An empty high school that has been closed since 2020 has been bustling with activity this month.
Emmy winner Bryan Cranston along with Allison Janney have been around North Bay for the past few weeks filming "Everything's Going To Be Great." and the Near North School confirmed to BayToday that Widdifield Secondary School was one of their filming locations.
"The production company for the Cranston and Janney film 'Everything's Going to be Great' just wrapped up a few days of filming at the former WSS site last week," stated Brett Hanson, communications coordinator with Near North District School Board in an email to BayToday.
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The former high school location has been empty since the start of the pandemic in the spring of 2020.
In May 2021, the Near North Board submitted a business case to the 2021-22 Capital Priorities Program to repurpose the Widdifield building.
The proposal requested funding to retrofit the building to welcome students from Alliance French Immersion School and Laurentian Learning Centre Program, as well as to use parts of the building for administrative operations and the maintenance shop.
Board officials told BayToday in March that the project is "a work in progress."
