Rooted

These stories about the people and places that make us proud to call our community home are made possible through the continued support of Leon's Furniture as part of our Community Leaders Program.

Cam Branch preparing the next generation of athletes through BSP

'Athletics are my second language. Branch Sports Performance is a compilation of all these years of personal, educational and professional' experience

Dec 25, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Hannah Bywater continues family tradition of world exploration

'If there's one thing that COVID has taught me is that there's no time like the present to go out and chase your dreams'

Dec 9, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Supporting the health and wellness of people around Nipissing

'Some men come home and if they let off steam through violence then that's something you just have to live with. Those are all myths. Our counselling here helps women primarily to sort through that type of myth'

Nov 25, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

N2M2L helping students gain digital media skills

'They can take part in our digital music set up, they can learn things about photography and video and we also have more formalized workshops that happen a few times a month'

Nov 11, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Paving the right path to 60 successful years for Redpath

'We are still very much a Canadian based company and a significant part of our business is done here in Canada but we do a lot of the work internationally'

Oct 28, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Marceau's Martial Arts mentoring generations of students

'We were taught to respect everybody according to their belt level and get them to do what they could, not necessarily what we could do, but get them to be the best so that they would get better on their own'

Oct 14, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

PADDLE Program continues to persevere 16 years after it began

'The nice thing about this program is that you don’t have to fit into a box. We are so flexible with what we can do'

Sep 30, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Rooted: Different paths to policing

'What I ended up doing was being a Special Constable first, and I really enjoyed that, so I went into policing. I loved that, and that led me back to North Bay'

Sep 28, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

North Bay Terry Fox run entering its 38th year

'Terry’s story is really a family, intergenerational, cultural story that keeps people motivated. As long as the schools teach about him and his story, we’re going to see that in all generations'

Sep 16, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Picturesque Lake Nipissing a hot spot for Kayaking tourism

'North Bay is the perfect place to offer this kind of stuff. With the boat launches and the infrastructure dedicated to being on the water, we’re lucky where we are'

Sep 2, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

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