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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....
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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.
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news at NorthBayEcho.ca.
To inquire about being a guest or commenting on content, please email editor@northbayecho.ca
Production Credits:
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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.
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news at NorthBayEcho.ca.
To inquire about being a guest or commenting on content, please email editor@northbayecho.ca
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Specialist: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
Echo Essentials Podcast
Echo Essentials Podcast
Proposed new library build could help solve city issues
4 JUL 2024 · The North Bay Public Library is close to achieving charitable status and, some day, they'll be looking at capital fundraising campaign to build a better designed facility to help build a stronger community. Don Curry, chairman of the library board, and Ravil Veli, chief executive officer, join Echo Essentials Podcast hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face. In the pre-interview banter, the hosts talk about how libraries were a big part of their lives. Dave is supportive because he's been there for group meetings and events more often, while Scott hasn't been there for years. Dave said there are library events promoted in almost every Echo Essentials Newsletters, along with other curated event listings and news stories. Subscribe at www.northbayecho.ca
City council meeting video clips set up critique and discussion between podcast hosts
27 JUN 2024 · Today's Echo Essentials Podcasts includes video clips of elected officials and a citizen presenter making comments at the June 18 North Bay City Council and Committee meeting. Co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale provide their thoughts to add insight and perspective, as well as adding some context.
Before the clips are played, Scott asks Dave about his city council beat role at the Nugget, when it started and how it ended. Dave says he replaced a reporter who was eventually fired for killing with ink a former mayor of Mattawa and then adding fake colour into a court case story. And Dave explains why he referred to the reporter as a 'scab' who crossed a picket line in Calgary before being hired by the Nugget.
North Bay's role in PFAS cleanup outlined, agencies to answer 'forever chemicals' questions
20 JUN 2024 · North Bay is co-hosting a public open house on PFAS 'forever chemicals' today (Thursday, June 20) at Memorial Gardens 3 to 8 p.m., with a 4 p.m. presentation repeated at 6 p.m. Featured on this podcast is Karin Pratte, the City's Senior Environment and Facilities Engineer, who manages the water filtration plant, waste water treatment and Merrick landfill. Joining the city at the public forum is the Department of National Defence, which owned the airport property when firefighting foam exercises contaminated soils, the Ministry of Environment and North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.
New police chief outlines priorities to help make North Bay & officers feel safe, secure
13 JUN 2024 · New North Bay Police Chief Daryl Longworth joins Echo Essentials co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale to talk about his background, why he took on the role after retirement in Woodstock, Ont. and his priorities.
Longworth, who made a presentation to council June 4, explained how high-profile cases in southern Ontario provided experience that shaped his perspective on helping officers cope with their traumas and networking with other public service agencies.
Before the interview, which was recorded June 6, Scott and Dave talk about their own experiences with police after critiquing City Hall's odd-coloured glass replacement and toilet bowl design.
DSSAB chair says warming centre, low-barrier shelter could be part of new 'homeless hub'
6 JUN 2024 · A controversy is brewing, once again, in the City of North Bay, over the best location and operational plan for a "warming centre" and "low barrier shelter" to serve unhoused residents. Coun. Mark King, chairman of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, joins the Echo Essentials podcast with hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale to discuss the issue. King doesn't support a consultant's report that recommended having a "homeless hub" of such services within three blocks of the downtown area many homeless, often with mental health and addiction issues, receive medical, pharmaceutical and other support services. King said the experience of having the "warming centre" in a variety of locations these past few years informs his viewpoint. He said the negative consequences for those living nearby or operating businesses indicates is substantial.
Currently, the low barrier shelter is located beside the Northern Pines transitional housing project operating at the former OPP headquarters off Chippewa Street. That location is also problematic, he said, because of its close proximity to a high school, senior living centres and down the road to an elementary school and daycare. While open to the idea of a potential new location, he said the the Crisis Centre and Gathering Place soup kitchen warn of potential issues.
