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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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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…