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 […]
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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 […]
Here are the results from the first two days of the annual Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival: < *c>Monday, April 17 < *c>9 a.m. •Contemporaray Ballad in Sacred Song Style for 10 and under–1. Kayla Lauzon (“Angels in the Night”) 2. Melissa Friesen and Annelise Hawrylak •Traditional Folk […]
As Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz–“There’s no place like home.” And when you’re sick, being cared for close to home seems all the more important, too. For cancer patients who can receive chemotherapy treatment at La Verendrye hospital here, the surroundings also have taken on the warm “fuzzies” […]
The acquisition of a dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here took another step forward last week after local MP Robert Nault said the federal government will help fund the project. Nault voiced his support Friday at the Business Improvement Area’s annual luncheon when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon asked whether Ottawa […]
