Should all the elected municipal representatives of the City of North Bay be required to live within the city limits? A letter to the editor at BayToday raised the topic this week HERE. In related news, Council hasn’t studied the ward system for electing council members in a while … what do you think? Email [email protected]

 

Top Shelf

• ‘Music Therapy’ works on individuals, let’s try it on the community
• Backroads Bill Part 2: Norval Morrisseau – Fakes and Asset Defamation

 

Today’s Spotlight

 

‘Music Therapy’
could work on a
community level

Brian Risk is a long-time educator who found a passion for playing music and he joins Lisa Boivin, host of the To North Bay With Love podcast to share his journey so far. Brian has been using his passion and understanding of music therapy to help patients with dementia for over 20 years.

Brian was also the creator of the Summer Concert Series that has been a staple in North Bay for a decade. He talks about what inspired that idea and how it has helped bring the community together at the waterfront.

• Brian’s journey as a musician and teacher 2:20
• North Bay’s Summer Concert Series 12:00
• Music Therapy 22:30

 

Norval Morrisseau:
Battle against fakes
& asset defamation P. 2

In the second part of Backroads Bill’s series on Norval Morrisseau, the conversation continues tomorrow morning with Cory Dingle as we delve deeper into the implications of asset defamation.

Cory talks about the ‘AI’ program they designed to spot fake paintings but due to legislation can’t use it. He also looks to the future and how he hopes his team’s battle can shape Canadian art fraud laws.

Missed part 1? Listen to it HERE:

 

Today’s Zen Suggestion:

Beware the solution looking for a problem to fix.

 

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To North Bay With Love:

It’s been a year since the Echo Community Podcasting Network launched in North Bay with the goal of amplifying community story-tellers, creating shows and complementing existing media with the credo: “Local voices should be heard.”

Since then we’ve produced more than 200 episodes of a variety of podcasts and 100 Echo Essentials newsletters reaching tens of thousands of listeners and viewers, beginning with the To North Bay With Love podcast hosted by Lisa Boivin.

This week, founder Scott Clark and consulting partners Erin Trafford and Dave Trafford, of Story Studio Network, and Echo content director Dave Dale go over the highs and lows of an ever-evolving industry. We talk about how some of the assumptions we made were wrong, what pivots were necessary, the reality of the business and the big opportunities to come.

The Echo Community Podcast Network launched Sept 14, 2023 with To North Bay With Love being the flagship show and first episode was uploaded on Sept. 12, 2023, promoting the Jordan Bash4Hope.

Today, Lisa is joined by fellow Echo team members Scott Clark and Dave Dale to reminisce and reflect on the first year and almost 100 episodes of this podcast!

• Looking back at 1 year 2:10
• Favourite on-site podcast 6:30
• Dave and Scott’s favourite episodes 13:40
• Looking to future guests and episodes 20:00

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Echo Essentials:

It’s been a year since the Echo Community Podcasting Network launched in North Bay with the goal of amplifying community story-tellers, creating shows and complementing existing media with the credo: “Local voices should be heard.”

Since then we’ve produced more than 200 episodes of a variety of podcasts and 100 Echo Essentials newsletters reaching tens of thousands of listeners and viewers, beginning with the To North Bay With Love podcast hosted by Lisa Boivin.

This week, founder Scott Clark and consulting partners Erin Trafford and Dave Trafford, of Story Studio Network, and Echo content director Dave Dale go over the highs and lows of an ever-evolving industry. We talk about how some of the assumptions we made were wrong, what pivots were necessary, the reality of the business and the big opportunities to come.

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Backroads Bill:

Cory Dingle, executive director of the Norval Morrisseau Estate, joins the podcast for the first half of a two-part series to shine light on why it’s so hard to prosecute and deal with fake paintings and how they are fighting to change the way art fraud is handled by Canadian law.

Norval Morrisseau was a renowned Indigenous painter from Northwestern Ontario who was described as the “Picasso of the North” by the French press. For decades his estate has tried to stop the fake paintings that have flooded the market however their hands were tied by Canadian Legislation.

Listen HERE, download for later HERE or watch the video on YouTube.

Check Out the Full Set

Echo Sportscast:

The inaugural Echo Sportscasts dropped Friday morning with co-hosts Paul McLean and Dave Dale casting a weekly spotlight on high school, club and recreational sports.

