Early morning view of the Big Dig at the former site of the Finnish Labour Temple. As you can see, three hours later, most of the water has been pumped out. The remove and replace the front of the building is still going on. The contractor has to remove all of the rotten wood before … Read more
Big Dig today Royalton has a new pane of “Thunder Bay glass”. Our high salaried residents of City Hall have a surplus of $10 million and have no idea what to do with that money….then they announce big raises for senior administration employees. Lets face it. City taxes are not high enough to support our … Read more
Big dig today. Wet clay. Nothing like it. You get taller with every step you take in the stuff. Nice reflections Lots of railway car photos today You don’t often see one of these cars over hree in the north end of the city. I figure they are all headed to the Thunder Bay Terminals … Read more
Balmoral reconstruction begins, but multi-use trails delayed The final phase in a major reconstruction of Balmoral Street is set to begin Wednesday after a delayed start, closing the road between Alloy and Central. Detour routes will be available and marked with signage. The work, which will rebuild the stretch of Balmoral from Alloy Drive to Beverly Street, faced weeks of delay … Read more
Goldeneye Remember these? They were called DVDs. They were like CDs but had larger capacity. People used to buy them to store computer information, movies, music, etc. The connection of the temporary potable water supply for the cruise ships. Looks like something I would come up with. Great Blue Heron Morning sky photo Trash in … Read more
Plastic straws are now forbotten but plastic water bottles? Nope. I see many every day. How many are given out everyday for free to street urchins? How many end up in the landfill site? How many in the lake? But plastic straws…..the planet is now safe for everyone. Politicians can pat themselves on the back. … Read more
Mom and three children Ravens Nice reflections this morning MV Ale Out for another day of fishing Never could understand the standing thing. Looks like she has a kind of chair on her board Trash in context chairs
not something you see laying around all that often. Looks to be in good shape. Probably full of cooties. Maybe monkeypox. Parking meters are good for something. Trash receptacles The Big Dig so far. What’s in the trash can? Not your run-of-the-mill railcar graffiti. Lots of planning went into this one. Your morning sky photo … Read more
Voter turnout way down in both Thunder Bay ridings Voter turnout plummeted across both Thunder Bay ridings in 2022 – and a lower percentage turned out to cast a ballot that the woeful provincial average. In Thunder Bay-Superior North, 24,631 of the 57,590 registered voters went to the polls this year, a 42.77 per cent … Read more
The Big Dig so far. You are getting an idea of the size of the building’s future footprint. Investing In Public Infrastructure sign. How old is this sign? Is it left over from the 2009 – 2010 Pool 6 cruise ship dock improvements? Anyway, its still located at the Pool 6 site…..nobody picked it up. … Read more