St. Francis students Matthew Parent and Laura Busch are tops at speaking French. At least, that’s what the judges felt after the pair won the Core and French Immersion divisions at the annual district French speech contest last Tuesday at the Emo Inn. Parent won the judges over with his […]
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Meals on Wheels has been serving the people of Fort Frances for 28 years and long-time member Marg Rousseau is hoping the tradition will continue. “It started back in 1973 when some people got together and decided to form Meals on Wheels,” Rousseau said Monday. “Our program was created to […]
Alberton residents will make an appeal to save their community school Wednesday night when they attend a public session for the collective design process of an expanded J.W. Walker School. “Our main goal is we’d like to see our school stay open,” said parent Danielle Robinson. “We’ll be presenting them […]
Chariot races have been selected as the main entertainment of this year’s Emo Fair in August. Following on the heels of last year’s horse rodeo, teams of horses–with chariots in tow–will gallop around the oval of the Emo speedway in both flat and Ben Hur races. “They’re teams of two […]
The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is looking into the deaths of two Sandy Lake First Nation residents to see if there is a connection between them. The body of Delilah Meekis, 33, was discovered in her residence Friday morning following a report of a house fire there. Police and volunteer firefighters […]
After competing in the regional qualifier in Atikokan on Wednesday, more than half of the Muskie badminton squad will move on to the finals. “It went well, it went very well,” noted Fort High teacher Greg Ste. Croix, the badminton athletic director. “It was a different result from what I […]
The second-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference drew more people to Rainy River Community College over in International Falls, Mn. on the weekend than expected. “We had a lot more people than last year,” enthused co-organizer Jennifer Mercer, a biologist with the Rainy River Watershed program. “We would have been happy to […]
With grade three and six testing coming up next month, the Rainy River District School Board is aiming to give reading a boost after looking at last year’s results. “Strategically, all boards are required to pay attention to the areas of reading, writing, and math. But you need a focus, […]
District students will be vying to see who has the best French language skills tonight at the Emo Inn when the Northwest Catholic District School Board and Canadian Parents for French hold their “Concours d’art oratoire 2001.” Starting at 7 p.m., the contest will see 10 students from both the […]
An area family has filed a $10 million lawsuit against numerous parties, including the Ontario Provincial Police, in connection with a case where three family members were charged with creating and operating an obscene Web site. In the claim, Don Smith, along with his wife, Lorna, their two children, and […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expecting to see student enrolment drop again this year but what impact this will have on the 2001-2002 staffing remains to be seen. “We’re always updating these projections but most recently, the projected enrolment will see 100 less elementary students and 35 less […]
According to Bell, all of Northwestern Ontario is on Thunder Bay time. While they are able to supply new technology in the form of high-speed data transfers, video-conferencing, and ISDN, Bell has been unable to accommodate the Central time zone here. As such, all the caller identification displays in Rainy […]
