The Ministry of Education is making efforts to improve the achievement of aboriginal students in Ontario, and those efforts are being felt here in the northwest. Last fall, the ministry established seven regional aboriginal education offices across the province—including one in Thunder Bay—to help implement its First Nation, Métis, and […]
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On Sunday, the Allen family gathered for a barbecue at Pither’s Point Park here to celebrate the life of their brother, Duane, and to remember his illness that’s made their family ties stronger over the years. They wanted him to know that life wouldn’t have been the same without him. […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved a balanced budget of nearly $38 million for the 2007/08 school year at Tuesday night’s regular meeting here. Laura Mills, the board’s superintendent of education, noted the budget is smaller than in years past—largely due to declining enrolment. Generally, the board’s enrolment drops […]
The local agriculture community is seeing some new faces around the area this year after three industry positions were filled in recent weeks. Michelle Denys, who just graduated from the University of Guelph, has taken over the position of intern for the Rainy River Soil and Crop. Improvement Association while […]
On Saturday around 7:30 a.m., Emo OPP officers investigated a motor vehicle collision on Highway #502, five km north of Cedar Narrows Road. The driver of a northbound truck trailering a boat crossed the centre line and collided with a southbound truck trailering a boat. A 55-year-old Kenosha, Wis. man […]