King wanted to come on the podcast after this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGo6vsKcvnU
Brent Kalinowski, North Bay's Community Safety and Well-Being Coordinator, joins Small Town Times editor Dave Dale and Between 2 Daves Co-Host Dave Mendicino to discuss his role, background and latest updates. A former police officer in Saskatchewan, Brent said he has believed for a long time there needs to be better community planning to deal with issues upstream so they don't fester into expensive and difficult to mend issues later. In the news most recently, the ad hoc council committee mandate was extended for another year. Some of the questions answer in this interview: How is Northern Pines and their transitional program doing to help people live independently? Where is the low barrier shelter component going to go? And is the Homeless Hub, recommended out of the DNSSAB homelessness study with a projected $2.6-million price tag, a cure for what ails the city?
See the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan information on the city website: https://northbay.ca/our-community/com...
See a BayToday story published this week about the Homeless Hub: https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/a-new-homeless-hub-near-downtown-north-bay-8907898
Tips & strategy shared about new board game Tripped!, plus Scott's stolen truck saga
30 MAY 2024 · Tripped! Is a new board game coming out this year that sees players travel around North America plus points offshore to complete objectives. Tripped! creator Eric Boutilier and Quinn & Sherry President Mark Sherry join the show to highlight their new creation, explain how to play and offer strategy tips.
Mark is the co-creator of the Game of Things! and has used his expertise to help Eric re-design the game through many years and they are finally getting close to launch later in 2024.
Vote between North Bay and Sudbury for the last remaining Northern Ontario to be named on the Tripped! Board Game: https://igottripped.com/
Pre-Order and save here: https://get.trippedgame.com/
0:00 Scott’s Stolen Truck Update
11:26 Mark and Eric talk Tripped!
23:29 Logistics of creating a board game
44:50 Wrapping it up
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news athttps://www.northbayecho.ca.
For exclusive North Bay updates and insights, subscribe to our newsletter Echo Essentials.
Stay connected with Echo on social media: @NorthBayEcho
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Director: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
Suicide discussion connects physical impacts of emotional trauma and preventative strategies
23 MAY 2024 · 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/workshopsÂ
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/
https://www.chat4chad.ca/
Scott’s Truck Was Stolen and CAS has Created the Elmwood Community Hub
16 MAY 2024 · 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.Â
0:00 Stolen Car
10:40 Gisele talks about her time with Children’s Aid
22:00 Elmwood’s revitalizationÂ
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news athttps://www.northbayecho.ca.
For exclusive North Bay updates and insights, subscribe to our newsletter Echo Essentials.
Stay connected with Echo on social media: @NorthBayEcho
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Director: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
Are Your Kind Acts Altruistic or Selfish?
9 MAY 2024 · It’s CMHA’s Mental Health Week and alongside the Kindness North Project we brought on Nipissing University Professor Dr Steven Arnocky.
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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.caÂ
0:00 Dr Arnocky talks altuirism
16:00 Altruism and religion
34:00 Community based kindness
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news athttps://www.northbayecho.ca.
For exclusive North Bay updates and insights, subscribe to our newsletter Echo Essentials.
Stay connected with Echo on social media: @NorthBayEcho
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Director: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
What Does North Bay’s Future Economic Growth Look Like?
2 MAY 2024 · 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
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news athttps://www.northbayecho.ca.
For exclusive North Bay updates and insights, subscribe to our newsletter Echo Essentials.
Stay connected with Echo on social media: @NorthBayEcho
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Director: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
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....
show more
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.
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news at NorthBayEcho.ca.
To inquire about being a guest or commenting on content, please email editor@northbayecho.ca
Production Credits:
show less
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.
Explore more North Bay podcasts and stay updated on local events and news at NorthBayEcho.ca.
To inquire about being a guest or commenting on content, please email editor@northbayecho.ca
Production Credits:
- Hosts: Dave Dale & Scott Clark
- Producer: Ben Sargent
- Content Specialist: Dave Dale
- Produced by Clark Communications
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