At its first meeting since the Nov. 10 election, Dan Belluz and Judy Eluik were acclaimed chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Rainy River District School Board on Tuesday night. Gord McBride, the previous chair, nominated Belluz, while Ron McAlister nominated Eluik. No other nominations were made. McBride had held […]
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The Rainy River District School Board will elect a new chair and vice-chair Tuesday night during its inaugural meeting following the Nov. 10 election. “We’re going to have a new chairman,” said current chair Gord McBride, who was re-elected to one of the two Fort Frances seats last month. “It’s […]
Having been sworn-in at Monday night’s inaugural meeting, the town’s new mayor and council now are looking to start tackling the business they were elected to handle. “I’ve spent a few long days in the office now and I’m starting to get a feel for it,” Mayor Dan Onichuk said […]
About 50 residents showed up at the Civic Centre on Monday night to see the new mayor and council of Fort Frances sworn in. Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell had Mayor Dan Onichuk, and Couns. Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, Struchan Gilson, Todd Hamilton, Neil Kabel, and Rick Wiedenhoeft make […]
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 […]
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 […]
