Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Joel Westheimer, a Full Professor of Education and Democracy at the University of Ottawa thinks the EQAO is too “narrow” and sees a strong correlation between socio-economic factors and test scores. “Interestingly,” said Westheimer, “if you put a graph up of EQAO scores, and you overlaid it with the graph […]
Many education experts have questioned the usefulness of EQAO standardized testing for students, criticizing the bending of day to day work around the test in the months leading up to it. According to Joel Westheimer, a Full Professor of Education and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, “a lot of […]
According to a media release from the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada’s new regulations on international students will “strengthen the integrity and quality of our temporary resident programs.” Moreover, the federal Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship will be introducing “consequences” for Designated Learning Institutes. Additionally, this could […]
A release from the Government of Ontario states that Starlink, a SpaceX subsidiary, will offer high-speed internet access to rural households in Northern Ontario using “all viable” technologies effective this coming June. Moreover, some sources think this will help bridge the “digital divide.” “[The Ontario] government is pleased to work […]
The Ontario government will soon introduce legislation that, if passed, will support families and help more women enter and remain in the skilled trades by creating a new job-protected parental leave for adoptive parents and parents through surrogacy. The government would also create a new 27-week job-protected leave for workers […]
Back in September, the Ontario government made it so convenience stores could sell alcohol products one of the places that opted into alcohol sales in the Fort Frances area is The Great Bear. The gas station east of Fort Frances is a hot spot for fishermen in the summer gassing […]
There has been a number of traffic fatalities in the wider region this week. On November 22, at 7:20 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with emergency medical services (EMS), Conmee Volunteer Fire Service and the Oliver Paipoonge Volunteer Fire Service responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving a […]
ATIKOKAN — The Rainy River District School Board needs to review its campus-safety policies and investigate an Atikokan school’s response to last week’s report of a student with a weapon, a local parent says. The school board says it is looking into how school administration responded last week and how […]
Fire bugs found guilty of causing wildfires could face stiffer penalties under revamped provincial legislation aimed at preventing blazes from getting out of control. Rural area municipal leaders said the proposed amendments announced on Monday to Ontario’s Forest Fires Prevention Act “send a clear message.” “Protecting our forests and reducing […]
THUNDER BAY – Patty Hajdu, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and minister of Indigenous services, hosted a roundtable discussion on winter roads Friday. In attendance with Hajdu were Nishnawbe Aski Nation and other First Nation leaders, to discuss the challenges posed by shortened winter roads seasons. Northern remote First Nations rely on ice roads […]
Proponents of a $1.2-billion hydro-electric transmission project touted the benefits of clean energy and First Nation-led business partnerships on Friday, while negotiations with some landowners being impacted by the line remained a work-in-progress. The Waasigan Transmission Line was officially launched at a groundbreaking ceremony in Shuniah with Indigenous, municipal and […]
Portable traffic lights have returned to a Highway 11-17 overpass just outside Thunder Bay, to the chagrin of motorists on the route. But the Ministry of Transportation is offering assurances that final construction work will be done “within the next few weeks.” Some travellers who regularly drive over the overpass near Highway […]
