The Opeongo Line

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Madawaska Valley Public Library, The Opeongo Line launches a new monthly podcast produced by the library's current staff. Made up of four distinct elements, "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue" will remind us all of things past, keep us abreast of new books, popular titles, and finish up in style with a gripping story from The Blue Fairy Tale book. 

Barry Conway reads "Vicker's Creek Mourning," "Bentley's Winchester," "The Acorn Wars," and "Stafford Mountain Starlight,"  four personal essays, or memoirs if you like, that he wrote about what it felt like to grow up as a young boy in Barry's Bay in the 1960s and early 1970s. 

Barry Conway reads "Vicker's Creek Mourning," "Bentley's Winchester," "The Acorn Wars," and "Stafford Mountain Starlight,"  four personal essays, or memoirs if you like, that he wrote about what it felt like to grow up as a young boy in Barry's Bay in the 1960s and early 1970s. 

The Opeongo Readers' Theatre present Lesley Betts, Cathy Chapeskie, Carol Peterson and Lynn Stewart each reading one of four classic short stories by Katherine Mansfield. These include "The Singing Lesson," "The Garden Party," "A Cup of Tea," and "Bliss," all masterful works of World Literature. 

The Opeongo Readers' Theatre present Lesley Betts, Cathy Chapeskie, Carol Peterson and Lynn Stewart each reading one of four classic short stories by Katherine Mansfield. These include "The Singing Lesson," "The Garden Party," "A Cup of Tea," and "Bliss," all masterful works of World Literature. 

As part of The Opeongo Line's effort to both celebrate Canada Day today yet recognize the need for some Indigenous Canadians not to celebrate Canada Day this year, we have brought together Art Milnes and Sean Conway, two seasoned observers of Canadian political history, to discuss how we became an independent nation on July 1st 1867. They look at how our very fallible Fathers of Confederation created Canada in the midst of the 19th Century; what they got right and what they definitely failed to understand. 

As part of The Opeongo Line's effort to both celebrate Canada Day today yet recognize the need for some Indigenous Canadians not to celebrate Canada Day this year, we have brought together Art Milnes and Sean Conway, two seasoned observers of Canadian political history, to discuss how we became an independent nation on July 1st 1867. They look at how our very fallible Fathers of Confederation created Canada in the midst of the 19th Century; what they got right and what they definitely failed to understand. 

In honour of Father's Day, the Opeongo Line presents a show dedicated to the memory of Henry Nicholson, a lumberman of the old school, an extraordinary local baseball player, a wonderful Little League Baseball coach, and a man who left a lasting impression with his six children, eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A man of infinite jest and genuine good humour, Henry was a dad for all seasons. 

In honour of Father's Day, the Opeongo Line presents a show dedicated to the memory of Henry Nicholson, a lumberman of the old school, an extraordinary local baseball player, a wonderful Little League Baseball coach, and a man who left a lasting impression with his six children, eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A man of infinite jest and genuine good humour, Henry was a dad for all seasons. 

'Back in the Day' host, Martina Coulas, chats with Bernice Mintha who was born in 1930 in Barry's Bay when everybody in town seemed to have a cow, a pig and a gaggle of chickens.  Bernice eventually became a nun but in the 1930s her childhood was second to none. Join her for the first part of her very own story of her life and times.