In the Echo Essentials Podcast clip above, North Bay City Councillor Gary Gardiner visits the Echo Essentials Podcast studio to get pucks in deep on the now-approved and ground-broken $63-million twin-pad arena project.
See related: $63M twin pad arena and community centre approved
Co-hosts Scott Clark and Dave Dale are joined by Gardiner to chat about how North Bay City Council finally squeezed the stick and pulled the trigger on the decision to go ahead with the twin-pad arena and community centre project destined for the Steve Omischl Sports Complex.
PODCAST: How Gary Gardiner's position shifted on new arena
Keeping with the hockey theme, Gardiner gives out his three stars for the arena project decision: one to a first-term central figure, one to a fellow councillor, who in the end, decided to support it, and one to someone who didn’t back it but offered plenty of constructive criticism that was useful to consider.
See: 'It's time to move forward' — how council justified arena vote
Find the full-length episode of the podcast featuring Coun. Gary Gardiner and other podcast offerings recorded in the North Bay Echo Community Podcast studio at North Bay Echo.
The Echo Essentials Podcast ties together all of the elements of the North Bay Echo Community Podcast Network and is hosted by Essentials newsletter editor Dave Dale and Echo’s principal partner Scott Clark. North Bay Echo is a network of podcasts focusing on our community. Guests on the weekly Echo Essentials Podcast reflect on the challenges and issues facing North Bay while Clark and Dale discuss the topics and podcasts featured in the newsletters.
