The Rainy River District School Board took time out Saturday night to say thank-you to its 16 teachers and staff members who are retiring this year as well as those who have reached 25 years of service. “I salute those who’ve spent 25 years in the profession of teaching. Twenty-five […]
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The Rainy River District School Board is expected to pass its budget for the 2002-03 school year at a special meeting Wednesday night. But to keep the budget balanced, trustees will withdraw almost $200,000 from reserve funds. Laura Mills, chief financial officer for the board, said expenditures for salaries, benefits, […]
Ashley Dyson doesn’t know quite what to expect as she packs her bag for a month-long adventure. But this Friday, she and two other local students will leave to participate in the International Shad Valley program—developing science, technology, and entrepreneurial skills while meeting students from across the country and beyond. […]
Five-year-old Chandler Cousineau held his father’s hand as they walked around the track at Pither’s Point here Friday evening. Both wore dark blue ribbons pinned to their shirts. Both are cancer survivors. “He had thyroid cancer. We all had thyroid cancer,” Paul Cousineau said while walking the survivors’ lap to […]
Given the Northwest Ontario Recycling Association will be defunct as of June 30, “blue box” pickup here will be no more for at least two months as no company has been found to take over the service. But Fort Frances will try to get back on track and deliver the […]
More than 150 people from Northwestern Ontario told government what we can do—and how they can help—during the “Innovation Summit” meeting, organized by FedNor, on June 6 in Thunder Bay. I was one of eight facilitators, who had the task of guiding participants through a day of hard and fast […]
Most museums conjure up images of glass cases, dust-filled air, and “do not touch” signs. But as the Fort Frances Museum prepares for another busy summer, it is anything but. For one thing, not all museum activities will take place inside. “We’ll be making rain sticks outside for ‘Mall Day’ […]
Whether the Lookout Tower and Fort St. Pierre at Pither’s Point Park ever will be repaired remains a matter of debate, with town council perhaps making some decisions at a meeting July 22. While discussion on the matter was on the agenda for Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, Coun. […]
Fort Frances campus of Confederation College will be saying goodbye to its long-time manager this summer, but Don Lovisa won’t be going to far. Lovisa will be accepting a position as director of the School of Access and Literacy in Thunder Bay, which will include overseeing all the college’s regional […]
Just a few kilometres east of Mine Centre, turn left at the pole with the red T-shirt tied around it and you’ll come across a new lumber mill—well, a mini-mill to be more exact. What started as a hobby during spring break-up for Norm Burkholder has blossomed into a six- […]
Local native groups say there’s no way they can accept proposed changes to the Indian Act because doing so would mean they accept the act itself. Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson said supporting the changes means embracing the Indian Act. “And I don’t. It denies self-government,” he argued. More than 200 […]
The last students to attend old Fort High on First Street East cheered last Wednesday night as they graduated from high school. The Ice for Kids Arena was packed with proud family and friends as 169 12th-graders and 59 OAC students graduated from Fort Frances High School. “We were the […]
