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Doctor in the house
When people contemplate small town life in the 1950s, there's a nostalgic tendency to think that folks back then knew all their neighbors and that social life revolved around those people – a mental picture reinforced by movies set in that era. So you might be...
Touching backstory previews JordansBash4Hope colon cancer awareness fest Sept. 15-16
Sam Harvey shares the backstory of getting involved with Jordan Gardiner and his family as they dealt with his Cystic Fibrosis, the hope provided by new drug treatment and then devastating terminal colon cancer. Harvey met Jordan through local competitive volleyball,...
Powwow guide brings back memories
The 29th annual Great Lakes Powwow Guide is circulating and it's impressive. I scored a free copy at the Duchesnay Store. Not sure if they have any more, but it's published by the Anishinabek Nation, which has its head office on Highway 17 West, just a few kilometres...
Tarot cards interpreted different ways
The summer art installation in the NOVAH hallway gallery at 176 Lakeshore will definitely stoke hearts and souls to contemplate both life and death. The Tarot: Interpreted features the works of well-established artists Janet Hendershot and Cesar Forero, who will be at...
Driving his own destiny
Watching my son’s first mixed martial arts fight was everything I suspected it would be – intense, brutal and bloody. Many asked: "What were you thinking or feeling as your boy stepped into a cage to fight?” I tried writing a piece after the Jan. 28 match but it...
Artists standing up against greenbelt destruction
Several northern artists are taking part in an artistic protest over the development of green and forested spaces in southern Ontario. A variety of works are planned to bring specific attention to the threats to the Blue Mountain Niagara Escarpment Greenbelt. Dermot...
QUONTA Theatre Festival in the Bay
The QUONTA Theatre Festival is coming back to life after a pandemic hiatus with three productions hitting the stage in North Bay from three esteemed theatre companies: Gateway Theatre Guild from North Bay, Sault Theatre Workshop from Sault St. Marie, and Gore Bay...
Lowery responds to ‘Between2Daves’ podcast
North Bay Councillor Jamie Lowery, formerly CEO of Cassellholme Home for the Aged and currently executive director at Castle Arms seniors living, talked with Small Town Times editor Dave Dale about issues raised in a previous podcast. It was with former councillor and...
Video interviews getting thousands of views
Small Town Times video interviews in the 'blue room' at Clark Communications are getting thousands of views when combined, including 2,200 in the past two weeks. The uptick in production has attracted several dozen more subscribers to the channel, pushing it to 418...
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...