About Us - Five Points Media, Barrie
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Verico the Mortgage Station

Loan Sharks Defrauding Seniors in Simcoe County Now Hiding Behind a Wall of Lies and Deception.

A documentary in production for broadcast and streaming

Five Points Media is a provincially registered media company and community channel.

Production: 416-996-2786 ~ Email jironside@fivepointsmedia.ca

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Our reports and evidence remain 100% uncontested by any identified person.
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This 'threat' was sent by an anonymous coward who feared signing their own name.

Why is the HomeEquity Bank, an asset of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), valued at more than $247.5B, working with loan shark mortgage brokers who prey on seniors and veterans, while draining the resources of local charities, and why are they afraid to challenge the evidence and allegations of a small not-for-profit?

UNREFUTED FACTS - CLICK HERE

  1. Our articles have been online throughout the time shown above; however, we have not received a single challenge to our fully-supported alllegations.
  2. All three brokers who are key to this documentary, David Flude, Lisa Purchase, and Renee Dadswell, have admitted in writing to our allegations.
  3. We have made multiple offers for the brokers of Verico the Mortgage Station and their various corporate allies to explain their side of the story.
  4. Despite our multiple offers of détente, not a single representatives of any of these multi-million and multi-billon dollar companies has stepped up.
  5. We have offerred to cancel this documentary, and to delete all articles and videos, if any of the accused can disprove our claims on camera using evidence.
  6. So far, none of them have shown the courage to stand up and disprove our claims, meaning all of our allegations remain 100 per cent uncontested.
  7. These purportedly 'legitimate' companies, who secretly lie to their clients about us, appear so afraid of our evidence they will not challenge our allegations.
  8. If we were not factual in our reporting, any of those corporations could have attained a cease and desist order or other injunctive relief against us.
  9. Instead, all these wealthy corporations seem willing or able to do is hide in the dark and hope that their clients do not learn the truth.
  10. So far, 97% of comments made online or through emails, direct messaging, etc. have been supportive of our exposure of these criminal acts.
  11. The South Simcoe Police Service is subject to pending investigation after omitting evidence and falsify figures to help the wealthy brokers.
  12. The Producer is 35-year media veteran who has worked as an international television news in places like Bosnia and the Middle East, and as the Deputy Editor of a national European newspaper owned by the Washington Times.
  13. The Producer has also passed on that knowledge and experience by teaching at three community and private colleges in Ontario and British Columbia.
  14. The Producer and crew of this expose documentary represent a not-for-profit community channel that since 2014 has donated more than $700,000.00 worth of services to more than 185 local charities, not-for-profits, benevolent special interests groups, and the towns and villages of Simcoe County.
  15. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the Producer and crew were nominated for and voted to the highest levels for an award for altruism presented by the City of Barrie and the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce.

About The OCANetwork

The OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, is a community-oriented broadcast-quality online media service that offers a non-judgemental social voice to those who are all too often ignored by mainstream media.

Those groups include but are not limited to:

  • Charities
  • Not-for-profits.
  • Benevolent individuals and groups
  • Grassroots community organizations
  • Women's rights advocates
  • The LGBTQ community
  • The poor, homeless, and disenfranchised
  • The disabled and the infirmed
  • Ethnic and cultural groups
  • Those dedicated to helping others
  • Most social enterprises

The OCANetwork fills a gap that exists within mainstream commercial media, which is limited in its ability to serve charities, benevolent groups, and the various special needs components of our society.

We are a provincially registered not-for profit comprised of a group of people with widely diversified backgrounds and credentials. Our CEO, John Ironside, is also owns and operates 3B Solutions, a commercial video production company that brings the experience of thirty years in international journalism and documentary production. However, the OCANetwork is community-oriented and through it we provide production crew and equipment free of charge or at a heavily subsidized cost to local charities and qualifying not-for-profit groups. In order to be able to provide those donated services, we also offer dramatically reduced rates to other vetted charities, and to selected benevolent organizations and community-oriented groups that charge for their services or which receive government funding. Please review our policies listed at the bottom of this page.

Since 2014 and consistently throughout into 2022, our team has been identified by "Three Best Rated" as the "Best Videographers in Barrie".

Our crew believes strongly in the value of a social conscience, and that all people have a responsibility to help each other. As such, what started as an offer of assistence to those in need, as made by 3B Solutions, became first Five Points Media and now the OCANetwork as the call for help grew louder. Essentially, we were helping so many charities and community groups that the 3B Solutions brand as a commercial video production company was becoming best known for their charity.

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John Ironside, Journalist / Producer / Director

John Ironside is the founder and CEO of the OCANetwork. During the past 30-plus years, since 1988, John has worked in media and journalism both on the international level and closer to home. In addition to having worked in virtually every form of media, including print, video, photography, and digital, John has also taught media related subjects at community and private colleges across Canada.

As the producer of socially poignant documentaries for the OCANetwork, John tells the stories of people who live amazing lives or who contribute greatly to our society. John's abilities as a storyteller have been honed by his real-world experience in journalism and documentary production.

