The Ontario Trillium Foundation announced $224,000 in funding for libraries in Northwestern Ontario on Friday, which will be used primarily to increase accessibility in those in Rainy River District. “This is the first time Trillium has been open to libraries, at least in recent years,” noted Margaret Sedgwick, head librarian […]
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The Fine Line Art Gallery and Pro-Picture Framing is holding a Christmas open house this Saturday. The public is invited to drop by between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and check out all the work by 14 area artists the gallery has to offer. Maybe you’ll find a one-of-a-kind gift for someone […]
New to the position as an area rep for ASSE (an international student exchange program), Barb Duguay was all smiles after the success of an information session here Sunday afternoon that saw some local interest in the program. “We had four families who have applied to host, and one student […]
The provincial EQAO testing results for Grades 3 and 6 in reading, writing, and math were released to the public last week and the Rainy River District School Board said it was pleased with local students’ results. “On the whole, we continue to show growth,” said Linda Hill, assistant superintendent […]
Rainy River District officially received its own Crown attorney Tuesday with the swearing in of Robert “Buster” Young at the Fort Frances Courthouse by Mr. Justice John deP. Wright. The ceremony was presided over by Justice Wright, along with Judge Gary Kunnas and Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell. It […]
The Rainy River District School Board announced a financial surplus of $464,000 for the 2002-03 year at its regular meeting Tuesday night, which will be put back into classrooms. The board reported the surplus in the classroom portion of the budget and allocated the money to the classroom reserve funds. […]
After working without a contract since Aug. 1, Fort Frances Clinic employees voted in favour of ratifying a deal Monday night. The three-year deal, which the 26 members of CUPE Local #65 ratified around 8 p.m., will see increases in both wages and employee benefits, as well as a uniform […]
Not only was the new mayor and council sworn in at Monday night’s inaugural meeting, a motion also was passed to appoint them to the numerous town committees and district and regional boards. They are as follows: •Administration and Finance executive committee—Couns. Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, and Todd Hamilton; •Planning […]
As of last week, the Northwestern Health Unit already had given out more influenza vaccinations in November than it did all of last winter. “Our final clinic was supposed to be Dec. 4, but we’ve had to add a couple more dates due to the demand,” public health nurse Cindy […]
Safety continues to be a message being promoted in district schools this fall as students in kindergarten to Grade 8 are learning from the “Risk Watch” program first established here four years ago. “For 2003-004, ‘Risk Watch’ is going to be taught to 86 classes by 47 teachers,” said “Risk […]
While Drs. Chris Cannon and Dan Pierroz announced this past summer they were looking to build a new Nor-West Animal Clinic at 1321 King’s Highway, the future of the project is in limbo right now. “We’re still hopeful we can build it,” said Dr. Pierroz. “But everything is kind of […]
This Sunday (Dec. 7), choirs from both sides of the Rainy River will get together to present an ambitious Christmas concert at Backus Auditorium in International Falls. The choirs from St. Mary’s and Knox United here will join forces with four church choirs and two high school ones from International […]
