This past week, Leslie Barr-Kellar, behaviour co-ordinator for the Rainy River District School Board, presented a bullying workshop at Donald Young School for parents and other community members. Topics covered included the board’s “Safe School” policy, violence prevention curriculum instruction, strategies for students being promoted at the school level. This […]
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They say Canadians spend hours talking about our weather conditions–it is any wonder? Where else can you pick lilacs, cut rhubarb, and be slapped in the face with snow while you’re doing it! • • • The first week of Devlin slo-pitch schedule has been played and here are the results: Monday […]
At the Wheels to Meals gathering at the Emo Legion last Thursday, Emo councillors were on hand to challenge the seniors to carpet bowling. It was a humorous contest the first time around, Reeve Russ Fortier said. “We had a field day,” he noted, adding the seniors let them win […]
Coffee Break, the ladies’ Bible group at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, held their season wind-up with a Day of Joy gathering for women at the church sanctuary and fellowship hall. Guest speaker for the occasion was Ellen Pukalo, a city gal married to a farmer near Beausejour, Man. […]
Heidi Friesen (Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program) and Matt McQuaker (Sturgeon Creek) have left Kingston after representing Northwestern Ontario in a national science fair there. The two district students joined two others from Dryden at the science fair, which featured hundreds of projects from coast to coast. While neither came away […]
Amid the uproar in Thunder Bay over the province’s decision last Thursday to choose Laurentian University over Lakehead University as the main campus for the Northern Rural Medical School, others are standing by the choice. “[The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce] believes this is a viable solution. And we’re […]
The Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre will receive $750,000 in funding, Indian Affairs and Northern Development minister Robert Nault revealed Friday. “This announcement highlights the [federal] government’s recognition of the important role tourism plays in generating economic development activity,” said Nault, who also is MP for Kenora-Rainy River. “Promotion of this aboriginal […]
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. announced yesterday it will cut production at its Kenora mill in June, eliminating 147 jobs and affecting 333 more–a huge blow for the town’s residents and economy. “It’s an awful blow for the 150 that are going to be out of a job and the hundreds that won’t […]
“What might have been?” That’s the question Sturgeon Creek student David Barron pondered during the annual intermediate district speech contest last Tuesday at St. Michael’s School here. And that question was answered in the form of a first-place trophy and a plaque for Barron, which is now on display at […]
Aboriginal youth from around the district gathered together over the Victoria Day long weekend to participate in a four-day Festival of Arts. Hosted by Seven Generations Education Institute, the festival gave youths aged 14-21 the chance to explore non-traditional career options by participating in a variety of arts-based workshops. Denise […]
Rainy River First Nation’s household hazardous waste days have received $75,000 in funding from the Ministry of the Environment. Indian Affairs and Northern Development minister Robert Nault, also MP for Kenora-Rainy River, revealed the funding at the band’s annual fish fry Friday. The funding, acquired through Environment Canada’s EcoAction Program, […]
Students at Crossroads School in Devlin, west of Fort Frances, have been told not to drink the school’s water after traces of bacteria were found. A sample taken last Thursday (May 17) was found to contain several types of bacteria. The school was notified of the bacteria content at 3:30 […]
