Dear editor: As we are now into the Spring Break of district schools, please permit me to go back to the happenings of last week. No less than four of our sports teams (three from Fort Frances and one from Atikokan) left the district to compete in provincial playoffs. In […]
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Results of a provincial literacy test released last week showed the Rainy River District School Board had the highest failure rate in Northwestern Ontario. But the board has resolved to change that. “We will improve. There’s no question about it,” Education Director Warren Hoshizaki pledged Tuesday. “We’re going to respond […]
Dear sir: In your Daily Bulletin of Feb. 23 was a story on a court decision to allow Métis to hunt and fish at anytime of the year without licences and limits. Now this is a fine decision. It is a firm start on equality in our province. Allowing the […]
March is Kidney Month in Canada. This is the time the Kidney Foundation of Canada has designated for a nation-wide canvass. The Kidney Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of people living with kidney disease. Its goals are, first and foremost, to fund research and […]
Dear sir: According to recently-published media reports, the expert panel appointed by former Health and Long-term Care minister Elizabeth Witmer is recommending the creation of medical school campuses of Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Windsor, affiliated with existing medical schools. Some may conclude this is the good news we have […]
The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to a blaze at a trailer at Canada Customs around 7:55 p.m. yesterday. The first units arrived to discover a fire in the rear of an office trailer which was being used Canada Customs. Under the direction of Capt. Paul Radbourne, the […]
In recent Atom hockey action, the Emo Hawks clawed their way to a 4-2 victory over the Emo Selects in recent Atom hockey action there. Terry Carmody netted a pair of goals to pace the Hawks, with Tyler Cottam and Chris Mutz notching the others. Luc Judson and Ryan Witherspoon […]
Mike Solomon, co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Coalition, is pleased with last Friday’s release of elk into the wild from their pen at Cameron Lake. “Although I was not on hand when they were released, I have heard that they did very well and appear to be adjusting […]
Grade 10 students in the Rainy River District School Board had the highest failure rate (41 percent) in Northwestern Ontario on the provincial literacy test taken last fall. And there’s word those at Fort Frances High School fared even worse than that compared to their counterparts in Rainy River and […]
Students at Donald Young School in Emo held their annual science fair last Tuesday in conjunction with the book sale and display of excellent reading material with teacher Marie-Ann DeGroot in the school gym. Students had the chance to browse through different selections and purchase books if they desired. Meanwhile, […]
The local Christian Reformed Church’s Dorcas Society marked its 40th anniversary March 2 with the cutting of a cake. Members would like to share a few things on how they got started and the work they’ve been doing over the years. It all started in the fall of 1960 when […]
Siobhan Devlin is moving up the volleyball ranks. Fresh from helping the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team to the consolation crown at the all-Ontario championship in Sault Ste. Marie last week, Devlin recently accepted an offer to attend the University of Manitoba and play on their championship volleyball team. Her […]
