It is with great sadness that the family of Rodney Henry Lange announces his passing on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 in Fort Frances, Ont. A celebration of life for Rod will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, Ont. A […]
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By Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
The Emo and District Lions will once again be hosting their “Hunter’s Dinner” on Nov. 9, 2019 in Barwick at the Barwick Hall. The cost of the wild meat and fish dinner is only $20. There will a penny table, a live auction, a 50/50 draw, a gun raffle and […]
Sam Odrowski Around 300 students from five district schools joined together in a march from the Indian Residential School Monument off Hwy. 11 on Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) to the pow-wow grounds up the Trans-Canada Highway yesterday morning during an Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk. Students held up signs […]
Sam Odrowski Indian Residential School Working Group Member Mookii Morisson spoke about what reconciliation means to district students during one of the eight workshops held yesterday morning at the Rainy River First Nation (RRFN) pow-wow grounds.
Donald Young School students who attended the Indian Residential School (IRS) Awareness Walk, hosted by the IRS Working Group at Rainy River First Nation, held up signs that read “Every Child Matters” and “The True Spirit Cannot Be Broken” in regards to IRS yesterday morning. Four other schools joined them […]
Ken Kellar Kendra Trenchard, above left, posed with her prize-winning pumpkin Saturday at the Rainy River Giant Pumpkin Festival. The eight-year-old’s pumpkin weighed in at 399 lbs. which put her in second place for the junior category, and the second largest pumpkin overall at the festival. Above right, Ken Trenchard, […]
The election is only 20 days away. Notices have gone out to all electors telling them where they can vote and where the advance polls are. Elections are the most important part of our democratic process in Canada. Our parliamentary system requires that the government have representation from across Canada; […]
Press Release
The 2018-2019 Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results have been released.School and system leaders of the Rainy River District School Board have met to analyze and interpret the results. These results, along with other assessments, help the school board to develop and refine strategies for achievement in all areas […]
Sam Odrowski
In light of concerns surrounding wood allocations being disrupted by a restarted mill in Fort Frances, proponents have assured the public wood supply wouldn’t be an issue. “I have never said, nor advised any of my clients, that one mill or one town should be favoured at the expense of […]
Sam Odrowski
The history of Indian Residential School (IRS) and the effect they had on indigenous people was recently illustrated to over 300 of the district’s students. Five elementary schools across the district came to Rainy River First Nations’ (RRFN) Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk on Oct. 1. They marched from the […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Birch Point Camp help its annual one-day bass tournament. Forty six teams competed this year. Placing first place was the team of Dan Tucker and Jason Cain, who took home $3,000. Second place was won by by the father-son duo of Leroy and Mike Wilson, who pocketed […]
Ken Kellar Staff and students at St. Michael’s School took to the field on Thursday for their annual Terry Fox walk. According to the Terry Fox Foundation, millions of students across Canada participate in a Terry Fox Run each year, which helps to raise awareness and funding for cancer research […]
