Dear editor: As you are aware, Alexander MacKenzie School will be closing in June. We are writing to you as members of the School Closing Committee. We are looking for members of our community who may have any memorabilia they would be willing to loan us for display at the […]
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Dear sir: Once again, Bell Canada is promising some sort of ADSL service for our area. After five years of promises, can we finally start believing Bell Canada? I’m sure last summer is still fresh on everybody’s mind, when official Bell Canada call centres started pitching their ADSL service—trademarked “Sympatico […]
Dear Mike: I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and give thanks to the members of the local Sigma Beta Phi sorority for the wonderful work they have done over the past five years at the Townshend Theatre. Sorority members have worked hundreds of hours over that time, […]
The public—out of the loop because most of the discussion was done behind closed doors—will never know if Mark McCaig was town council’s first choice to be the new CAO for Fort Frances, or if he was offered the job because others had turned it down. Regardless, Mr. McCaig looks […]
Good food and good times were the order of the day as the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards banquet last Friday at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Nearly 300 people were on hand to reflect on the highs and lows of the past season as well as […]
Some local people were given a sneak preview of the work being done at J.W. Walker School last night as the renovations near completion. Trustees, teachers, board staff, parents, and the press were invited to tour the new facility with Raymond Roy, the Rainy River District School Board’s superintendent of […]
While it’s still a month away, time has been flying by for the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure show. “‘Spring carnival’ is the theme, and we’re planning on utilizing that the best we can,” said Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth. “We’ve got lots and lots of […]
At its regular monthly meeting here last night, the Rainy River District School Board recognized students and staff from Rainy River High School who spent three days winter camping under the board’s new Innovative Projects program. Sixty students in Grades 9 and 10 participated, spending two nights and three days […]
Consultant Roy Prevost will be in the district next week not only to deliver a workshop on “Creating Customer Loyalty” on Tuesday at the Rainy River Legion Hall, but to do individual sessions with businesses. Angela Halvorsen, business investment officer with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., said Monday that […]
The Ministry of Finance released its annual list of public sector employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2003. Locally, the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Report contained some familiar names as well as some new ones. Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board, earned a […]
