Dear sir: The grade 3/4 class at Alberton Central School has enjoyed some activities courtesy of Henry Miller and the OFAH “Adopt-a-School” program through the local Sportsmen’s Club. As part of the science curriculum, Mr. Miller took our class on a field trip to study about trees, plants, and soil. […]
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Dear sir: During the past week, federal and provincial finance ministers have been meeting to make suggestions on what to do with the projected surplus in the federal budget. It appears that most would like to see the income tax reduced. None of us enjoy paying taxes but we know […]
There isn’t a Christmas I can remember, as a child, when my family and I didn’t make the annual trek out into the bush for a real Christmas tree. Most times my dad had gone out earlier in the year and tagged the perfect tree with ribbon so we could […]
While students at two Thunder Bay high schools may be turning in jeans and T-shirts in favour of school uniforms next September, both the Northwest Catholic District School Board and the Rainy River District School Board have no such plans for now. “It came up at one school council meeting […]
The Rainy River District School Board has hired a Toronto man for a four-month term to design a website to increase the public’s access to information. “The Ontario government has a centralized data base, linked to many of the school boards across Ontario,” Nelson Chan noted last week. “But so […]
It was a matter of principle for Coun. Struchan Gilson and Coun. Dave Bourgeault, who voted against the bylaw to amend council’s previous decision on the names of the rinks at the new Memorial Sports Centre. Council changed its mind at a special meeting Dec. 2, going with “Ice for […]
As Rainycrest Home for the Aged awaits word from the Ministry of Health on the status of its proposal for a special needs unit here, administration remains certain the addition will go ahead–one way or another. “Our job is to meet the needs of district seniors, and whether we get […]
Town council seemed satisfied with the outcome of an investigation into the local OPP’s response time to emergencies which was spurred by a complaint from a west-end resident earlier this fall. The complaint had been made by a woman on River Road West, who called in an assault in progress […]
Mother Nature seems to be making up for the overly wet spring and summer by giving district producers a mild, easy winter so far for their livestock to weather. Although the long-range forecast calls for more seasonable temperatures to arrive in the next week or so, last night’s expected low […]
There wasn’t much firefighters could do to save a home on Highway 11/71 just east of Devlin that caught fire Friday afternoon, La Vallee volunteer fire chief Leo Pruys said yesterday. Pruys said the fire was called in around 1:30 p.m. by someone on a mobile phone. But he noted […]
After finishing in second place in their pool, the local Bantam “AA” B•Macs ran into a buzz saw from Winkler in the semi-finals of their own tournament here Sunday morning. Leading 2-1 midway in the second period, Winkler (which had been 3-0 in pool play) erupted for five goals to […]
Matt Gushulak’s rink knew they would be in tough against the top teams in Northwestern Ontario at the junior men’s playdowns here last week. While Gushulak and third Tyler Bell were back for another crack at a Northwestern title, this time they were teamed up with new second Trevor Bonot […]