Kicking off the first Echo Sportscast is coverage of the Nipissing District Athletics opening games in football, basketball and volleyball, including short interviews with coaches from four teams (Mark Robertson, Ryan Desbiens, Kyle Quinlan and Craig Nodwell), plus the captain of Chippewa’s senior boys volleyball team, Carter Thibodeau.

The middle of the Sportscast features a five-minute clip from a longer podcast interview, with the first one being NDA president Lisa Hotte, the athletic director at ecole secondaire catholique Algonquin. Lisa is also the president of the North Bay Minor Girls Softball Association, which recently hosted the U13 provincials in North Bay. You’ll be able to see the full interview under the Echo Sportscast directory on this website and the Echo YouTube channel.

The third segment in the show covers local club and recreational pursuits, with this week’s effort promoting the Gateway Martial Arts championships at the West Ferris arena, the Nipissing Lakers Homecoming plans and a review of umpire calls in the North Bay Men’s Baseball League final.

Each show will end with a ‘Heritage Moment’ involving sports history in the area as well as the outstanding athletes of yesteryear. First up is the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony this spring for local product Steve McLaren, a former professional hockey player and North Bay Centennial star.

Northern Ontario Mining Showcase Podcast:

The Northern Ontario Mining Showcase Podcast was created for the Echo Community Podcast Network in partnership with Story Studio Network and Clark Communications.

Northern Ontario plays an extensive role in the international mining community. In this limited series we’ll hear from the influential voices, partners and leaders who are driving innovation, research and development, creating new market opportunities and new ways of doing business in the mining industry.

View All NOMS Podcast Episodes

 

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Frontline:

The Frontline Presents: The NFL Eh?! S2, E3 – Tua Be Or Not Tua Be

Week 2 of the NFL season was an absolute disaster in many ways! Brooksee and Calvo hate football now as almost all of their fantasy pools and parlays bit the big one as the concept remains a moving target of which NFL teams are good and which ones are not.

The league remains a mystery and it’s even more clouded by the rash of injuries affecting so many of the game’s stars already in this young season. The boys also look into a few of the developing QB situations around the league and dive into a few of the key games from this past week as well as tee up a couple of games you all should have your peepers on in Week 3.

Last week made us hate football, maybe this week will make us love it again?! Stay with us!

Welcome to Wahl Water Watch, a podcast about rural water education hosted by Canadian water expert Jeff Wahl.

In this series of podcasts developed by Clark Communications and North Bay Echo, the hands-on owner/operator of Wahl Water.com shares from his personal and business experiences about how to address rural water issues and water treatment equipment options.

Check Out the Full Set

Richard Fortin Presents:

Episode 56 of the Richard Fortin Presents podcast is a conversation with Holly Cunningham, a local arts community organizer and the executive director of Creative Industries North Bay.

Holly is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Media Arts program and holds a BA in Fine Arts from Nipissing University. Her professional work has focused on bridging gaps for artists in northern Ontario, specifically through her work on the Digital Creator North program, the Near North Mobile Media Lab, North Bay Film Festival and as a long time board member of Creative Industries.

Check Out the Full Set

Wingspan Entrepreneurs:

Pushing through hell and manifesting 4 businesses – Danny and Tamra Turcotte #8

Wingspan Entrepreneurs by Joel Arndt is all about financial issues and provides the inspiration and information to lift your business to the next stratosphere. Check out the audio-only show on our website network page or follow on Spotify.

View All Wingspan Entrepreneur Episodes

Cogeco:

North Bay’s own Cory Marks will be celebrating a homecoming at the Capitol Centre on Friday, Sept. 20. Marks joined Clark Heipel on Cogeco News to share his thoughts on the significant stop. See the discussion on the YourTV website HERE.

YourTV North Bay will be airing half-hour segments of the Echo Essentials Podcast on Mondays at 7 p.m.

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Cheap Seats:

Ben, Drew and Nick are back with “Longlegs” on the mind! It’s the latest horror film to take the internet by storm, but does it live up to the hype?

Pokémon, barcodes, phone notifications, and more this week on Cheap Seats! (63)

New episodes are available on Wednesdays.

For the Full Set

Marianne Vander Dussen:

Painting Antelope Canyon | Landscape Oil Painting Tutorial + Timelapse with Marianne Vander Dussen’s in this week’s featured tutorial.

