To the applause of many, the Rainy River District School Board approved an employee assistance program to help deal with workplace stress during its regular meeting here Tuesday night. The service, provided through the Behavioural Sciences Centre of St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay, will be implemented in September, […]
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“I’m concerned about the watershed. I’m concerned about the creatures that live in it and the people who use it. I guess I see it as a living being–it’s all interconnected, interrelated.” The sentiments of Terry Kawulia, a local man who attended the inaugural ManOMin conference here last Friday and […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. is still waiting approval of its plans for renovations at the Emo hospital submitted in early April. “We’re hoping to get the letter from the ministry [of Long-Term Care] this week,” CEO Wayne Woods noted Tuesday. “Then we’ll be going out for tender as soon […]
Mentoring for teachers, use of math exemplars, and summer school are all strategies the Rainy River District School Board plans to use to improve math performance in grade 3/6 testing, assistant superintendent Betty Ann LaRocque told trustees at last night’s regular meeting here. After seeing grade six students score four […]
A special celebration was held last Wednesday and Thursday at Big Grassy First Nation to mark the long-awaited land claim settlement involving the bridge over the Big Grassy River. Festivities included a hoop dancer, a drum ceremony, outdoor activities, a fish fry, and fireworks. Community members also were honoured with […]
Students from the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program in Stratton flagged down vehicles passing by Canadian Tire here Saturday for a fundraising car wash. Students from grades 10-12 raised more then $1,100 washing vehicles and selling baked goods to fund a week-long trip to Minneapolis. “We’re hoping to do some stuff […]
Two amphibious Twin Otter aircraft from the Ministry of Natural Resources base in Dryden, along with a helicopter for transporting fire crews, are on high alert at Fort Frances Airport as the fire hazard continues to creep up across the district. Three more waterbombers are on alert in Kenora and […]
One motion was tabled, another was passed, a new motion was written but ignored, the passed motion was re-introduced and tabled, and a fourth motion was written and passed–all part of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board’s latest attempt to select an apportionment formula. “Look how much fun […]
District youth will be working together to develop a directory of programs and services available to them when “Youth Connections” seminars are held in Rainy River, Atikokan, and Fort Frances. Starting today at Rainy River High School, with another session tomorrow at Atikokan High School, Atikokan teens Sarah Herr and […]
Agreeing to disagree. That’s what came out of recent talks between the tourism and forestry sectors on so-called Resource Stewardship Agreements, which were discussed at length last Thursday at the annual spring meeting of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association in Morson. Gary Beardsley, of the Northern Ontario Tourism Organization […]
During their annual luncheon at the Rainy Lake Hotel last Friday, the Business Improvement Association agreed to continue to endorse and contribute to a number of initiatives aimed at attracting tourists and entrepreneurs to Fort Frances. “I was there to see they are very interested to make an effort to […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will focus on improving grade three/six test scores in reading and writing during annual testing, but not necessarily mathematics, after trustees approved it at last night’s meeting here. While curriculum co-ordinator Ron Fryer described reading and writing as the “meat and potatoes” of the […]
