Duane Hicks A public meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday (April 29) to explain details of the $5.4-million Portage Avenue, Nelson Street, and Victoria Avenue truck route upgrade starting early next month, which will see the town improve the roads, as well as sewer and water, in relation to AbitibiBowater’s […]
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Press Release Public elementary occasional teachers, members of the Rainy River Occasional Teacher Local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), have reached a tentative agreement with the Rainy River District School Board. Details of the agreement will be available following a members’ ratification vote. “Guaranteed, negotiated working conditions […]
Staff District residents did their part and gave the “gift of life”—donating even more blood than hoped for during Canadian Blood Services’ two-day spring donor clinic here Wednesday and Thursday. CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said this morning a total of 367 donors came out to Fort Frances High School, donating […]
Peggy Revell Heather Hudson, Barb Duguay, Anne Barnard, Kim Redford, and Renee McDonald got into the ’50s spirit with their costumes during a “thank-you” lunch Rainycrest hosted yesterday for its many volunteers. The afternoon was filled with root beer floats, poodle skirts, Elvis, and other favourites from that decade.
Peggy Revell JK student Roman Spuzak coloured in a picture of the world during Earth Day activities held yesterday at St. Michael’s School. Students were busy decorating paper grocery bags which will then make their way to Einar’s Foods to remind people about the importance of being environmentally-friendly.
Press Release The start of the school year in Sept. 2009 will bring new principals and vice-principals to some schools in the Rainy River District School Board. Several of the changes are designed to promote better educational outcomes by encouraging greater coordination among elementary and secondary grade levels. The moves […]
Duane Hicks Town council will decide once and for all whether to go ahead with Phase II of the Heritage Tourism project, which includes the refurbishment and relocating of the Hallett and lookout tower to the La Verendrye Parkway, at Monday’s regular council meeting. At a budget meeting yesterday, Community […]
Mitch Calvert It was a banner day for the Fort High badminton team at the NWOSSAA finals yesterday in Thunder Bay, with two pairs qualifying for the OFSAA championship set for Sudbury May 7-9. In the senior boys’ division, the duo of Rory Bagacki and Tim Desjardins kept their perfect […]
Press Release NDP forestry critic John Rafferty (Thunder Bay-Rainy River) was joined by deputy leader Thomas Mulcair (Outrremont) yesterday in calling on the federal government to immediately outline and implement a forestry strategy to assist all sectors of the industry, to provide further assistance to hard-hit forestry communities, and to […]
