Remember We All Live Downstream!
New Exhibit Coming to Ball’s Falls Centre for Conservation
From July 1 to September 18th, 2009, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority welcomes an exciting travelling exhibition to the Ball’s Falls Centre for Conservation. The exhibit entitled, WE ALL LIVE DOWNSTREAM: THE STORY OF CANADA’S WATER was created by the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. This timely presentation offers hands-on exploration of the science, history and issues in Canada’s water supply. [READ MORE]
2009 Canal Days Concerts Announced
The 2009 Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival in Port Colborne will feature an all-star roster of musical entertainment in the Market Square venue, and the full concert schedule has now been confirmed. Canal Days is entering its fourth decade and has a long history of presenting top-notch acts over the Canadian Civic Holiday weekend in August. This year, the festival will be the point of celebration for the 50th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the 180th anniversary of the first Welland Canal. Event organizers have created an enhanced entertainment line-up to mark these significant milestones. [READ MORE]
GO Train Comes To Niagara!
Starting in late June 2009 the Niagara region will be home, for the first time ever, to long awaited GO Train service which will connect St.Catharines directly with Toronto. [READ MORE]
Museum Launches New Website
It has been a long time coming, but the Niagara Historical Museum finally has a new website to be proud of that offers more for our community, researchers and visitors. Thanks to the Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program (CAHSP), the Museum has transformed their former site, done with very little training and a tiny budget, into a professional one that better reflects the resources and collection at the Museum. [READ MORE]
Upscale Bowling Centre Opens In Niagara Falls
Now, there is even more fun to experience on Clifton Hill!
Locals and visitors to the Niagara Falls area are invited to experience the all new Strike Rock N’ Bowl - an upscale Bowling and Entertainment Centre.
The massive 25,000 square foot centre - located in the heart of the Clifton Hill tourist area, will be the first of its kind to hit Niagara Falls, Canada. [READ MORE]
Twenty Years of Jazz At The Hillebrand Winery
For 20 years Hillebrand Jazz at the Winery has been bringing premier Canadian Jazz talent to Niagara Wine Country. Celebrate 20 years of Hillebrand Jazz at the Winery with fine wines, great local cuisine and spectacular music on Saturday, July 11, 2009. Bring your own lawn chair or sit in our Trius Red Lounge and listen to some of Canada's finest jazz artists while overlooking the vineyards. [READ MORE]
Experience The Soul & Sensation Of Niagara
The Bosc family invites you to enliven all of your senses with extraordinary summer events in the vineyard.
NIAGARA FARM-TO-TABLE EXPERIENCE
Celebrate Niagara’s freshest bounty, produced locally and brought directly from the farm to your table by pioneering chefs of the Niagara Farm-to-Table movement. Each experience will feature a vineyard walk with Michèle Bosc and discussions with a local food purveyor, culminating in a delectable tasting created by a featured chef and paired with a Château des Charmes wine. [READ MORE]
