The Northwest Catholic District School Board last night agreed to eliminate the animal care committee as a statutory committee of the board due to a lack of animal research in its schools. “The elementary schools within the jurisdiction of the Northwest Catholic District School Board do not fall under definition […]
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Couchiching band members have spoken–and Chuck McPherson plans to keep listening. McPherson, who was elected to his second two-year term as chief Monday, said two messages came across during public forums last Friday and Saturday–accountability and focusing on youth and economic development. “People definitely want an increased accountability from their […]
District motorists are facing the highest gasoline prices ever–and area businesses are being forced to adapt. As of this morning, it was costing people 70.9 cents a litre to fill up here. “We’ve been in this business 44 years and this is the highest we’ve ever seen it,” noted Mayor […]
Globeco International Inc. in Rainy River, along with at least three other regional grants, was among the 424 recently audited by Human Resources and Development Canada but not flagged for further review. “No reason was identified by the auditors to focus special attention on the 424 files [which were selected […]
More than 70 people turned out for the Robbie Burns supper at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday night, quashing any worries organizers had about attracting guests to an evening of haggis and poetry. “It was absolutely fantastic,” chairman Dr. Bruce Lidkea enthused Monday. “The turnout was far ahead of what […]
More than 200 staff and community volunteers who work with students were in the spotlight–if only in name–at last night’s regular meeting of the Rainy River District School Board as recipients of its “Recognition of Excellence.” “Our system is proud of these silent partners who add to the life of […]
The Rainy River District School Board will be developing new standards for its special education program–and perhaps see more funding–after an announcement from Education minister Janet Ecker last month. Changes on how special education programming will be organized are planned, Ecker said, as well as how $40 million more shifted […]
The wheels are in motion for the formation of the first chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in this part of the province. The RMEF’s presence in Northwestern Ontario would help facilitate additional fundraising efforts for elk restoration projects, such as the one now underway near Cameron Lake. Some […]
Four portable classrooms under the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board had to be shut down last week due to extensive mould contamination but the ones used by the local Catholic school board don’t face the same problem. “We had them all checked last year for mould and there didn’t seem to […]
Local MP Robert Nault doesn’t see any “insurmountable” challenges left in completing the new Canada Customs facility here, predicting construction could begin early this summer and be completed by fall. “I believe it will cause us a lot of revenue,” Nault, who’s also the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern […]
Municipalities across Rainy River District have thrown their support with Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. in hopes of getting a satellite dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here. The resolution, forwarded by the Township of Morley, was passed at Saturday’s annual meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association in […]
It’s too early to make a call–either way–on forming an area services board (ASB), delegates agreed Saturday at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting. Fort Frances council sent a resolution to the RRDMA asking it to suspend “indefinitely” the application it had made last year to form an […]
