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In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Captain Doug Newman, 22 Wing Heritage Officer at CFB North Bay. The two discuss the BOMARC Missile, which was recognized by the MHC with a Heritage Site Plaque in 2014.Captain Newman shares that there were 28 BOMARC Missiles in North Bay…
In this episode, we open the diary of our voices from the past for a conversation with the late Cup Gunning—former Nipissing University librarian, and a noted local historian, authoring more than a half dozen books on North Bay's civic and military history and key reference for many of the…
In this episode, Municipal Heritage Committee Chair, Peter Handley, talks about how the Committee came to be and how it has evolved over time. Handley shares that in 1988, a group of courageous citizens fought to protect a piece of North Bay's heritage from demolition and that, although it has…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Natasha Wiatr, Curator of the Callander Bay Heritage Museum. Handley and Wiatr discuss the Dionne Quintuplets and her first exposure to the story upon relocating to the North Bay area from Southern Ontario. The two also discuss the worldwide reach that…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Roy Summers about North Bay’s natural landscape. Summers is skilled in geology, geomorphology and geographic information systems and he shares his work in all three fields with Handley. Summers and Handley discuss the Ottawa Bonnechere Graben, the two fault lines in…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Dave Saad, retired longtime City Employee with the Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services Department. Handley and Saad discuss North Bay's various summer festivals including the Mayor's Kiddies Day which started under Mayor Merle Dickerson, the Gateway Heritage Festival as well as…
In this episode, Municipal Heritage Committee Chair, Peter Handley, speaks with Patti Carr, Vice President of Policy & Communications for the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce. Handley and Carr discuss the evolution of the Chamber of Commerce as well as the various endeavors the Chamber has been involved…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Barry Burniston - author, artist, photographer, teacher and former Board of Directors member at the Capitol Centre. Burniston shares what inspired him to write his book - 'The Capitol: North Bay's Theatre and Arts Centre' and some interesting pieces of information…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Nestor Prisco - historian, researcher and former Sheriff of Nipissing. Prisco details the 1895 election and how it led to North Bay being chosen as the 'County Town' over other nearby towns which is the basis of the story of how…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with long-time City Council member and business owner, George Maroosis, about the evolution of Main Street in North Bay. Maroosis discusses his grandfather's immigration from Greece to North Bay, the birth of the Arcadian Restaraunt as well as the Tea Room. Handley…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley, speaks with Floyd Andrick - researcher and collector of the Dionne Quintuplets. Handley and Andrick discuss how he came to know of the Dionne Quintuplets despite being born and raised in Michigan, Andrick's research on the family and the various items he has…
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In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Vic McClenaghan about the Barry Building Explosion. McClenaghan was both an Identification Officer responsible for the Barry Building Explosion case and one of the many brave individuals who rushed to the scene of the explosion to help the victims. Handley and…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Peter Chandler about North Bay's railroad history. Chandler talks about his childhood experience in North Bay as well as the evolution of North Bay's various railroads. Handley and Chandler discuss the impact that the Ontario Northland Railway had on urban development…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, long-time journalist at the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss Vezina’s childhood in North Bay, his entrance into the world of journalism and the many remarkable events that he witnessed during his time as reporter and editor of…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, long-time journalist at the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss the possibility of Vezina entering the world of politics as well as his reporting ventures in the field. Vezina and Handley reminisce about many of North Bay’s former…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, former reporter and City Editor of the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss North Bay’s most prominent female politicians including Orma McNaughton, Nell Mallory, Lynn Bennett and Monique Smith. Handley and Vezina also discuss other notable politicians in…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Randy Sawyer about North Bay's Indigenous history. Handley and Sawyer discuss the Ojibway language, the impact of residential schools and the Jesuit community on the Indigenous Peoples and Sawyer shares some of his favorite Ojibway legends.
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, former reporter and City Editor of the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss North Bay’s most infamous faces and places including Billy Booth’s. Demarco’s Restaurant and the Golf Street Crossing.
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with local musician Bill Vrebosch. Handley and Vrebosch discuss other notable local musicians including Bandmaster Virgilli, Jake Thomas & June and Curly McFarlane. Handley and Vrebosch also discuss Vrebosch's entry into the world of music, his teaching career and how he raised…
In this episode, we open our diary of voices from our past for a conversation with the late Professor Bob Surtees—one of the original seven Nipissing University faculty, and author of Northern Connection about the early days of the ONR, and an authority on Native treaties. This was originally recorded…
In this episode, we open the diary of our voices from our shared past for a conversation with the late Bob Barton, North Bay City Clerk for 29 years. The city clerk is the voice of reason and authority and local governance, and Barton was known for his rapid fire…
In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late Bob Studholme—World War Two Veteran, Legion member, and life member of our 406 wing and championship curler. This was originally recorded in January 2008 as part of the Cogeco cable series, “Life…
In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late ship's captain Mac Masson, who handled craft on Lake Nipissing for many years. He was born in 1922 and this was recorded at his home in Callander in 1995, when he was…
In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late Tony DeMarco of the famed DeMarco family run store and meeting place. This was recorded originally as part of the Cogeco cable series “Life Is.” In it Tony, in his nineties, talks…
In this two-part episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late World War II Veteran, City Politician, and businessman— Don King. This was originally recorded in 1999 as part of the Cogeco cable series, “Life Is.” In part one, King talks about…
In this two-part episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late World War Two Veteran, City Politician, and businessman—Don King. This was originally recorded in 1999 as part of the Cogeco cable series, “Life Is,”. In part two, King talks: politics, the…
In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with now retired Dr. Francoise Noel, recorded in 2014 when she taught history at Nipissing University. This was part of the Cogeco Cable series “Life Is.” Noel from Manitoba, taught in several places before being…
In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Bill Church about the conception of the LACAC (now known as the MHC as well as the evolution of the Pinewood area. Handley and Church discuss the demolition of the houses around Ecole Secondaire Catholique Algonquin and the construction of the…
In this episode, we hear a voice from the past - the late Lorne Fleece, communications troubleshooter with the Ontario Northland Railway for over forty years. In this reproduction of MHC Chair, Peter Handley's interview with Lorne Fleece, the two discuss Fleece's education, his knowledge of Morse code, his use…