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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...
New Year’s Eve, Midnight
Like fresh light snow blanketing the hill, trees and valley, the new year falls in a blanket of white. At midnight, sharp stars bedeck the velvet curtain of night or snow falls again, melting crystals on cheeks and chins raised to the sky and we ponder this slice of...
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...
Love story for the ages
Not all promotional videos are equal and few can express what true love means. A production by Regan Pictures for the North Bay Reginal Health Centre Foundation raised the bar on both accounts. This feature was published in the Winter 2020 edition of A Bit of the Bay...
Gateway Theatre Guild raises Diamond Jubilee curtain
The Gateway Theatre Guild has written a solid script to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023 – and the first act is already underway with pent up energy after a two-year forced hiatus from the stage. (This feature was first published in the Fall 2022 Edition of Back...
Earliest North Bay memories were ‘saucy’
Let me start with a little North Bay history, before my parents arrived there in May of 1941. By that time, it had grown significantly and was beginning to shed its ‘frontier town’ roots. Because of its location on waterways, North Bay was an ideal location for the...
UPDATED: 24 candidate interviews
There are now 24 Small Town Times candidate interviews for the upcoming municipal election Oct. 24, most of which can be found below with the rest on the YouTube channel. There were eight interviewed at the Elk's Lodge meet and greet, with the balance conducted at the...
A variety of retail locations available
The seventh edition of Back in the Bay Magazine began its circulation journey Sept. 27. More than 5,000 copies rolled off the Beatty Printing press once again and the lion's share were delivered to retail sales outlets and advertisers, including almost 4,000 free...
Busy as a beaver building video library
The Small Town Times video library of North Bay and area characters and events is growing by the week. We're aware not everybody likes subscribing to our YouTube channel where there are more than 100 "shows" to surf through, and some don't have or want social media...
Seeds being planted in ‘Broken Forests’ way
Dozens of creative and inquisitive souls from three continents have converged in North Bay for the Finding Art, Animism and Alchemy in the Broken Forest: Living with the Land Conference. There are participants and Broken Forest members from as far as Poland, Brazil,...