Three groups were presented with Recognition of Excellence certificates during last night’s regular monthly meeting of the Rainy River District School Board here. First, trustees heard how 45 girls attended a Young Women’s Conference at Quetico Centre back in April. The conference was aimed at educating the students regarding a […]
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A balanced budget is the good news. The bad news is $448,000 in excess spending on transportation within the Rainy River District School Board. Trustees approved the 2003-04 budget at the board’s regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. In an effort to meet the rising costs of transportation throughout the […]
While the annual meeting of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. won’t be held until Thursday, June 26 in Rainy River, it’s already known no election is necessary this year. But there will be two new board members as Robert Stamler and Norma Elliott submitted their nomination forms prior to the […]
Sherry Loveday believes her family is blessed. Her father, mother, and daughter were all diagnosed with cancer within the last 10 years. All three had different types of cancer—and all three are in an excellent state of health today. “It’s hard to find adequate words to say how blessed we […]
The bursts of heavy rain last Thursday evening didn’t deter people from coming out to the OPP’s annual police auction. About 80 people showed up to place their bids on several large desks, an axe, a jerry can, and some swan-shaped plant holders. But the biggest draw was the 60 […]
Mike York has thought about joining the ranks of those who serve and protect for some time, but he wasn’t keen on wasting his time in a classroom. “I’ve thought about being a cop for a while, but I didn’t want to go in for the schooling and then find […]
There is an epidemic sweeping through First Nations youth across Canada—and the toll it takes is devastating. That’s why a group from R.B. Russell Vocational High School in Winnipeg made the trek to the Couchiching Bingo Palace last Wednesday and Thursday to send an important message: your lifestyle is killing […]
Local firefighter Ray Herbert made the long trip home from Swift Current, Sask. on Monday having finally participated in his first Firefighter Combat Challenge. “It was overwhelming,” said Herbert. “It was probably 200 percent tougher than I thought it would be.” Herbert ran the course in 2:22 minutes, which beat […]
Although they didn’t get to physically travel to the Australian Outback or to the Amazon River, students at St. Michael’s School here got to travel to faraway lands—and live through a challenge over the last nine months just like contestants on the popular reality TV show, “Survivor.” The students—88 in […]
While black bears haven’t been too much of a problem in town limits so far this year, the public is urged to be aware of the bothersome bruins this summer, bylaw enforcement officer Dave Egan warned Monday. “We haven’t really had a problem,” he noted. “There’s been some sightings in […]
In an effort to raise awareness about world hunger, a group of Fort High students starved themselves for 30 hours last week. Participating in the world-wide program “30-Hour Famine,” the 83 students camped out at the high school and went for more than a day without anything to eat. “They’re […]
Construction schedules have been set and work began this week on the $4.8-million expansion and renovation of J.W. Walker School here. At tonight’s regular monthly meeting of the Rainy River District School Board, trustees will hear a report from the superintendent of plant and maintenance updating them on construction schedules […]