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In addition to having extensive experience in broadcast and corporate video production, John has worked as a photojournalist and then Deputy Editor of a national European newspaper, and as news camera and photographer in places like Bosnia and the Middle East. John's experience in documentary production ranges from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to Greenpeace in Europe, and his hundreds of commercial credits cover the full range of business, from Fortune 500 corporations to local family-run proprietorships.

John is the father of two special needs children, who have inspired him to donate his time and resources to various charities and benevolent organizations. Their personal stories and battles are also the catalyst of his desire to launch FACINATE Films, a community-oriented that is intended to help "Families Assisting Special Children In Navigating Available Treatment Everywhere".

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Tiffany Scott, Photographer / Voice and On-Screen Talent / Crew

Tiffany Scott has grown with us since 2016 to become a very capable videographer and photographer. She has lived most of her life in Barrie, and as a Millenial, her perspective on local stories is very different than that of her mentor. Tiffany has always had an interest in film and media, which lead her to study media. She graduate from of a two year television and broadcasting program with a Specialist High Skills Major in Arts and Culture.

As Tiffany's skillset has grown, so has her range. She has produced several videos virtually on her own and will soon be spearheading bigger projects under the banner of Five Points Media. During the past seven years, Tiffany has worked in various capacities in theatre, both in acting and in production. Tiffany works with the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, as our Associate Producer, working on location at shoots and in the studio.

We use only the latest technology and tools of communications to produce full-broadcast quality HD videos

The beneficiaries of our services have ranged from individual philanthropists to international organizations, and have included but are not limited to:

  • Autism Ontario - charity in support of people living on the Autism spectrum
  • Barrie Pride - not-for-profit in support of the LGBTQ community
  • Beneath the Blanket - charity in support of the homeless
  • Canadian National Institute for the Blind - charity for the blind
  • Coldest Night of the Year, Orillia - fundraiser for helping the homeless
  • Gilda's Club of Simcoe Muskoka - charity in support of cancer patients and families
  • Goodwill Industries - community-oriented offering training and support to jobless
  • Hopefest - annual not-for-profit music festival in support of Sick Kids Hospital
  • Lighthouse Soup Kitchen and Shelter in Orillia - helping the homeless
  • Patchless Ride for Autism - annual motorcycle rally in support of Autism Ontario
  • Paying It Back - Barrie philanthropist Frank Nelson's bucket list charities
  • Pole Fitness - women empowering exercise misrepresented by 'conservative' opponents
  • Push For Change - cross-Canada journey to raise awareness of Youth Homelessness
  • Restoring Dignity and Hope - charity in support of newly released inmates from correctional institutions
  • St. John's Ambulance - a community based first aid and safety oriented not-for-profit service that provides a wide variety of services to our community
  • Silent Swim - deaf swimmer Brenda Lussier-Neumueller swam across Great Lakes to raise funds to fight Cystic Fibrosis that threatens her brother
  • Swim For Dreams - fifteen-year-old Ashleigh Beacham swam Lake Ontario to send a five year old boy with leukemia to Disney World
  • SY-STEM Links (formerly STEM Interface) - online and video kiosk based system to assist the homeless find essential services
  • Women and Children's Shelter of Barrie - charity in support of women and children

Our work has been used by various broadcasters, including the Barrie CTV station and their counterpart in Toronto. Our commercial production credits range from small local businesses to international fortune 500 companies, and the charities we have assisted cover the full-range from infant care, through to women's rights, and even bikers raising money for Autism.

Please take a look through the list of charities we have helped selecting the "Recent Videos"button on the header bar

Terms of Service

  1. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, restricts this offer to benevolent individuals and groups who work to improve the lives of others.
  2. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, will not support any individual or group that is rooted in any exclusionary religious faith.
  3. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, will not support any individual or organization that promotes one sector of our mixed culture over others.
  4. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, promotes only acceptance, tolerance, and cultural diversity.
  5. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, reserves the right to refuse to assist any individual, group, or organization that does not reflect our ideology.
  6. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, retains exclusive ownership of all video recorded, both raw and edited; however, the client individual or group will be given unrestricted use of the product for self-promotion and any other legitimate reason that is in line with the purpose of the original reason for the production.
  7. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, reserves the right to restrict their level of co-production; with some chosen charities receiving fully subsidized services, and others are asked to pay out of pocket expenses and/or some production costs.
  8. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, reserves the right to offer a sliding scale of support to charitable and benevolent organizations that charge for their services (such as through the operation of a donations driven store) or which receive government or substantial private or corporate funding.
  9. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, is a privately funded community-oriented and our producer reserves the right to determine what level of co-production is applicable on a job by job basis.
  10. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, will be acknowledged as producer through an end-of-program credit that the client agrees to leave on the finished program and to never remove for any reason.
  11. the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, remains the exclusive copyright holder of all video and audio files, both raw and edited, and the client individual or group agrees that the video will not used for any other purpose or by any other group or individual without the written consent of our producer.
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