Staff The Rainy River District School Board is in the process of gathering public feedback on a proposal to hike the pay of four executive positions. For the local public school board, the proposed Executive Compensation Program applies to the Director of Education, Superintendent of Education/School Effectiveness, Superintendent of Education/Student […]
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Staff Rainy River District School Board trustees will receive a report on the Autism Spectrum Disorder pilot project that has been running this school year. Special Education administrator Char Bliss will present the overview during tonight’s regular board meeting. The local board is part of the pilot project led by […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board is seeking public feedback on its proposed Executive Compensation Program. According to the board’s website, it developed the program, in consultation with the provincial government and dated Nov. 29, 2017, to fulfill the requirements of provincial regulations. The purpose of the program is […]
Nicholas Donaldson Some municipal leaders west of Fort Frances are reflecting on the past year, as well as looking ahead to 2018. Emo Mayor Jack Siemens told the Times via e-mail that as he looks back on 2017, he can see how fortunate he is to live and work in […]
Forrest Mann (Eagle River), Elizabeth Carter (Dryden), and Carolyn Voort and Colleen Doerkson (Kenora) were the $75 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for January. Winning $50 were Kim Tarrant (Fort Frances), Teddianne Kinnear (Emo), and Amanda Brennan, Dela Johnson, L. Williams, John McGurran, […]
It was a Christmas windfall for Angela Halvorsen and Russ Gregoire of Emo, Ont., who won the $2,500 up for grabs on Christmas Eve in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Dec. 24-30 were Martin Dufrense (Rainy River), Ed and Betty McLeod […]
Press Release Winter is a busy season in the Ontario logging industry, and snowmobile enthusiasts unfamiliar with the region and terrain often are unaware of the high volume of truck traffic on remote industrial forest access roads in winter. Nineteen drivers, two passengers, and two pedestrians were killed in snowmobile […]
It will be clear and cold tonight, with an overnight low of minus-29 C (20 below zero F). Tomorrow will be sunny but continued cold, with a high of minus-21 (six below) and low again around minus-29 (20 below). Increasing cloudiness is forecast for Friday, along with a high again […]
Press Release The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has teamed up with Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to implement a new process that will improve the level and speed of care provided to emergency cardiac patients. “Time is crucial for patients experiencing a heart attack,” said Terri Gurney, […]
From the OPP Community satisfaction surveys are scheduled to start in January in North West Region to solicit public opinions about the services the OPP detachments deliver to communities throughout the region. It is a telephone survey that randomly selects members of the public (age 16 or older) who live […]
From the OPP On Jan. 1 around 12:10 a.m., Rainy River District OPP officers were on patrol within the Town of Fort Frances when they observed a Highway Traffic Act infraction on the 500 block of King’s Highway. Officers then conducted a traffic stop. The driver, a 22-year-old woman from […]
Staff A fire at Kenora Forest Products overnight Saturday resulted in the loss of a building and two kilns used to dry lumber. But sawmill operations were expected to continue at the site this week. Kenora MP Bob Nault issued the following statement Sunday regarding the fire. “Although I was […]
