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An Ode to Mentors
My cousin Ritchie and I had a nice long visit via telephone the other day. During the pandemic, he made the decision to go back to school and he seems to be enjoying his experience. We spoke of our time sharing an apartment in Etobicoke. The adventures of two young...
Nurse with northern roots sharing COVID-19 reality
Critical care nurse Annette Trudel wants Northern Ontario residents to benefit from her experience treating extremely sick COVID-19 patients at Toronto General Hospital. Trudel, who grew up in Mattawa and started her career in North Bay, said it’s important to...
Positive news and history celebrated at North Bay Airport
Air Canada will be servicing North Bay Airport again – possibly starting in June if travel bans are lifted. Mayor Al McDonald broke the news April 12 after the airline and federal government hammered out a major loan agreement. It was a timely development and a rare...
Airport memories soar across the decades
When moving to North Bay from London, Ontario, in 1957 one of the first places Dad took us to visit was the North Bay Airport. The Department of Transport had begun to construct it two decades earlier. Years later our own family always attended the air shows, along...
Paved shoulder on Lake Nosbonsing Road possible in full length ‘retrofit’ stage
East Ferris is cashing in on its extra gas tax funding to repave a longer section of Lake Nosbonsing Road this summer. But the addition of shoulder lanes for cyclists and pedestrians will have to come later when ‘active transportation’ funding becomes available – and...
Jake Thomas getting down to the Fundamentals
Jake Thomas made the best possible use of his pandemic downtime this past winter. The 73-year-old bluesman fixed every little cracked wire and hum-creating loose connection suffered over half-a-century of road trips hauling around a truck-load of guitars, mics and...
Behind the 3 Amigos of Logos
The 'Soaring Shadfly' gliding through the Small Town Times logo came to life on a sunny day on Manitoulin Island 40 years ago and not North Bay, where those strange creatures somehow became symbolic of my life. Back when I was 12 years old or so, our family was on...