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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,...
Dylan Dale heading to Arizona to kick-start MMA dream
Dylan Dale is making a move to get his mixed martial arts career off the ground by spending a month in an American hotbed of talent fueling professional leagues. “I’m going to Arizona to train at Tim Welch’s “Soul Fighters” and the MMA Lab in Peoria for the month of...
Northern artists honouring Old Growth
Nurturing forests and increasing biodiversity is the primary theme of the Old Growth Resurrection, Regeneration, Intervention project at High Park and the Propeller Art Gallery in Toronto Aug. 6 to Sept. 15. In addition, several artists are also involved 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...