Whatcha Gonna Do When Northland Wrestling Runs Wild on You?
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Whatcha Gonna Do When Northland Wrestling Runs Wild on You?
Echo Podcast Roundup
Laying the Smackdown in the North
In this week's episode, Dann shares with Lisa the wild history of pro wrestling in Northern Ontario (including a performance from a young Andre the Giant), how he brought it back from the brink, and why hundreds of fans are now showing up to watch slams, stories, and local heroes every month.
Is the Ward System the Answer for Municipal Representation?
North Bay City Councillor Jamie Lowery joins Chris and Dave for a deep dive into one of North Bay’s most persistent political debates: the ward system.
Jacob Brown joins the Echo Sportscast as a guest co-host filling in for Paul McLean. Brown and Dave serve up a buffet of local North Bay and area sports news and features, including highlights of high school soccer and men’s league baseball.
Pierre Beauregard shares how he's embraced a lifestyle of biking everywhere; from pedaling from Quebec to Alaska and back, all while giving motivational talks across Canada in his 2023 Crazy Tour.
North Bay is hosting a community-wide garage sale on Saturday, May 24.
Coun. Sara Inch said the event will provide treasure-seekers the opportunity to host a yard sale at their home, as well, there will be opportunities for children to test their business skills.
“The purpose is to create community engagement and get to know your neighbours a little bit. Also to make some money cause a lot of people do donate, but there is value in your stuff,” she said.
There will be a special spot for the youngest entrepreneurs in North Bay.
“For the kids we wanted to make a safe space, where kids could experience selling some of their things, because there are some kids who have business mindset,” Inch said.
“We rented Lee Park, in order to keep it free. They have to bring their own tables and set-ups.”
A pair of Honourary 22 Wing/CFB North Bay Colonels are hoping 2025 is the lucky 13th Armed Forces Day.
The highly anticipated spring event will take place at Shabogesic Beach off Lake Nipissing in North Bay on Wednesday, June 4.
"This is our opportunity as a community to say thank you to our men and women of our Armed Forces, who allow us to sleep each and every night, and we certainly have got a great lineup planned," said Peter Chirico, North Bay's Mayor and now a retired honourary 22 Wing Colonel.
As usual the event will involve an aerial display including the Skyhawks parachute demo team which - weather permitting - will jump and land on Shabogesic Beach around 11:40 a.m. At around 12:05 p.m., the CC-130J Hercules will do a flypast. Then at 12:15 p.m., fans can witness a USAF F16 flypast.
Two up-and-coming country singers from northeastern Ontario vying to be Canada’s next country music star in a new national competition are performing in Sudbury.
Makinna Givens of Temiskaming Shores and Cam Galloway of Bracebridge are two of four finalists competing for a record deal and a cash prize in the Country Rising competition.
Growing up in northern Ontario, Givens said she was immersed in country music and listened to Elvis Presley with her grandmother.
“She used to throw on country music in the kitchen and we’d kind of dance to it,” Givens said.
When Givens learned of the new singing competition for emerging Canadian country artists through social media, she said she was hesitant to enter at first.
Her competitor from cottage country said he loves singing and the different genres of country music, settling on pop country himself.
“What I really like about country music is the whole camaraderie of it and how it’s like the genre where we’re just like one big family,” Galloway told CTV News in an interview.
Givens and Galloway will be in the spotlight in Sudbury on May 24 as a part of the Country Rising showcase at HockeyFest, one of the world’s largest street hockey festivals.
Hosted by multi-platinum recording duo The Reklaws, the two competitors will be opening for songwriter Griffen Palmer and award-winning artist Nate Haller. The winner of the competition will seal a record deal with Starseed Entertainment, receive a $10,000 cash prize and a slot at The Reklaws’ show at The KEE to Bala in August.
The northeastern Ontario pair is competing against country singers Brooklyn Rae from Nelson, B.C. and Mac Rumbolt from Hantsport, N.S.
A motion honouring the late George Maroosis is coming to council Tuesday night.
It looks to recognize the long-time city councillor and businessman with the renaming of a downtown parkette.
The motion says along with decades of continuous service to the city and multiple non-profit boards, Maroosis and his family owned businesses in North Bay dating back to 1910.
It also cites his support of Indigenous and local artists.
If approved by council, the parkette bordering Cassells Street, Algonquin Avenue and Main Street West will be renamed ‘The George Maroosis Parkette’.
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