18 episodes
Echo Essentials Podcast The Echo Podcast Network
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- Society & Culture
The Echo Essentials Podcast ties together all the elements of the North Bay Echo Community Podcast Network, hosted by Essentials newsletter editor Dave Dale and Echo's principal partner Scott Clark.
Guests on the weekly show will reflect the challenges and issues facing North Bay while Scott and Dave discuss the topics and podcasts featured in the newsletter ... as well as upcoming projects.
References to the To North Bay With Love, Backroads Bill, Frontline and Cheap Seats episodes will be common.
The Echo Essentials Podcast drops online each Thursday at 2 p.m.
Billed as North Bay's oddest couple, Scott and Dave are patently different in both manner and outlook despite being born within a mile of each other and a month apart in 1965. Scott was born for theatre and built up a 20-year career in radio in split between Toronto and North Bay before entering the marketing game with Clark Communications celebrating the 20-year milestone in 2024.
Dave took the print media route, beginning in 1986 as a Canadore College student and taking a journalism journey through B.C., North Bay, Kapuskasing and Orillia before a seven-year stint with the Anishinabek News and 18 years as a Nugget reporter, photographer and columnist. He is also the publisher of the Back in the Bay Magazine, a quarterly print product with 12 editions since launching in 2021.
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To inquire about being a guest or commenting on content, please email editor@northbayecho.ca
Production Credits:
Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Specialist: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications
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Suicide discussion connects physical impacts of emotional trauma and preventative strategies
Dr. Sachiko Nagasawa, of Bay Psychology, joins Echo Essentials co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale to talk about the various aspects of suicide, from 'survivor's guilt' to trends, contributing causes and strategies that help people manage their emotional health.
The podcast was motivated by recent community losses and precedes the Chat4Chad gala fundraiser Saturday, May 25.
Referenced in the discussion is a workbook Dr. Nagasawa pulled together during COVID to assist therapists and their patients face the impacts of isolation, uncertainty, stress and trauma:
https://www.baypsychology.ca/workshops
Also listen to the To North Bay With Love podcast with Wade Ringler, Chad Ringler's brother, and Mark Deacon, fundraiser coordinator with a family inspiration to help raise money for existing mental health programs through the North Bay Reginal Health Centre:
https://www.northbayecho.ca/we-need-to-talk-about-mental-illness/
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Scott’s Truck Was Stolen and CAS has Created the Elmwood Community Hub
Gisele Hebert, Executive Director of the Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing and Parry Sound, joins the Echo Essentials podcast to talk about the Elmwood Community Hub. She also speaks about her nearing retirement and reflecting on the evolution of CAS during her 39-year career.
Scott and Dave also talk about his recent trip to Toronto and dealing with Scott’s truck being stolen.
0:00 Stolen Car
10:40 Gisele talks about her time with Children’s Aid
22:00 Elmwood’s revitalization
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Production Credits:
Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Director: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications -
Are Your Kind Acts Altruistic or Selfish?
It’s CMHA’s Mental Health Week and alongside the Kindness North Project we brought on Nipissing University Professor Dr Steven Arnocky.
Dr Anocky speaks about the differences between altruistic and selfish behaviour in relation to acts of kindness. He also discusses a study he conducted that was picked up on a national level
To learn more about the Kindness North Project visit: kindnessnorth.ca
0:00 Dr Arnocky talks altuirism
16:00 Altruism and religion
34:00 Community based kindness
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Production Credits:Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Director: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications -
What Does North Bay’s Future Economic Growth Look Like?
Mayor Peter Chirico talked with Echo’s Uphar Singh at his office about the future of the city’s growth. Uphar, who is an international student, asks the mayor how North Bay is integrating students into the workforce and their impact on our economy.
Dave and Scott also discuss the current water levels in the area, and do you need a midwife or is it better to just use the hospital.
0:00 Water Levels are Causing Issues
10:30 Do you need a midwife?
17:45 Uphar talks to the Mayor
29:00 Wrapping it all up
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Production Credits:
Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Director: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications -
Canada failing Afghanistan 'war' heroes.
Afghanistan war hero Jess Larochelle died last fall without the Canadian Victoria Cross being awarded him, as many in the military and veterans believe. Now there's a movement to have his mother, Anna Larochelle, designated by Canadian Legions as the national Silver Cross Mother.
Retired Captain Mike Harrison and Andrew Larochelle, brother to Jess, join Echo Essential podcast co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale to discuss the merits of both campaigns.
Harrison said it's become a political issue, likely because many of the supporters of Larochelle's medal review request are Conservatives. At the end, all agree it would be an excellent issue for Nipissing-Temiskaming MP Anthony Rota, a Liberal, to pick up and run with during his last term in office.
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Production Credits:Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Director: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications -
The Ugly Truth Behind the Dionne Quintuplets
Brian Callahan, a descendant of the Dionne family, joins the show to discuss the phenomenon that was the Dionne Quintuplets. Brian, who recently stepped down from the Quints Museum board, shares his perspective of how the exploitation of the quintuplets for financial gain affected the family (there were 14 children in all). He also reveals some hard truths as we approach the 90th anniversary of their birth.
Dave and Scott also discuss the recent drama revolving around the North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority.
The Mattawa Conservation Authority turnover 0:0090th Birthday of Quints bittersweet 12:30The $3.8 million court case 31:45Outro 50:51
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Production Credits:
Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott ClarkProducer: Ben SargentContent Director: Dave DaleProduced by Clark Communications