In this episode, we hear a voice from the past - the late Lorne Fleece, communications troubleshooter with the Ontario Northland Railway for over forty years. In this reproduction of MHC Chair, Peter Handley's interview with Lorne Fleece, the two discuss Fleece's education, his knowledge of Morse code, his use of telegraphs and teletypes on the job as well as the evolution of the Ontario Northland Railway from the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway into what we know today. 

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley, speaks with Floyd Andrick - researcher and collector of the Dionne Quintuplets. Handley and Andrick discuss how he came to know of the Dionne Quintuplets despite being born and raised in Michigan, Andrick's research on the family and the various items he has collected throughout the years. 

In this episode, Municipal Heritage Committee Chair, Peter Handley, speaks with Patti Carr, Vice President of Policy & Communications for the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce. Handley and Carr discuss the evolution of the Chamber of Commerce as well as the various endeavors the Chamber has been involved with over the years including the Georgian Bay Waterway, Old Home Week and the Jack Garland Airport. Handley and Carr also discuss past Chamber of Commerce Presidents including the late Glen DeVuono and Mel Malo. Finally, Patti Carr shares some information about the Chamber of Commerce's involvement in the City of North Bay's selection as one of eleven Canadian cities to host the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Project. 

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 infamous faces and places including Billy Booth’s. Demarco’s Restaurant and the Golf Street Crossing.

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 Dave Saad, retired longtime City Employee with the Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services Department. Handley and Saad discuss North Bay's various summer festivals including the Mayor's Kiddies Day which started under Mayor Merle Dickerson, the Gateway Heritage Festival as well as Summer in the Park. Saad and Handley also discuss the various sporting events that have taken place in North Bay including the 1989 Ontario Winter Games and Saad shares a little-known story about 'Bruno the Bernard from Bay North'.

In this episode, MHC Chair, Peter Handley speaks with local musician Bill Vrebosch. Handley and Vrebosch discuss other notable local musicians including Bandmaster Virgilli, Jake Thomas & June and Curly McFarlane. Handley and Vrebosch also discuss Vrebosch's entry into the world of music, his teaching career and how he raised his children while maintaining both. Vrebosch also shares details of his many musical endeavours that took him all over Ontario as well as information about the local music scene today.

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.