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Jan. 2, 2021 Great Lakes Helicopters, out of Cambridge, Ont., is ferrying Canadian snowbirds to Buffalo for their drive to Florida. The company subcontracts with transportation companies that bring customers cars over the border. Sharon Cantillon With Florida beckoning, Canadian snowbirds chopper off to Buffalo to cross the border With the U.S.-Canada border closure extending through fall into winter, Canadian snowbirds have had to consider alternate transportation to re...

Matt Fleckenstein has a big dream for Buffalo. The Grand Island native and veteran Hollywood writer and producer unveiled plans in late October to create a new film studio on the banks of the Buffalo River, on part of a 27-acre site purchased from John W. Danforth Co. He has called his $72 million proposal for Buffalo Studios the "first true Hollywood movie lot" in Buffalo, and the only one in North America with direct access to a river. With 11 buildings and as much as 250,000 square feet of s...

TV series about Rick James to film in funk singer’s hometown of Buffalo Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 11, 2020 Rick James arrives at ASCAPs 17th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 28, 2004 in Los Angeles, California.Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Facebook Share A Rick James TV show is on the way in Western New York. WIVB reports “Brother’s Keeper,” a new television series from Buffalo filmmaker Addison Henderson and James’ brother LeRoi John...