Mini putt enjoys major popularity surge in North Bay
From open to close, staff at King Cone & King Putt in North Bay say the course is almost always busy.
“Sometimes in the morning before 10 a.m., there’s people lining up to come on in – 1 p.m. to 4, it’s just packed, like crazy,” said Ann-Michelle Leblanc, a supervisor at the mini putt course.
“We’re busy non-stop, on our feet all day.”
Under the provincial government's Stage 3 reopening plan, the course can welcome 100 customers at a time.
Masks are not mandatory, but since the course is so busy, Leblanc said guests are encouraged to wear a mask and physical distancing is also encouraged.
Typically, the course opens when the weather allows, but this year King Cone & King Putt was forced to remain closed until June. Leblanc said it hasn’t been easy getting through the pandemic.
“We get people a lot who are asking us, about how COVID has impacted us, and how awesome it is that we are open because everything has been closed recently,” she said.
“The strict number restrictions and opening later affected us.”
Leblanc said individuals, small groups, families and young couples are often seen playing a round.
“I feel like because of all the lockdowns we’ve had, we’ve been so restricted about the things we can do, and it’s one of the things that’s outdoors, you can do it with your families,” she said.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
BREAKING Former Air Canada employees among suspects identified in gold heist at Pearson Airport: police
Nine people have been arrested in connection with the gold heist at Pearson International Airport last year, Peel Regional Police said Wednesday.
MPs summon ArriveCan contractor to the House to be admonished in rare parliamentary display
Enacting an extraordinarily rarely used parliamentary power, MPs have summoned an ArriveCan contractor to appear before the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon to be admonished publicly for failing to answer their questions.
'Enormous sum of money': Actor Hugh Grant settles privacy lawsuit against tabloid
British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper, The Sun, over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, he said on Wednesday.
Gas prices across Ontario expected to climb to levels not seen since 2022, analyst says
Ontario is going to see a big jump at the pumps later this week as gas prices in the province hit levels not seen in nearly two years, according to one industry analyst.
Ancient skeletons unearthed in France reveal Mafia-style killings
More than 5,500 years ago, two women were tied up and probably buried alive in a ritual sacrifice, using a form of torture associated today with the Italian Mafia, according to an analysis of skeletons discovered at an archaeological site in southwest France.
O.J. Simpson was chilling with a beer on a couch before Easter, lawyer says. 2 weeks later he was dead
O.J. Simpson's last robust discussion with his longtime lawyer was just before Easter, at the country club home Simpson leased southwest of the Las Vegas Strip. About a week later, on April 5, a doctor said Simpson was 'transitioning.'
Some of the winners and losers in the 2024 federal budget
With a variety of fiscal and policy measures announced in the federal budget, winners include small businesses and fintech companies while losers include the tobacco industry and Canadian pension funds.
U.K. plan to phase out smoking for good passes first hurdle
The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Australian clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says
The father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics in Australia saw no signs of his son’s extremism, a Muslim community leader said on Wednesday as police began arresting suspected rioters who besieged a Sydney church demanding revenge.