Staff Jonesing for java today? Starbucks Coffee, located at Safeway, is participating in Earth Month festivities by offering a free coffee (up to 20 fl. oz.) to any customer who brings in a reusable mug to be filled. The chain also is encouraging customers to make a permanent switch to […]
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Staff Work on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre keeps moving ahead on schedule and on budget. Substantial completion is expected by the end of April, and landscaping done by the end of May—just in time for the grand-opening ceremony on June 21. Community Services manager George […]
Press Release The public is invited to Hallett Hall at Rainycrest Long-Term Care tomorrow (April 15) at 3 p.m. to meet the new chaplain, Rev. Wayne McIntosh. Rev. McIntosh is replacing long-time chaplain John Chornoby, who retired last fall. “John was very diligent in his duties as spiritual co-ordinator at […]
Staff Canadian Blood Services will be back in town next week for its annual spring donor clinic, and once again is looking for as many people as possible to share the “gift of life.” CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said they will be back at Fort Frances High School on Wednesday, […]
Staff To answer a question some people have been asking Bill Gushulak recently: “No, world champion fiddle Scott Woods will be not be performing at Knox United Church this upcoming Mother’s Day.” After bringing the Scott Woods Old-Time Fiddling show here for the past four years, Gushulak said organizers didn’t […]
Press Release To protect tenants, Ontario is clarifying rules governing how the HST will affect above-guideline rent increases. Under current regulations, a landlord could apply for an above-guideline rent increase based on the HST on utility costs. A proposed change to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) would prevent tenants from […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is engaged in a play-based inquiry project that involves targeted groups of kindergarten and Grade 1 students. The board’s Intentional Teaching in a Play-based Environment Action Research Project was sponsored by the Literacy Numeracy Secretariat to determine the positive effects of intentionally […]
Press Release Ontario’s Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth means there are more reasons to file a tax return this year. Even for those with little or no income, or who haven’t filed in recent years, filing a tax return is the only way to qualify for a range of […]
Press Release Staff and students have benefited from numerous opportunities as a result of the September, 2008 amalgamation between the Mine Centre District School Area Board and the Rainy River District School Board. Board staff and Mine Centre staff worked closely to align technical and administrative processes, and to ensure […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board launched an extended Ojibway language project at Mine Centre School this year, which incorporates 90 minutes of immersion instruction in a variety of subjects for senior kindergarten and Grade 1 students. Self-identified First Nations’ students account for roughly 90 percent of the […]
Press Release Initial investments under a new northern assistance program are creating more than 50 new jobs—and could help generate as many as 150 more over time in recently-launched small businesses across Northern Ontario. Last spring, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. introduced the new Northern Ontario Entrepreneur Program (NOEP), […]
Press Release During the next couple of months, many producers will be out assessing bull markets and trying to define their needs for the up-and-coming breeding season. The following information, from an Alberta Agriculture release, gives some thought on looking for that bull. Potential buyers go through the process of […]
