After months of negotiations followed by strike action, the Rainy River District School Board and local secondary occasional teachers reached a tentative four-year agreement on Monday morning. Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit will vote on ratification this week—in Fort Frances on […]
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Joe Sletmoen of Crozier is a young farmer who recently took on his first big year of calving on his own, which he said went “very well.” “This is the first year that I’ve done a real big swing,” he noted. Not only did Sletmoen end up with 40 calves […]
The Lake of the Woods Sustainability Foundation, which was formed last year, is seeking support from local communities and stakeholders near the basin in order to protect the water quality of the lake. “We need to keep it as a gem,” Todd Sellers, the Foundation’s executive director, stressed during the […]
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation of Ontario District 5B Occasional Teachers and the Rainy River District School Board yesterday reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract. The union represents occasional secondary teachers across the district from Rainy River to Atikokan. Details of the settlement will be issued […]
Rainy River High School senior Jay Neilson is wrapping up his second year in district politics. Neilson, who happens to be president of RRHS student council, also is the student trustee on the Rainy River District School Board. He’s found the latter to be an eye-opening experience—one he feels he’ll […]
Students at Mine Centre School pulled together for a fundraiser last week for the Autism Society Ontario. But it was their principal, Brenda Ferris-Hyatt, who really went the extra mile. She agreed to be taped up to a wall in support of the annual “Toonies for Autism” fundraiser. For every […]
Going strong for 18 years in Fort Frances, the Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure continues to be a successful event. And this past Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre was no exception as both exhibitors and organizers alike agreed it was a hit once again. Connie […]
Anyone interested in participating in this year’s “Fun in the Sun” queen pageant has until this Friday (May 5) to register with organizers. “We have one girl actually signed up and two others still looking for sponsors,” organizer Melissa Gushulak noted Tuesday afternoon. “The deadline is Friday but I may […]
Although Jarrod Gunn-McQuillan and Eric Busch were not born and raised in Rainy River District, they see strong agricultural opportunities here—especially in creating sustainable food systems. Gunn-McQuillan, a dietitian with the Northwestern Health Unit, and Busch, an agricultural intern here, were the guest speakers at the Rainy River Federation of […]
The Fort Frances, Red Lake, and Thunder Bay fire management headquarters responded to reports of four new fires in the West Fire Region yesterday. FireRangers as well as air-attack, including CL-415 waterbombers, responded to action the blazes. There currently is a total of three active fires in the region, including […]
Jessie Zhang, economic development Intern with the local Rainy River Future Development Corp., presented a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to residents in Emo last Tuesday night, which received a positive response. “Some people had questions,” Zhang noted Thursday, saying she will revise the CIP and send it to the Ontario […]
Emo council approved a request Monday night from the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum for the use of three residences south of the OPP station to relocate the museum from its present location. After an in-camera session to discuss the property matter, council voted unanimously in favour of allowing […]