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Small Town Times:

There was an enthusiastic and prolonged standing ovation in a packed West Ferris Legion Br. 599 hall Saturday evening after Bill Parfitt, a 99-year-old Second World War veteran, was introduced before a ‘Raise the Roof’ fundraising dinner and dance.

See the video story HERE and written version HERE.

Check Out the Full Set

 

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Echo Sports

 

NDA Football:

Thursday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. senior Algonquin Barons and West Ferris Trojans play at Omischl

Thursday, Sept. 26 at 12:30 p.m., junior West Ferris hosts Algonquin at Omischl

Thursday, Oct. 3 junior Algonquin hosts Chippewa at 1:30 p.m.; junior Franco hosts West Ferris at 2:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4 senior Bears hosts Algonquin at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11, senior Bears host Trojans at 1 p.m.

NDA Girls Basketball:

Tuesday, Sept. 24 (juniors at 5 p.m., seniors at 6:30 p.m.): Chippewa hosts Bears; Northern hosts Algonquin; Mattawa EB hosts West Ferris

Thursday, Sept. 26 (seniors at 5 p.m.): West Ferris hosts Chippewa; Algonquin hosts Franco; Northern hosts Mattawa; junior West Ferris hosts Chippewa at 6:30 p.m.

NDA Boys Volleyball:

On Tuesday, Sept. 24 (juniors at 5 p.m., seniors at 6:30 p.m.): Scollard Bears host Chippewa, FJ McElligott hosts West Ferris; Franco Cite hosts Algonquin

Thursday, Sept. 26 (seniors at 5 p.m., juniors at 6:30 p.m.): Franco hosts Mattawa; Chippewa hosts West Ferris; Bears host Barons

Battalion:

Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. hosting Peterborough Petes

Voodoos:

Saturday, Sept. 28 hosting French River at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 1 hosting Blind River at 7 p.m.

Lakers:

Men’s Hockey: Friday, Oct. 4, hosting McGill at Memorial Gardens at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 5, vs Trois Rivieres at 4 p.m.

Women’s Hockey: Friday, Oct. 18 hosting Toronto Metropolitan University at 6 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 19 hosting Windsor at 4 p.m.

Men’s Soccer: Saturday, Sept. 28, hosting Queen’s at 1 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 29, hosting RMC at 2:15 p.m.

Women’s Soccer: Sunday, Sept. 29 hosting RMC at 12 noon

 

 

Events Echo

 

Tuesday, Sept. 24

• CION Film Mixer at Lou Dawgs | 5 to 9 p.m. | Free
• City of North Bay Town Hall at North Bay Public Library| 6 p.m. | Free
• NDA Boys Volleyball: See Echo Sports above
• NDA Girls Basketball: See Echo Sports above

Wednesday, Sept. 25

• North Bay Farmers’ Market at Jack Burrows Square off Oak Street | 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Free
• Queer Senior Community at Deacon Square at The Village Canadore | 10 to 11 a.m. | Free

Thursday, Sept. 26

• Super Fun Time Trivia at Moose’s Cookhouse | 7:30 p.m. | Free
• Open Mic Night with Gord Reid at Wildwoods Brewing | 8 p.m. | Free

 

(For more events further out on the calendar, check Tourism North Bay’s comprehensive events listing guide. On Facebook, check out Creative Industries North Bay.)

 

 

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From previous newsletters  …

One of the homeless encampments in North Bay is in the news again with threats of a Monday deadline to vacate the vacant private property at Third Avenue and Sherbrooke Street. Watch Village Media’s ‘Behind the Scenes‘ with BayToday coverage and a Nugget story HERE.

Meanwhile, the wait list for affordable housing is more than 1,000 households long.

……

Health Canada has lowered the acceptable limit for PFAS in drinking water, leaving the City of North Bay’s water quality outside the safe range, however the Province of Ontario sets safety regulations and that hasn’t happened yet. See the BayToday story HERE.

The Echo Community Podcast Network has produced several podcasts on the PFAS subject:

• ‘Forever chemical’ questions remain after PFAS open house in North Bay
• North Bay’s role in PFAS clean up outlined
• Should North Bay be worried about PFAS in the water?

…..

Bear sightings are through the roof in North Bay and area, according to a media report HERE and multiple local social media postings.  The bruins are trying to fatten up for their winter snooze but it hasn’t been a great year for berries and nuts in the bush, so they are going for household waste and birdfeeders to take the edge off.

 

 

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