT ERIE, ON, Aug. 22 /CNW/ – Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan will be
joined by Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop and DMI Industries president Lars
Moller to open Ontario’s first dedicated wind tower manufacturing plant.

DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

TIME: 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Event is at the DMI facility located at 2677 Winger Road, Stevensville, Ontario. From Toronto/Hamilton take the QEW Highway west toward Niagara Falls / Fort Erie. Take Exit 12 – RR25 W / NETHERBY RD. Travel west on Netherby to Winger Rd. Turn left on Winger Rd. Go south on Winger Rd to DMI facility.

Disponible en français
www.energy.gov.on.ca

For further information: Steven Erwin, Minister’s Office, (416)
325-3546; Sylvia Kovesfalvi, Communications Branch, (416) 327-4334

NIAGARA FALLS — A plan to turn the former Niagara Falls Armoury into a military museum is on schedule and will probably be open by the Victoria Day long weekend in 2007, says the head of the city’s board of museums.The armoury, located at 5049 Victoria Ave., is undergoing a transformation from a recruitment and training facility to a centre which celebrates the military heritage of the city.

Garry Beck is leading a local group of veterans from the air force, the navy and the army, which will set up a selection of military-themed displays on the first floor of the old armoury. Beck said the group, Niagara Military Museum, has access to enough artifacts to fill the old armoury and plans to set up displays for each of the three military forces for when the museum opens. It also has plans to expand to include displays on cadets, aboriginal involvement in the military and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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As found in the WNED-AM 970 NEWS website, August 18, 2006

Niagara Falls Could Attain National Heritage Designation

Mark Leitner
BUFFALO (2006-08-17) Congresswoman Louise Slaughter was in Niagara Falls this afternoon, where she was joined by a number of Falls government officials and civic leaders to announce the introduction of House legislation that would, if approved, designate Niagara Falls and some nearby sites in Erie County as a National Heritage area.

Such a designation would pump federal funding into the region, heighten
national appreciation for the region, and hopefully act as an economic catalyst for the region.

A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Charles Schumer.

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As found at Commercial Property News, August 14, 2006

$300M Resort Expansion Planned for Niagara Falls
August 14, 2006
By Dees Stribling, Special Correspondent

Grand Niagara Resort Inc., a partnership that owns and operates a new golf course in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is planning a C$300 million expansion of the facility. At its completion, scheduled for 2010, the 800-acre complex will include another golf course, a Hilton hotel, conference facility, time-share condos, homesites, a winery and a pair of manmade lakes.

“The biggest driver for the development is that the area is lacking a 12-month conference destination,” Graham Cocking, director of sales and marketing for Grand Niagara, told CPN this afternoon. “Also, there’s a tremendous demand for a full-service golf resort.”

According to Cocking, the Grand Niagara development will be the first such full-service golf resort built in Ontario in the last two decades. The development will also benefit from the fact that Niagara Falls is already an established tourist–and more recently, meeting–destination, he noted.

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As found at Canadian News Wire

Attention Business Editors, Retail Writers:
Expose Yourself to More Savings … Canadian Dollar Buys More at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls (Formally Prime Outlets); The Dollar is at a 10-Year Low, Giving Canadians More Buying Power in the U.S.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., August 10 /CNW/ – Canadians can build a wardrobe for
less by driving south to the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls (formerly Prime
Outlets). Featuring over 150 stores including Polo/Ralph Lauren, Burberry,
Anne Klein, Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue, Tommy Hilfiger, Jones New York, and
Coach, the Fashion Outlets is conveniently located across the United States
border off of Interstate 190. It takes just 90 minutes to drive from Toronto,
and currently no passports are required for U.S. and Canadian citizens (all
other countries need valid passports).
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls offers name brand clothing for less, and
with the favorable exchange rate(1) the Canadian purchasing power is extended.
At the Coach Factory Store, a Soho Bag is typically priced at $328 and is now
priced at $299. Purchasing the same bag at a full-priced retail store in
Canada would cost $367.49. The popular knit polo shirts at Polo/Ralph Lauren
are typically priced at $65, but at the Outlets it sells for as low as $39.99.
The regular price in a Canadian store would cost $72.83. By shopping the
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, a saving of over $100 on these two items is
realized.
For even more savings, the Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet carries an
Escada Cardigan that retails for $1,120, but is currently priced at $447.90.
Burberry carries a Belted Jacket that typically retails for $699 and is
currently priced at the outlet for $549. The exchange rate savings on these
two items is over $200.
The Calvin Klein outlet store has jeans that retail for $49 and are
currently on sale for $39.99. Not only is there a savings of $10 off of the
regular retail price, you save another $5 with the exchange rate. At the
Guess? Factory Store, jeans that typically retail for $60 are priced at
$44.99, and another saving of $5 with the exchange rate. Fashion Outlets of
Niagara Falls invites you to expose yourself to more savings on designer
fashions(2).
The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls is located 90 minutes south of
Toronto, just off of Interstate 190 at Exit 22. Shopping Hours: Monday to
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For a complete store
listing and driving directions visit www.fashionoutletsniagara.com. You may
also phone toll free 1-800-414-0475.
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(1) Exchange rates quoted are provided by www.bankofcanada.ca currency
converter as of 8/8/06.
(2) Prices and products quoted are subject to in-store availability.
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For further information: Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls Karin
Zimmerman, 716-297-0933 or 1-800-414-0475 (U.S. & Canada)
kzimmerman@fashionoutletsniagara.com

As posted on Canadian News Wire

Attention Fashion/Lifestyles/Assignment Editors:
Ogilvy hosts a retrospective for designer John Warden

MONTREAL, Aug. 9 /CNW Telbec/ – Designer John Warden will be honored for
his career work with a retrospective and fund-raising cocktail in the Tudor
Hall at Ogilvy’s in Montreal, on August 29.

This event will celebrate the designer’s 40 years in the Quebec Fashion
world. Born in Niagara Falls, John Warden has spent all of his career in
Montreal, working mostly with Quebec manufacturers and is considered one of
the Quebec designers that has contributed most to the popularity of our
fashions abroad. His work has been recognized by the local industry and by
many International Fashion Awards.

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WHERE: OGILVY,
TUDOR ROOM ON 5

WHEN: Tuesday, AUGUST 29, 2006

TIME: 7 PM

PLEASE USE ENTRANCE ON DE LA
MONTAGNE ST. BEFORE 7:30 PM
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For further information: Media, Please confirm your presence: Ingrid
Saumart, (514) 490-0206, In Communications

From The Star

A gigantic bore, but not dull

The world’s largest boring machine is about to chew a 10-kilometre
tunnel through solid rock at Niagara Falls, to tap more clean power for Ontario

Aug. 7, 2006. 07:33 AM

TYLER HAMILTON

ENERGY REPORTER

Tomorrow morning marks the official christening of Big Becky, a gigantic boring machine that will soon begin its two-year mission of drilling a 10.4 kilometre tunnel about 140 metres under the city of Niagara Falls.

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Below is a photo of the Niagara Falls Tunnel Project in its early stages.

For more photos on the Niagara Falls Tunnel Project development click here.

NiagaraFrontier.com offers some detailed information on the tunnel project development, and we recommend you visit their information page which is located here