Heritage Diary Podcast North Bay Municipal Heritage Committee

A summary will be added at a later date. 

A summary will be added at a later date. 

In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with now retired Dr. Francoise Noel, recorded in 2014 when she taught history at Nipissing University. This was part of the Cogeco Cable series “Life Is.” Noel from Manitoba, taught in several places before being recruited by Bob Surtees for Nipissing. She taught at Nipissing for around three decades before retiring. Among the topics discussed are; her reprinting of Ansen Guard’s 1909 book, “Gateway to Silver land,” her social history, “Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario: the Interwar Years,” published in 2009 and dedicated to Surtees, “On Nipissing: Historic Waterway Wilderness Playground” published in 2015. Please excuse any dated references.

In this two-part episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late World War Two Veteran, City Politician, and businessman—Don King. This was originally recorded in 1999 as part of the Cogeco cable series, “Life Is,”. In part two, King talks: politics, the waterfront, the people of the city. Please excuse any dated references

In this two-part episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late World War II Veteran, City Politician, and businessman— Don King. This was originally recorded in 1999 as part of the Cogeco cable series, “Life Is.” In part one, King talks about family history, the war, and amalgamation. Please excuse any date in references.

In this episode, we open our diary of voices from the past for a conversation with the late Tony DeMarco of the famed DeMarco family run store and meeting place. This was recorded originally as part of the Cogeco cable series “Life Is.” In it Tony, in his nineties, talks about the family, the store, hockey and North Bay.  Please excuse any dated references.