Job action by Ontario’s teachers is entering its third month, with an ever-increasing impact on classrooms. Few debate topics to come out of negotiations are as polarizing as class size. The Province has proposed increasing average class size for secondary students from 22.5 to 25 and increasing Grades 4-8 classes […]
Megan Walchuk
> Megan Walchuk is a huge fan of community news. After earning her diploma of Print Journalism from Sheridan College, she headed past the big dailies, and settled in for many fun-filled years covering community events for several newspapers in the Hamilton and Halton regions. She's won a few plaques and stuff, but her most prized journalism award is a genuine Hamilton Fire Service T-shirt, for her in-depth series, following their super cool Extrication Team's path to international competition. She took a few years off to have some kids, and returned to her roots in northwestern Ontario. She's currently living her dream as the editor of The Fort Frances Times.
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
Drivers are being warned that’s its never okay to drink and drive, after OPP charged four local drivers with impaired driving in the last week. “People still aren’t getting the message,” said Provincial Constable Jim Davis of the OPP However, recent changes in legislation have given officers more power on […]
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
It’s time to pick your favourite poem, prose or piece of music and practice, practice, practice. The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts has officially opened registration for the 2020 season. The Festival began in 1940, with a group of local citizens, who felt there was too much […]
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
Paramedics are in critically short supply in Northwestern Ontario. But one local school is hoping to fill the gap. Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) in introducing a diploma program for Paramedics, with its first cohort beginning the fall of 2020. By developing home-grown paramedics, they’re hoping these grads will live […]
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Megan Walchuk
Megan Walchuk
He’s a beloved brother and cousin, an attentive grandson, and a loving father. And he’s still missing. Since his disappearance on January 15, Chauncey Grover’s family and a team of police and volunteers have been tirelessly combing the woods between Couchiching First nation and Fort Frances, hoping for any sign […]
