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When someone wins the jackpot, so does our community’s healthcare.

All proceeds will help purchase urgently needed advanced medical equipment to care for our community.

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Tickets are on sale November 1, 2020 to November 29, 2020 at 11:59pm.

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The North Bay Film Festival is kicking off on November 13th and we would like to promote and let people know that tickets are available starting today. This year's festival will be hosted online and will be completely free for viewers to tune in and watch straight from their homes. The North Bay Film Festival announced the film lineup for it’s 2020 edition. This year’s festival will run from November 13th - 15th and will be hosted in an entirely online format, allowing viewers to tune in and enjoy all of the programming straight from their home. All film screenings are FREE and viewers are encouraged to donate what they can. Screenings tickets are limited will be limited so pre-order your tickets now via northbayfilmfestival.ca! This year, the North Bay Film Festival is celebrating 5 years of showcasing critical, engaging and entertaining cinema. The 2020 festival will present two Jewish features, 3 Indigenous features, as well as 3 Indigenous short films. The films will be presented through four distinct film series including Feature Films, Canadian Shorts, Student Shorts and the Curated Shorts Program. This years Curated Shorts Program will showcase a series of bold and unforgettable stories, breaking expectations and conventions of what it means to be ‘disabled’. North Bay Film Festival will kick off Friday, November 13th at 5:30PM with screenings of Happy Place followed by Synonyms at 8:00PM. The festival will also feature screenings of films such as Shiva Baby, Martin Eden, and Blood Quantum, as well as filmmaker Q&A’s for films There Are No Fakes and the Curated Shorts screening Person Before Ability. The full festival schedule is now live on northbayfilmfestival.ca. Visit the North Bay Film Festival website for all festival news, schedules and tickets. Tickets to film screenings are limited, so pre-order your’s now to guarantee your spot!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northbayfilm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northbayfilmfestival/?hl=en https://nbff.eventive.org/welcome #NBFF North Bay Film and the North Bay Film Festival strive to serve audiences living in and around North Bay and are dedicated to presenting the best of contemporary cinema, principally highlighting the work of Canadian, Indigenous and Northern Ontarian filmmakers. Our mission is to shine a spotlight on new perspectives, marginalized voices and bold artistic visions. The Near North Mobile Media Lab actively promotes media arts access for all artists, regardless of age, class, gender, sexual orientation, race or ability. We provide the tools that media artists, students, and media arts audiences in Northern Ontario need to produce, present and enjoy all forms of contemporary media art. We envision a thriving media arts community in northern Ontario that produces innovative work, has access to contemporary presentations, and is an active participant in a national discourse by overcoming regional limitations. 

The YMCA Northeastern Ontario is conducting a fundraising campaign called My Y is Resilient. 

For over 160 years, the YMCA has been a charity that has played a key role in supporting the health and well-being of the communities they serve. The Covid19 pandemic has changed the way they operate and they have had to adapt. They can't do this alone, and they need your help! 

Naming opportunities exist as well as other ways to give through donations, securities transfer and bequest. 

For more information contact 705-497-9622 or visit their website ymcaneo.ca

Fort Erie Lions Monthly Take-Out Fund-Raising Dinner. Menu includes; Baked Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Vegetables, Pineapple, Roll & Dessert. Cost $12.00 Debit/Charge Payment Available. Pick-up between 5:00PM & 6:30 PM at the Fort Erie Lions Seniors Centre, 265 High Street, Fort Erie.

Due to Covid 19 restrictions for a Christmas gathering, the Council is providing Christmas Gift Bags for North Bay and area Metis families and children. 

Registration with a confirmation of a day for pickup is required. RSVP by: Friday November 20th, at 4:30pm.

Please provide: your name, citizenship number, number of family members along with age of your children if living at home with you

Location: North Bay Metis Nation of Ontario 156 McIntyre St. West

When: Saturday December 12 from 10am - 4pm

And: Sunday December 13 from 12pm

Send Registration Information to: Susan van der Rassel email: ovo47@yahoo.ca or call 705-494-6560

Important to Note: You must wear personal protective equipment (mask, or face shield) for pick up

We look forward to seeing you there!!

Wondering how you will survive the weeks surrounding Christmas? Are you dreading the holidays, knowing that your life has changed and that happy memories from past years can’t be recreated?

The Surviving the Holidays Workshop will provide guidance and support and an opportunity to share with others. Learn practical coping strategies to navigate the holiday season and find peace and hope for the coming year.

Saturday November 14, 2020 from 9:30 to 3:00

Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre

7020 Stanley Avenue Niagara Falls Ontario

Register 905-356-4113 or reservations@carmelniagara.com

Cost is $65.00 and includes lunch

Sarnia-Lambton Golden K Kiwanis will be selling Claxton Fruit Cake at Northgate Shoppers Drugmart on Thursday, Nov. 12th and Thursday, Nov. 19 from 11-1pm.

Come and get your cakes early before we sell out!  All proceeds to support Kiwanis Youth activities in Sarnia-Lambton.