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  • Town Hall changes, 'evolved' positions and how to be a small town politician on tap

    Town Hall changes, 'evolved' positions and how to be a small town politician on tap
    2024/10/31
    North Bay Councilor Gary Gardiner joins the Echo Essentials podcast to discuss the latest Town Hall controversy, what changed his mind about the twin pad arena project and what he thinks about running for mayor again. He also described his strategy to get things done at council and how elected officials have to adopt a patient attitude and work with staff.

    Co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale start the episode talking about garbage pick up schedules, the city's website and inability to book arenas and fields online.
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    57 分
  • Value of Integrity Commissioners, code of conduct investigations worthy of debate

    Value of Integrity Commissioners, code of conduct investigations worthy of debate
    2024/10/24
    The group representing Northern Ontario municipalities wants the province to put the Integrity Commission and code-of-conduct system re-examined to be more consistent and worth the cost. Former North Bay councilor Dave Mendicino and Echo Essentials co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale rake over past investigations, outcomes and options that might make it better. A debate was sparked when Mendicino said the $50,000 spent on one investigation a few years ago over Invest North Bay was a good example of waste and inconsistency.

    Dave and Scott, however, point out that partly due to the complaints and investigation, whether right or wrong, probably had something to do with the board canceling a contract and getting several hundred thousand back into city coffers. Also discussed was the annoying traffic concerns about Lakeshore Drive with the subject of turning lanes raising its head again.
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  • 'Democracy is supposed to be messy': Farming family wants fair treatment

    'Democracy is supposed to be messy': Farming family wants fair treatment
    2024/10/17
    Matt Parfitt, of the Parfitt Farm, visits the Echo Essentials Podcast studio to highlight city restrictions on rural and agricultural land use that he feels are not science-based and unfair to rural property owners several kilometres away from Trout Lake. He also said the city has recently approved additional development of lots right on Trout Lake, the city's source of drinking water that the restrictions were intended to safeguard.


    Co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale, meanwhile, end up in a mini-debate in front of Matt about how open the city and council should be regarding public access, both at City Hall and when participating in public meetings such as Town Halls. And in the opening banter, Scott and Dave debate how much info is really necessary in the minutes of city council meetings.
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    50 分
  • Battalion president Adam Dennis shares his hockey journey; Scott takes Dave to task

    Battalion president Adam Dennis shares his hockey journey; Scott takes Dave to task
    2024/10/10
    Adam Dennis, the Battalion's new president and director of hockey operations, visits the Echo Essentials Podcast studio and talks about his hockey journey as a Memorial Cup winner, NHL-drafted goalie and European league pro ... and how that experience shapes how he develops players.

    ln the pre-interview banter, co-host and Echo owner Scott Clark takes co-host Dave Dale to task for getting something wrong in a previous podcast about Mayor Peter Chirico. They also discuss the recent hike to bus far rates and whether the city is doing a "cash grab" as more people (especially international students) use the service.
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  • Town Halls disappoint, ward system debate needed; local artists honour Broken Forests

    Town Halls disappoint, ward system debate needed; local artists honour Broken Forests
    2024/10/03
    Town Hall rules, ward system and political motivations are discussed by co-hosts Dave Dale and Scott Clark in this episode of the Echo Essentials Podcast. Media coverage of a recent City of North Bay outreach event sparks the discussion, that also touches on the issue raised in a recent Letter to the Editor suggesting that city councilors should be required to live within the city limits.

    CORRECTION NOTE: In the video, Dave Dale said Coun. Mark King was the only elected official residing outside the city limits (he lives in East Ferris, although he has property in North Bay), however, Coun. Gary Gardiner has a similar situation living in the Municipality of Callander (and owns property in North Bay). Both previously resided in North Bay.

    The featured guest is Dermot Wilson, who manages a regional group that curates opportunities for artistic expression, including participation in the Broken Forests effort to pay attention to the harvesting of wood and its impact around the world. Wilson, along with Nipissing First Nation's Don Chretien, recently returned from Poland and were in British Colombia and South America earlier this year. "This is part of who we are ... so let's get in there and see it," Wilson said, adding that just the effort to go out into the areas being harvested makes an impact on what happens.

    The Nipissing Regional Curatorial Collective, which also goes by NOVAH (Northern Ontario Visual Artists Hive), has established public galleries at several businesses, including 176 Lakeshore and 222 McIntyre St. East.
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    46 分
  • Kennedy Fall Fellowship continues 62-year tradition of community networking

    Kennedy Fall Fellowship continues 62-year tradition of community networking
    2024/09/26
    Tony Limina and Peter Rooney join the Echo Essentials podcast to talk about the Kennedy Fall Fellowship, a 62-year tradition where North Bay business owners and community leaders gather for a social event on the French River.

    Co-host Scott Clark, who has attended several of the gatherings, references the positive benefits of the casual interactions between some of the most active movers and shakers in the city.

    Co-host Dave Dale reads several excerpts from WKP Kennedy's book 'North Bay' that provides a chronological history of the community, with the manuscript delivered to the printer just days before his fatal heart attack while returning from the French River in the fall of 1961.
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    50 分
  • Tough lessons in podcasting; first anniversary of Echo network discussed, dissected

    Tough lessons in podcasting; first anniversary of Echo network discussed, dissected
    2024/09/19
    It's been a year since the Echo Community Podcasting Network launched in North Bay with the goal of amplifying community story-tellers, creating shows and complementing existing media with the credo: "Local voices should be heard."

    Since then we've produced more than 200 episodes of a variety of podcasts and 100 Echo Essentials newsletters reaching tens of thousands of listeners and viewers, beginning with the To North Bay With Love podcast hosted by Lisa Boivin.

    This week, founder Scott Clark and consulting partners Erin Trafford and Dave Trafford, of Story Studio Network, and Echo content director Dave Dale go over the highs and lows of an ever-evolving industry. We talk about how some of the assumptions we made were wrong, what pivots were necessary, the reality of the business and the big opportunities to come.
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    46 分
  • Councilor Vrebosch frustrated by info roadblocks; twin pad project spans most of her career

    Councilor Vrebosch frustrated by info roadblocks; twin pad project spans most of her career
    2024/09/12
    Joining the Echo Essentials Podcast today is former North Bay deputy mayor and 16-year councilor Tanya Vrebosch, who expressed frustration about how the first half of this term is going.
    Coun. Vrebosch first took a seat in the council chamber in 2008 after placing 11th in the previous municipal election, but then filled a vacant seat mid-term. It was when Maureen Boldt, a paralegal, was removed from council after missing too many meetings while serving house arrest for the unauthorized practice of laws.

    As one example, Vrebosch said council's approval of subsidies for the Laurentian Ski Hill, using the city's reserves last year and again this year, came without enough due diligence of the financial operations. She says her requests for information, and attempts to have the matter discussed as part of this year's budget deliberations, have been disregarded.

    Vrebosch finished seventh in the 2022 election after serving two terms as deputy mayor and another as chairwoman of engineering and works. She ran under the Liberal banner in the 2022 provincial election, placing third.

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    1:00 Scott gives up on city hall windows issue
    3:00 Change in media capacity discussed
    12:15 Sponsor ad for Voyageur Aviation
    12:45 Tanya joins the podcast
    22:24 Dave chimes in
    23:07 Sponsor ad for Laframboise Realty
    24:00 Laurentian Ski Hill question raised
    33:00 Castle Arms issue raised
    34:00 Is Vrebosch "ostracized"?
    37:00 Needle collection issue
    40:00 Political future
    42:40 Twin pad project
    45:45 Live read ad for Casey's
    46.36 Dave changes tune on arena
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    49 分