English drama (Friday April 10) •Self-Composition Poetry, Grades 9 and 10—1. Mira Donaldson (Honours) •Humorous Prose Reading, Grades 7 and 8—1. (tie) Brianna Eldridge and Callahan Wiedenhoeft (Honours) •Serious Prose Reading, Grades 9 and 10—1. Mackenzie Wright (Honours) 2. Mira Donaldson (Honours) •Serious Prose Reading, Grades 7 and 8—1. Callahan […]
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English drama (Thursday April 9) •Choral Speaking, Grade 7—1. J.W. Walker School (Honours) •Choral Speaking, Grade 2—1. J.W. Walker School (Honours) •Reader’s Theatre, Grade 2—1. J.W. Walker School •Choral Speaking, Grades 6-8—1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (Honours) •Skit, Grades 6-8—1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (First Class Honours) •Skit, Grades 11 […]
Duane Hicks Former Fort Frances resident Doris Dittaro’s art was a winner at the recent 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C. Dittaro’s watercolour painting, “Home from the Rink,” featuring two boys walking through the snow after playing hockey on an outdoor rink, was one of a select few […]
Press Release On March 30 at 9:35 p.m., members of the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a motor vehicle stolen from a Fort Frances residence. The stolen motor vehicle was recovered 20 km west of Atikokan the following day. Crime Stoppers always has cash rewards of up […]
Press Release Voyageurs National Park is seeking artwork for the 2015 Kids Art Show in honour of the park’s 40th birthday. Children from kindergarten through Grade 6 are invited to participate by creating a drawing and writing a short story related to this year’s theme: Celebrate Voyageurs National Park! There […]
The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts opened Tuesday with French drama performance, followed by English drama yesterday. The English drama portion also continues today and tomorrow, with piano performances set for next week. Marks of 90 or above are awarded a First Class Honours standing while marks […]
Staff A visit from the Grand Exalted Ruler (president) of the Elks of Canada last week has sparked the local organization to seek out new members. Duane Felt met with the group that has been reduced to just a handful of members of late. “Each lodge is different,” Felt remarked. […]
Ken Johnston Small-town Rainy River is taking its voice to the table of libraries big and small! Michael Dawber, Rainy River Public Library’s librarian and CEO, recently was appointed to the Ontario Public Library Guidelines Monitoring and Accreditation Council as the delegate for small Northern Ontario libraries. “This is a […]
Staff A new attendance zone for two west-end schools was approved by the Rainy River District School Board at its regular meeting here last night. Trustees approved the new Riverview/Sturgeon Creek Attendance Zone to be established to match the existing east boundary of the grey zone, which is the Morley […]
June Scarrow of Red Lake was the $75 winner in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendars draw for April. The $50 winners included Erma Armit (Fort Frances), Patricia O’Connor (Rainy River), and Martha DeGagne, Val Thomson, Charlie Poirier, Hilda McMahon, Grant Sherred, Phyllis Lockhart, David Munn, Caralyn […]
the OPP The OPP has introduced an online incident reporting system called Citizen Self Reporting (CSR). This system is for members of the public to report selected incidents via the Internet. Using the CSR system, specific incidents can be reported online without attending a detachment or waiting for an officer. […]
Cameron Penney Four members of the “First Responders” at Fort Frances High School recently had the chance to receive some hands-on learning outside their typical classroom environment. Lucas Jourdain, Madison Krikke, Dylan Roth, and Judy Wu, along with team co-ordinator John Beaton, travelled to Baltimore, Md. to attend the EMS […]
