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.

Nick Boegel's Broadway debut will be a magical one

'By the time I was four years old I knew almost every lyric to every Rodgers and Hammerstein song ever written. It was pretty much inevitable I’d end up pursuing something theatre related.

Dec 23, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

Darren Summersby's passion for the arts turns leads to international recognition for student film

'Even though I had the experience of being on a set, its interesting seeing what the industry is actually like and I don’t think it is for everybody. There’s so much to it and you're learning stuff everyday'

Dec 8, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >

A voice that graced the airwaves: Bob Coles looks back on a 30 year career in radio

'That’s the fun of it is experiencing the unpredictability. You have to stay informed yourself, but you really don’t know what’s going to happen and you really have to be ready for anything.'

Nov 25, 2021 3:00 PM Read more >

Warriors of Hope boasts a team featuring Grandmother-Mother-Daughter trio

'We’re all working together to do something great and so it's just a fantastic group that is put together'

Nov 10, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

Callander Legion adds a digital touch to the 2021 Poppy Campaign

'All the money stays local and it is only used to support Veterans in our area, which include the Callander, East Ferris and Bonfield Legion Branches'

Oct 27, 2021 2:30 PM Read more >

Holly Farrell recreates vinyl album cover art with "The Album Project" exhibition

'I want people to think about their experiences with this music, the albums I honour in my exhibition. I think the wear I have painted in on each painting elevates the album in a different way'

Oct 14, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

Beer Baroness Society hosting first in-person event on Saturday

'It’s a really big part of our mandate to support and celebrate women in our community and bring awareness to what they are doing, not just in the brewing and hospitality industry but really with any kind of business or idea they may have'

Sep 29, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

New exhibit at North Bay Museum highlights the work of Backroads Bill Steer

'The beauty and the heritage of northern Ontario is on the backroads and the backwaters and there isn’t always a ton of information in how to get there and I felt like it was my job to make those links and connections'

Sep 15, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

Trees for Nipissing growing success through starter nurseries

'We planted about 900 different species of trees at the nursery here. We repeated that again in 2020'

Sep 2, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >

Rob Budreau finds the beauty in shooting films in North Bay and area

'A friend and I would go to a cinema called “The New Yorker” which showed independent, foreign films and that’s when I really got in to it, just falling for a lot of classic films'

Aug 18, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

• <<
• <
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• >
• >>