Neebing surveys resident satisfaction on roads parks and services
Neebing Ontario seeks input from full and part time residents via an online survey on neebing.org survey. The five minute questionnaire rates roads culture and governance from poor to very good and asks why residents chose Neebing and what they value most. Mayor Mark Thibert highlights road conditions and landfill services as key issues while noting big projects like an $802 000 outdoor rink upgrade at Blake Hall Community Centre and a new rink surface at Alf Olsen Memorial Park.
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Neebing
Thunder Bay
Thibert
Blake Hall
Alf Olsen
Highway 597
Highway 61
Rural rat calls persist near Thunder Bay despite overall decline
Exterminators report persistent rat sightings on farms and rural homes west of Thunder Bay even as district health data show complaints easing after 2020. Veterans like Doug Rondeau and Curtis Bagnall note migration from cities and farms, with emphasis on securing food sources, eliminating water, and using licensed professionals for major infestations.
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Thunder Bay
Kaministiquia
Doug Rondeau
Oliver Paipoonge
Rondeau
Curtis Bagnall
Sioux Lookout Pitches Reinstatement Of Northern Tax Aid
Sioux Lookout seeks to return to the Canada Revenue Agency northern communities list to receive 50 percent of the northern allowance. Coun. Reece Van Breda urges Northwestern Ontario MPs and MPPs to back a prescribed intermediate zone designation for Sioux Lookout and surrounding areas.
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Sioux Lookout
Coun
Reece van Breda
Canada Revenue Agency
Highway 17
Feds
van Breda
Northwestern Ontario
Dryden and
Kenora
Ontario
Dryden
Jack Harrison
Pickle Lake
Ear Falls
Red Lake
Mount Baldy Expands Beyond Skiing Under Kardas Family
In Thunder Bay the Mount Baldy ski area, opened in 1969 and owned by Craig Spie ss, was sold in 2016 to Daniel Kristof and Jason Kardas with brother Slavomir Kardas’s ski legacy. The Kardases expanded operations to year round use adding goats for grass and hosting events. They installed a new four seater chairlift in 2023 after supply delays and COVID disruptions. They plan condo lots and lodges with ski in ski out access. The hill offers weddings and summer activities with views of Sleeping Giant and Lake Superior.
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Thunder Bay
Mount Baldy
Craig Spiess
Daniel, Kristof
Jason Kardas
Kardas
Slavomir Kardas
Ski and Board Exchange
Spiess
COVID
Canada
Kardas’s
Lappe
Baldy
Bunny
Daniel Kardas
Sleeping Giant
Lake Superior
Kardas Brothers
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Local Journalism Initiative
THE
Chronicle Journal
Mark Thibert
CRA
AOL
Mount Baldy Ski Area
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