Heather Latter With the first year of the full-day Early Learning Kindergarten Program complete at two of the schools in town, educators at both school boards indicated the program was certainly successful. “It was a wonderful year,” stressed Rae-Ann Wood, an Early Learning teacher at St. Michael’s School. “I think […]
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Heather Latter The occupancy rate at the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope has risen 14 percent this year from last year—a number the board of directors noted is both good and bad. “It’s good we are providing a service that is being utilized, but it’s sad that they […]
Lucas Punkari Those who live in the Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls area, or those that only visit the region during the summer for camping and fishing, have a brand new attraction to check out that salutes one of Northern Ontario’s biggest activities. The Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre opened its doors to […]
Staff The Salvation Army received the lion’s share of the town’s Moffat Family Fund allotment for 2012, getting $8,000 to provide disadvantaged families with back-to-school supplies for their school-aged children. The Salvation Army means to purchase school supplies such as notebooks, binders, pencil crayons, pens, pencils and backpacks with the […]
Sarah Pruys When Nicole Renberg, an occasional teacher at Robert Moore, was approached by principal Dianne Thompson to create a piece of artwork to welcome people to the school, she took it a step further and decided to make it into a project involving the entire school. She looked online […]
Sarah Pruys When “Chem-Free” was started many years ago, it consisted of not much more than a broken karaoke machine and some egg and spoon races out at Sunny Cove Camp. Now, students finishing Grade 12 head out to the Memorial Sports Centre for six hours full of games, snacks, […]
Duane Hicks After receiving some negative press regarding the new sidewalk on the north side of the 300 block of Third St. East, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown explained the rationale behind project specifics at Monday’s council meeting. Prior the construction, the road had always been sloped from the […]
Press Release New Democrat Member of Parliament John Rafferty (Thunder Bay-Rainy River) presented a Jubilee Medal Saturday to Glenn Jourdain of Fort Frances. Jourdain has dedicated his life to enriching the social, recreational, cultural and economic conditions of the Couchiching First Nation and is presently involved in historical research in […]
Press Release As announced by Dr. Dave Singleton, he and Dr. Joe Ennett have signed a contract to provide medical doctor coverage for the Rainy River area for at least the next four years. Along with the use of locums this will insure the Rainy River Health Care Centre will […]
Sarah Pruys Just because school is out doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do here. The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, for instance, has programs going on throughout the summer for kids of all ages. On Tuesdays at 10 a.m., “Toddler and Baby Time” is for children and their parents […]
Duane Hicks A regional obesity activist is encouraged by the provincial government’s announcement last month that it is bringing together a group of experts to help tackle the challenge of reducing childhood obesity by 20 percent over five years. “I think any discussions represent hope,” said Paul Murphy, founder of […]
Staff With the Rainy River District Fastball League starting its second half last night, the rest of the league now know what two teams they will have to knock off if they want to have the top seed entering the postseason. While the results of last night’s games were not […]
