Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce Helen McKay has been appointed to the newly-created mathematics facilitator position. This September, the Ministry of Education, through the Literacy & Numeracy Secretariat, awarded funding to the Northwest Catholic District School Board to support math instruction for teachers […]
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Press Release Ontario will continue its efforts to reduce workplace injuries by focusing on construction site electrical hazards during an October workplace safety blitz. Ministry of Labour inspectors will visit construction sites across the province looking for electrical hazards that could cause workplace injuries or fatalities. Inspectors will check that […]
Press Release Breast cancer receives an amazing amount of attention in October–it’s not easy to avoid messages about the importance of breast screening. However, only half of all eligible women in Northwestern Ontario have regular mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP). A new challenge from the OBSP-Northwest aims […]
Press Release Ontario is enhancing patient safety by requiring all hospitals to use a surgical safety checklist, beginning in January. The checklist will build on the government’s patient safety indicator initiative that was launched in May, 2008 and currently includes eight indicators. One of those indictors is C. difficile, which […]
the MNR No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region over the Thanksgiving weekend. Meanwhile, the MNR’s Fire Management Headquarters in Dryden reported that a successful prescribed burn on an island on Eagle Lake continues to smoulder. This is considered beneficial as it means it will burn off […]
Dave Ogilvie The monthly meeting of the Men’s Breakfast buffet will be held this Saturday (Oct. 17) starting at 8 a.m. at the Emo Legion. The guest speaker this month will be Don Ricci, a retired school teacher who demonstrates his passion for God by keeping very active. Ricci serves […]
Mitch Calvert Steve Arpin’s finish at Sunday’s ARCA RE/MAX American 200 circuit championship at the Rockingham Speedway summed up his first season on tour. The Fort Frances native led for a stretch of laps during the race, and was no worse than third at any point until a transmission failure […]
Press Release Ontarians once again can get support from the Species-at-Risk Stewardship Fund for voluntary projects that protect and recover species-at-risk and their habitat. Applications are now being accepted from individuals and groups for the fourth year of the fund. The deadline is Nov. 16. Over the last three years, […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team improved to a perfect 4-0 at the midway point of the NorWOSSA season with a four-set win over the Kenora Broncos here last Thursday. “We were missing one of our starters, so we had to move in one of our Grade 9s […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ basketball teams both stretched their NorWOSSA records to 3-1 with wins over the Kenora Broncos last Thursday at the “Fish Tank.” The seniors continued their strong defensive play with a 29-24 win while the juniors dominated from start to finish in a 21-6 romp. The […]
Duane Hicks After being named this week as one of 61 Ontario public hospitals that ran a deficit in 2008, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. said the $950,191 shortfall was a one-time occurrence and that Riverside is on track to break even in 2009. “Things are looking […]
Peggy Revell Mine Centre Public School may be small but there’s high hopes a newly-launched initiative to extend Ojibwe language instruction will mean big improvements in the success of its aboriginal students. Since beginning in September, the initiative has seen the school’s 13 senior kindergarten and Grade 1 students instructed […]
