The Rainy River District School Board went from the worst ranking in the province to above average when results from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test were announced at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting here. Of those students who wrote the Grade 10 literacy test at the board’s three high […]
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BEGIN–Born to Kevin and Dana-Lynn, nee Tester of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Matthew Robert, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. on September 19, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
SWING–Born to Bob Swing and Pam Avis, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Samuel Aidan, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. on September 23, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
JONES–Born to Todd Morrisseau and Melanie Jones, of Red Gut Bay, First Nations, Ont., a baby girl, Samarah Marie Faith, weighing 9 lbs. 7 oz. on September 25, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
TORISEVA–Born to Steve and Liane, nee Ogden, a baby girl, Tori Anne, weighing 6 lbs. 15.8 oz. at 2:10 a.m. Sept. 28, at Falls Memorial Hospital. Grandparents Albert & Helen Toriseva, Cecil & Thelma Ogden, and Great Nana Solange Gill.
Misericordia has become a famous hospital name in Winnipeg, largely because of its eye care and, in my first visit there a week ago, I was told it accommodates an estimated 8,000 such patients annually. This makes it the largest eye facility in all Canada, a nurse there said. And […]
St. Patrick’s C.W.L. will hold a pie and rummage sale Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Donations greatly appreciated for this. Contact Denise Donaldson at 486-3486 for more information. • • • A “Salt and Light” youth retreat, modelled after the World Youth Day earlier this summer, […]
I still remember how much fun it was to get my second master’s degree and how sad it was when the last class was finished. The university was a two-and-a-half hour drive from our home. I drove up every Tuesday afternoon, stayed overnight, and came back Wednesday morning. And my […]
What I know about fishing could fit in a dwarf’s tackle box. Here’s what I do know. There seemingly are more fishing shows on TV than there are Members of Parliament; brand-new bass boats cost more than any car I’ll ever own; and “Fishin’ in the Dark” by the Nitty […]
Bob Darrah of Christina, born June 21, 1927 in Fort Frances, Ont., passed on at the Boundary Hospital in Grand Forks with his family at his side on Sept. 28, 2002. Bob was very active. Enjoying golf and curling games (and beer) with his buddies, and a healthy lifestyle that […]
Sydney “Syd” Baldwin, 77, of 901 Shevlin Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. He was born Dec. 28, 1924 to the late Stephen and Christina Baldwin. Syd was married to Vivian Calder in 1949. Later, on Oct. […]
Trustees will discuss if local students made the grade on last year’s Grade 10 literacy test at the regular monthly meeting of the Rainy River District School Board here Tuesday night. “We have had marked improvements in our results,” Education Director Warren Hoshizaki said Tuesday morning. The literacy test was […]
