October 2, 2006 22:09 - Niagara Events- October 2 - October 8
Oct 6, 2006Queen Victoria Park
Pizza Pizza Falls Fireworks
10 pm
Location: Queen Victoria Park
Price: FREE
Canada's longest running fireworks will light up the Falls every Friday and Sunday until October 8. Please remember the fireworks are weather dependent.
Old Fort Erie
Friday Night Frights
A ghost tour through the Old Fort 9:00 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: $5 per person 5 & under free
Old Fort Erie will host "Friday Night Frights", a ghost tour through the Old Fort. Visitors will enjoy a candle lit journey through time, as a costumed interpreter leads them through the Fort shocking them with tales of ghosts, gore, fighting and phantoms. Fun for all ages!!! (This is not a Haunted House, so parents need not worry about the little ones being too scared). Phone reservations are a MUST. Limited space available. 905 871-0540.
Oct 8, 2006
Queen Victoria Park
Pizza Pizza Falls Fireworks
10 pm
Location: Queen Victoria Park
Price: FREE
Canada's longest running fireworks will light up the Falls every Friday and Sunday until October 8. Please remember the fireworks are weather dependent.
October 8, 2006 20:49 - Niagara Events - October 9 - Oct 15
Oct 14, 2006Laura Secord Homestead
Doors Open Niagara
11 am to 4 pm
Location: Laura Secord Homestead
Price: FREE
Be a tourist in your own backyard and discover the wealth of architecture and wonderful stories that Niagara has to offer. www.doorsopenniagara.com
Oct 15, 2006
Laura Secord Homestead
Doors Open Niagara
11 am to 4 pm
Location: Laura Secord Homestead
Price: FREE
Be a tourist in your own backyard and discover the wealth of architecture and wonderful stories that Niagara has to offer. www.doorsopenniagara.com
October 11, 2006 19:55 - Goulish Gourds at the Butterfly Conservatory?
Halloween is coming. And that brings to mind gourds, pumpkins and other items we just associate with this time of year.
If you had enough forsight to have planted some pumpkin seeds, you might have the extra satisfaction of carving your very own home-grown pumpkin. We did that a couple of years ago and it was special.
If you are interested in gourds, pumpkins and squashes - how they grow, their history and uses today - the Butterfly Conservatory is the place to be on Oct 21.
You will even get a chance to carve a pumpkin. The Niagara Falls Review has all the details.
NPC offering Ghoulish Gourds workshop
Niagara Falls Review, October 10, 2006
The Niagara Parks Commission will host a Ghoulish Gourds workshop at the Butterfly Conservatory from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 21.
The event will offer information on how gourds, pumpkins and squash grow, from learning how the seeds germinate to seeing the fruit on the vine.
Students will learn the history of gourds and how they were used as household items in the past, as well as how they are used today.
They will also have the opporunity to do a ghoulish craft, just in time for Halloween.
For ticket information and to reserve a space, call the NPC at 877-642-7252, ext. 3.
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October 15, 2006 22:17 - Niagara Events - October 16 - 22, 2006
Oct 20, 2006Old Fort Erie
All Hallow's Eve
8 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: Adults $8.50 plus GST, children $4.50 plus GST
Venture out to Old Fort Erie to experience the traditions of Hallowe'en, brought to life through the Ghosts of the Old Fort. This event sells out quickly! Reservations are required. For tickets and information call 905 871-0540.
Oct 21, 2006
Old Fort Erie
All Hallow's Eve
8 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: Adults $8.50 plus GST, children $4.50 plus GST
Venture out to Old Fort Erie to experience the traditions of Hallowe'en, brought to life through the Ghosts of the Old Fort. This event sells out quickly! Reservations are required. For tickets and information call 905 871-0540.
Oct 22, 2006
King's Bridge Park
Niagara Parks Schools Marathon Challenge 2006
10 am run
Location: King's Bridge Park
Price: FREE
Adult runners usually train for 6 or 7 months to get prepared physically and mentally to run the 42.195 km of a marathon. The kids registered in the Niagara Parks Schools Marathon Challenge will run a combined total of 40 kilometers from the start of school in September to the day prior to the running of the Fallsview Casino International Marathon. On race day, they will finish their marathon distance on the same course as the international runners competing in this year's race. Upon finishing the marathon, each runner will receive a Finisher's Medal and custom designed T shirt. For more information call 1 877-642-7275 press 3 for Events.
October 16, 2006 22:17 - General Brock Parkway has nice ring.
It seems only fitting that one on Niagara's most renown historic figures receives a little extra recognition. Highway 405, which runs on the south side of Queenston Heights when General Brock died in battle, will now be renamed in his honour.
It will now be named General Brock Parkway.
Corey Larocque of the Niagara Falls Review has all the details on how this came about, why and who played an important part in making this happen.
Hwy. renamed General Brock Parkway
COREY LAROCQUE
Niagara Falls Review, October 14, 2006
For thousands of children whose families drive into Niagara, there will be a "teachable moment" when they ask "who is General Brock?" says Ontario Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield.
