Kiera Kowalski Bonnie Doucette, along with Cindy and Samantha Manty, walked a heart-felt lap during the survivors’ ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club in conjunction with this year’s “Relay for Life.” Participants honoured the survivors’ struggle with cancer during this lap, which was led by the Legion […]
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of the RRDSB Valedictorian Mackenzie Wright thanked teacher, educators, family members, and friends for their support and wished her classmates well in their future endeavours.
Kiera Kowalski Socorro Galusha (at left) belted out the lyrics to Yael Naim’s “New Soul” during Fort High’s annual graduation ceremony at the Ice For Kids Arena on Thursday evening. She was accompanied by music teacher Lisa Loney on piano. Meanwhile, above, Nasia Kavanaugh and Avery Wilson-Hands duelled in a […]
Nicholas Donaldson Students at J.W. Walker School enjoyed the sunshine as they spent the final moments of the school year playing with friends on the playground there. Last Thursday marked the last day of school for students across the district.
Kiera Kowalski Marg Rousseau, left, and Wendy Stevens compared the number of beads they had on their strings during the annual “Relay for Life” on Saturday afternoon. Each bead represented one lap around the track inside the Fort Frances Curling Club. Meanwhile, below, Jodi McGinnis led this year’s “Relay” participants […]
Brittany Bowman The ceremony included a slide show of each grad accompanied by pictures from when they were younger.
of the RRDSB Caleb Dueck was all smiles after having accepted one of his three awards Thursday evening during Fort High’s graduation ceremony. He won the Leading Student Award, the Governor General’s Medal, and the Sir Isaac Newton Award.
of the RRDSB Fort High “Class of 2017” grad Jada Eide received her diploma from principal Bill Daley during Thursday evening’s ceremony at the Ice For Kids Arena. The annual “chem-free” grad party followed at the ’52 Canadians Arena next door. See story, more photos A5.
Nicholas Donaldson The Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op is holding community input sessions around the district this week to gather thoughts and ideas for a regional food charter. The project is being run in partnership with Lakehead University’s Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, the Northwestern Health Unit, local municipalities, and other […]
Duane Hicks With only one lot left unsold at the Huffman Court subdivision, the town is considering developing Erin Crescent–but not before hearing what people think first. A public meeting will be scheduled in the next few weeks to explain possible plans for the land and, more importantly, to hear […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Canada’s 150th birthday is this Saturday (July 1) and several district communities are making this a day full of festivities for all. In Barwick, a pancake breakfast will kick things off at 9 a.m. at the church, followed by its annual Canada Day parade at noon and […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board sponsored a Canada Day math contest for students in Grades K-12 as a way to honour Canada’s 150th birthday. Students were asked to create a math problem appropriate for their grade level featuring a Canadian theme and that had an answer of […]
