While the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program has been taught in grade six classrooms across the district for several years, it soon will be extended to include 10th-graders. Groups such as the OPP, the School Violence Prevention Team, and the district Substance Abuse Program have worked at making the […]
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Adopting the same school calendar as three other regional boards, the Northwest Catholic District School Board last night agreed to submit its draft of the 2001-02 calendar to the Ministry of Education. While proposed calendars don’t normally have to be submitted to the province before May, the one here must […]
Last Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17), relatives and friends gathered at the Emo Legion to celebrate the 55th wedding anniversary of longtime residents John (Jim) and Marcine James. The hall was decorated with two potted plants, at the guest table and registration area, and each table had a lit candle as […]
A three-year study to find out the viability of transferring adult walleye from Namakan Lake to Northwest Bay on Rainy Lake has found moving the fish to restock the population doesn’t work. “As an agency involved in the study, I can say we certainly won’t be pursuing the transfer of […]
Planning committees have been struck for Rainy River and Atikokan areas as preparations for the district to host the World Health Organization’s 11th International Conference on Safe Communities in 2002 gathers momentum. With the initial outline for the conference set by the program committee, the next step for organizers has […]
Emo council is considering a new Web site, and it would like to have input from local high school students. “The new one will be tied in with the Fort Frances Times, which would add better service and requires a name,” noted Emo Reeve Russ Fortier. “This is the way […]
After some unexpected setbacks last week, Mike Solomon, Vic Alberts, and Daryl Gaudry will be back on the road this weekend to pick up the remaining elk that will join the current herd at Cameron Lake next week. “We are going to be leaving on the weekend and hopefully be […]
There are 16 “peer mediators” at Donald Young School this year and as a result of the students being self-motivated, independent, and reliable, the program has proven very successful. Mediators this year include J.J. Hunsperger, Amy Nielson, Allison Loney, Gordie Matheson, Maverick Judson, Kazia Nault, Nicole Simmons, Jamie DeGagne, Rosalie […]
Concerned over the lack of physicians in northern communities, Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff has demanded the north receive more attention from the province. “Our community is facing an immediate, critical situation in accessing physician services and in providing hospital care to people across Northwestern Ontario,” Boshcoff wrote in a […]
Residents in the west end of Rainy River District will not be dialing 9-1-1 until December. While all the municipalities have spent the money to have every road mapped and building numbered last year, Bell Canada is not prepared to have the service up-and-running until the end of the year. […]
The “traditional” way of life, as practised by Canada’s aboriginal people, is not something that can be studied from afar. Writing about the traditional ways–even in the most basic manner–is difficult, if not impossible. Those ways are meant to be experienced; to be passed on through direct, one-on-one sharing. That’s […]
Here are a few things cow-calf producers are doing to improve the chances of calves surviving at birth. It is important to plan ahead. Check with your vet on a herd health program, including vaccinations for the cow and calf. Scours, white muscle, and vitamins are of particular concern. Ask […]
