Heritage Diary Podcast

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Randy Sawyer about North Bay's Indigenous history. Handley and Sawyer discuss the Ojibway language, the impact of residential schools and the Jesuit community on the Indigenous Peoples and Sawyer shares some of his favorite Ojibway legends.

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Natasha Wiatr, Curator of the Callander Bay Heritage Museum. Handley and Wiatr discuss the Dionne Quintuplets and her first exposure to the story upon relocating to the North Bay area from Southern Ontario. The two also discuss the worldwide reach that the story of the Dionne Quintuplets had and the role that the media played in the creation of the phenomenon.

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, former reporter and City Editor of the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss North Bay’s most prominent female politicians including Orma McNaughton, Nell Mallory, Lynn Bennett and Monique Smith. Handley and Vezina also discuss other notable politicians in the City who served at the municipal, provincial and federal level including former Premier Mike Harris.

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, long-time journalist at the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss the possibility of Vezina entering the world of politics as well as his reporting ventures in the field. Vezina and Handley reminisce about many of North Bay’s former mayors and Vezina shares several personal antidotes about some of North Bay’s most notable names in politics.

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with Colin Vezina, long-time journalist at the North Bay Nugget. Handley and Vezina discuss Vezina’s childhood in North Bay, his entrance into the world of journalism and the many remarkable events that he witnessed during his time as reporter and editor of the North Bay Nugget.