She formally renamed Highway 405 after Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, a hero of the War of 1812, during a ceremony at Queenston Heights Friday. Blue signs with white lettering and the shield from Brock's coat of arms will be posted at both ends of the road that connects the Queen Elizabeth Way and the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge.
General Brock Parkway runs along the south side of Queenston Heights park, the site of the battle where the military commander of Upper Canada was fatally shot. He was leading an uphill charge from Queenston against American invaders who crossed from Lewiston and took the high ground.
About 14,000 vehicles a day travel along the highway, Cansfield said. Giving drivers and passengers reason to think about Brock will promote Canadian history.
Read the whole article.
October 22, 2006 19:23 - Niagara Events - October 23 - October 29
Oct 26, 2006Queenston Heights Restaurant
First Annual Showcase of Niagara Parks Chefs and Apprentice Cooks
5:30 pm Reception ~ 6:30 pm Dinner
Location: Queenston Heights Restaurant
Price: $100 (inclusive tax and gratuity)
This unique dining experience will showcase the talents of Apprentice Cooks at all levels learning here at Niagara Parks. The proceeds raised through this dinner will be used to create a new scholarship fund to support Apprentice Cooks. Dinner will include a six-course meal featuring the best offerings of Niagara produce paired with local Niagara wines selected by the renowned David Lawrason from the new Queenston Heights Restaurant Collection. For tickets please email events@niagaraparks.com or 905 371-0254 EXt. 3
Oct 27, 2006
Old Fort Erie
All Hallow's Eve
8 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: Adult $8.50 plus GST Child $4.50 plus GST
Venture out to Old Fort Erie to experience the traditions of Hallowe'en, brought to life through the Ghosts of the Old Fort. This event sells out quickly! Reservations are required. For tickets and information call 905 871-0540.
Oct 28, 2006
Old Fort Erie
All Hallow's Eve
8 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: Adult $8.50 plus GST Child $4.50 plus GST
Venture out to Old Fort Erie to experience the traditions of Hallowe'en, brought to life through the Ghosts of the Old Fort. This event sells out quickly! Reservations are required. For tickets and information call 905 871-0540.
Oct 29, 2006
Old Fort Erie
All Hallow's Eve
Start Date: 2006-10-27 End Date: 2006-10-29
8 pm
Location: Old Fort Erie
Price: Adult $8.50 plus GST Child $4.50 plus GST
Venture out to Old Fort Erie to experience the traditions of Hallowe'en, brought to life through the Ghosts of the Old Fort. This event sells out quickly! Reservations are required. For tickets and information call 905 871-0540.
October 25, 2006 21:25 - Will Niagara Falls downtown renovation mean expropriation?
Now that the revitilization plan for downtown Niagara Falls moves closer to reality, what happens to the current businesses in the areas slated for revitilization? Will they be given a fair shake?
Or are they going to be forced out and their properties taken at below market prices for an outside investor's benefit.
The Niagara Falls Review has all the details, some of which have been highlighted below.
Progress downtown means selling: Retailer; Owners like idea of negotiation, not expropriation for revitalization
JENNIFER PELLEGRINI in the Niagara Falls Review October 21, 2006
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Aldermen and business owners have been reacting this week to a city staff report leaked to The Review. The Property Acquisition and Disposition Plan, which identifies more than 60 downtown properties that might be required to realize Lichtman's Historic Niagara plan to create a retail district along Queen Street.
Negotiating sales is the starting point and preferred solution for the properties, and the report indicates some private properties are "likely available for sale." But others might require the city to use its expropriation powers, it states.
The plan was discussed behind closed doors at council Oct. 16, but aldermen voted at that meeting to review it again in the open session of council Oct. 30.
Read the complete story
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October 30, 2006 20:49 - Niagara Events - Oct 30 to Nov 5,2006
Nov 4, 2006Queen Victoria Park
Winter Festival of Lights
Location: Queen Victoria Park, Dufferin Islands
Price: FREE
Visit the 24th annual Winter Festival of lights, Canada's largest lights festival with nearly 2 million lights and over 100 animated lighting displays. Come and enjoy the Silver Sizzles Revue, The Misty Kids children's musical show, spectacular fireworks, Concerts at the Arena, The Nutcracker Ballet and so much more. for more information visit www.WFOL.com or call 1 800-563-2557.
Nov 5, 2006
Queen Victoria Park
Winter Festival of Lights
Location: Queen Victoria Park, Dufferin Islands
Price: FREE
Visit the 24th annual Winter Festival of lights, Canada's largest lights festival with nearly 2 million lights and over 100 animated lighting displays. Come and enjoy the Silver Sizzles Revue, The Misty Kids children's musical show, spectacular fireworks, Concerts at the Arena, The Nutcracker Ballet and so much more. for more information visit www.WFOL.com or call 1 800-563-2557.
