This past white Christmas was particularly special for 16-year-old Thalita Ribeiro. Back home in Brazil, Ribeiro saw snow every Christmas–but only on cards and decorated paper. “It really snowed on Christmas day. I felt like I was on a Christmas card,” she said after spending her first Christmas in Canada. […]
District News
More than about new beginnings, 2001 will be a year when district residents see several health care-related endeavours come to fruition, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said Tuesday. “It’s been a successful year overall. We got underway on the Emo hospital, and with the dialysis unit,” Wayne […]
The National Cattle ID program started Jan. 1 to help further secure Canadian export markets both in finished beef and breeding stock. A national program will allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to trace back reportable diseases if any show up in our livestock. This is a must to keep […]
The Township of Morley’s struggle to fill the last two seats on council may be over by the end of this week. The council’s current quorum of Reeve Gary Gamsby and Couns. Bill Romyn and George Heyens have been working to put together a full complement since their inaugural meeting […]
While public consultations won’t start until early next year, Alberton Reeve John Milling said the possibility of Alberton School closing is an issue he’ll be keeping a close eye on. “It hasn’t come to council yet but speaking personally, I was shocked,” Reeve Milling had said before Christmas, referring to […]
Embarking on a year-long trip to a foreign country is a daunting task for anyone. But for 17-year-old Kathrin Gorissen, so far her stay in Rainy River District has been a valuable success story. “It’s just a great experience to just leave home and to start another life,” said Gorissen. […]
While it was not a cure-all for the problems high school teachers have been facing here since September, the president of Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B said the two-year contract ratified last week reaffirmed the positive relationship between the OSSTF and public school board.
The Town of Fort Frances and Rainy River Future Development Corp. will continue to work together after reaching a deal here Monday night. “Council concluded negotiations and we passed a motion approving the proposal,” Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach confirmed. Although it has yet to be signed and sealed, the […]
After a trip to Toronto earlier this month to lobby provincial reps for more funding, the CEO and chief medical officer of the Northwestern Health Unit has returned with one option–raise the per capita levy once again. “We’re going to be asking for an increase of about $1 million and […]
The Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association will be increasing its per capita levies by $2 in 2001. After running into increased costs, funding shortages, and less revenue, NORA has been forced to turn to area municipalities–and their residents–for more money. “There was an increase in cost in the maintenance of the […]
The “Giving Tree” at the CIBC in Emo is surrounded by gifts that were bought for less fortunate children in the district–and in complete confidentiality.
Lloyd Hodges was honoured last Thursday by the new mayor and council of Dawson township. Hodges, who did not run for re-election this fall, was reeve of Dawson from 1997-2000 and before that served as reeve of Atwood from 1961-1996. After that, Atwood was amalgamated with other neighbouring townships to […]
