The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial border crossing in Quebec. The leaders of Niagara Falls, Cornwall and Windsor say local supports are being stretched to capacity as migrants who crossed into…
Ontario Mayors Seek Help, Clarity From Ottawa to Support Roxham Road Asylum Seekers
A Stunning New Way to See Niagara Falls
By Colleen Thomas From Tribune News Service Niagara Falls–The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder—and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide windows, helicopter rides and…
Frederic Edwin Church Captures the Pounding Presence of Niagara Falls
Like other landscape artists of the Hudson River School, Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) painted wild scenes of the new land: an American wilderness that most people had never seen for themselves. Church worked with such attention to detail that his paintings mesmerized the society of his day. A photographic portrait of Frederic Edwin Church, 1826,…
How 19th-Century Painters Frederic Edwin Church and Ferdinand Richardt Captured the Magnificent Beauty of Niagara Falls
“Their roar is around me. I am on the brink of the great waters—and their anthem voice goes up amid the rainbow and the mist.” —Excerpt from “Niagara,” Grenville Mellen, 1839 In the 19th century, realistically painted works of the Romantic period offered viewers in America, and across the Atlantic, the chance to glimpse the…
Car in Niagara Falls Rescue Attempt Went Over Brink
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—A car that was stuck partly submerged near the brink of Niagara Falls after a daring rescue attempt last week went over the falls this weekend and cannot be seen from the shore, state parks officials said Monday. A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer who descended by a cable from a hovering helicopter pulled…
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