The North Bay Bantam Bulldogs beat the Brantford Bisons 26-7 in their OSFL semifinal July 29 on the Mike O'Shea gridiron at the Steve Omischl Sports Fields Complex. Next weekend, they head to the provincial championship game vs the Waterloo Junior Warriors in Windsor...
Slipping the surly bonds of Earth … briefly
It was a perfect Sunday morning in late November, 1964. I was visiting my sister and brother-in-law, Edna and Stewart Scott at their home just outside Callander. There we were drinking coffee, chatting about the usual things with no sign that my life was about to...
Attitude key to amputee’s recovery
Wayne Eyre, 71, considers himself lucky after falling off a roof two years ago. The retired paramedic broke his lower leg in five places and a nasty infection led to a below-knee amputation seven months later. But the head athletic trainer for the Nipissing Lakers...
Podcasters worth considering for your online library
There's a lot of junk online and it can be exhausting to sift through it. I understand your pain. My work takes me many places and it's getting harder and harder to keep my attention deficit in check. Making it worse for me, I'm a next level procrastinator. Especially...
Photography leads to politics on the hill
It's been a while since I've attended a North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority board meeting. Quite a few years, actually, reporters at the Nugget stopped going regularly a few years before I left in 2018. I parachuted into the Feb. 22 meeting and it brought back...
More than just another ‘cat’ video
I was at the Corbeil hacienda tickling the keyboard on Wednesday afternoon, trying to write my last BayToday.ca column. The intention was to cap off what I hope is my first Village Media series that lasted 85-straight weekly opinion pieces. To be honest, I actually...
Third time might be the charm for Juno-nominated saxophonist Shirantha Beddage
Saxophonist Shirantha Beddage is returning to North Bay this week on the wings of a third Juno nomination (this time as a band member, first two for his own albums), a recent composer’s residency in Sweden and a cultural quest to learn the traditional music of Sri...
Piece of Russian warplane being auctioned for Ukrainian Vest Project fundraiser
The Vest Project co-founders, Lori Burns and Cindie D’Agostino received an early Christmas gift from the KOLO Charity Foundation, as a thank you for their continued efforts helping the front-line defenders of Ukraine. The gift is a piece of metal was from a Russian...
Winter 2022 edition takes flight
Just in time for a Christmas stocking stuffer and ice hut read, the Winter 2022 edition of Back in the Bay Magazine is hot off the Beatty Printing press with the first big wave of circulation beginning Dec. 15. The cover captures 1940s winter spirit with the...
Legacy of Paul Commanda
The North Bay Museum presents Our Guides are Really Going Places/Nishnaabeg e-paamwingewaad waasa zhaawag: Nbisiiing Guides and the Legacy of Paul Commanda exhibit, developed in partnership with Nipissing First Nation, Dokis First Nation, Nipissing University, and the...