The Borderland Thunder will be in Thunder Bay tonight and tomorrow as they look to prove to themselves—and to the rest of the SIJHL—that they deserve to be in first place. That test will come against the undefeated Fort William First Nation North Stars, who sit in second place with […]
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Students across the district, on average, are showing improvement on EQAO scores over the last three years, and in some cases surpassing the provincial average. The Rainy River District School Board showed particularly strong results among Grade 3 students. Of the board’s 183 Grade 3 students, about 83 percent participated […]
The Safe Communities Coalition of Brockville and District, the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the OPP began a new initiative yesterday to kick off Crime Prevention Week in Ontario. There was a special seminar at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, conducted by local OPP Cst. Caroline […]
Rainycrest Home for the Aged will be hiring a private firm to provide interim management services there, with an eye to possibly strike a partnership with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. in the long run. At a special meeting Tuesday morning, Rainycrest’s board of management voted that a proposal received […]
Tomorrow, many of us will be gathering at the various cenotaphs throughout the district to pay homage to those among us who left the security of hearth and home to commit themselves to mortal combat on distant shores. We will be joined by the ever-thinning ranks of those who were […]
While Manager of Operations and Facilities Doug Brown emphatically stated last week that plastic bags would not be accepted during curbside “blue box” pickups, he noted Monday there would be one exception. “Shredded paper can be put in a clear plastic bag, and put out for pickup,” he said, adding […]
I too want to encourage people across Ontario to get involved in Remembrance Day ceremonies, to take the time to acquaint themselves with what has gone before us. Many people don’t know that over a million and a half Canadians sacrificed themselves in the First World War, the Second World […]
If you weren’t already convinced that, yes, Christmas is close at hand—the opening of the Christmas Store at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market building on McIrvine Road here at 10 a.m. this Saturday should quash all your doubts. This is the 14th season for the popular holiday store run by […]
A day-long community summit is being planned for Jan. 13, 2005, with the focus to be on issues that will impact the district in the next five years, council learned at its regular meeting here Monday night. “I think you’ll find the session on Jan. 13 to be quite informative, […]
Andrew Dault had the opportunity to do something that fans of hockey don’t often see in our great game. With 1,125 seconds having passed in the first period, and the score knotted at notta between the Borderland Thunder and the Dryden Ice Dogs last Friday here, Dault saw an opening, […]
Canada versus the States. That’s what it was really all about when the Muskie girls faced the International Falls Broncos this past Saturday night here. It was labeled as an exhibition game, but was it really? “I think this is always our biggest game of the year, because we want […]
A step forward may have taken place Monday night to help alleviate Rainycrest Home for the Aged’s financial woes, as council voted unanimously in favour of supporting a letter from Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. board of directors stating that Riverside and Rainycrest should be amalgamated. But any more details […]
