Rebecca Cornell has been accepted to work at Queen’s Park in Toronto as a page, which will involve running notes and message to MPPs. She will make this her summer job for the month of June but will be going there for a two-day orientation at the end of this […]
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As an extension of the Safe School Act enacted last spring, Education minister Janet Ecker recently announced all school boards must have appropriate dress policies in place by the end of June. But while this may be news to some, the Rainy River District School Board already is ahead of […]
The school council at Donald Young has distributed surveys to each family to obtain feedback regarding the school, and the results will be discussed at its next meeting March 20. Other items on the agenda include dress code, JK/SK arrangements at the board and school level, etc. These council meetings […]
Diane Maxey is getting her choir’s vocal chords loose and limber for the Choraliers’ upcoming Easter cantata slated Sunday, April 8 at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. The performance will tell the story of Easter through song and narration. “I am really looking forward to this performance,” Diane Maxey […]
Josette Vargas, co-ordinator of the Emo Toy Lending Resource Centre, was busy preparing for a leprechaun’s visit for the Kids’ Craft Club tomorrow (March 8) in preparation for St. Patrick’s Day. No Story Hour programs or Kids’ Craft Club will be scheduled at the ETL during March Break (March 12-16). […]
Only the Midget Blues took to the ice in recent Emo minor hockey action but they skated away with a win and a tie in their two games. Tied 4-4 after two periods against the visiting Fort Frances Midgets, the Blues scored a pair of unanswered goals in the third […]
It was moving day last Thursday and Friday for the Emo Clinic and other groups that now occupy the lower portion of the newly-renovated Emo Health Centre. While the facility itself has undergone a facelift, the staff has not changed. They remain as courteous and helpful as they were before […]
J.W. Walker School here staged a Millennium Science Fair last week, with the junior grades displaying their projects on Thursday and the older students on Friday. Erica Strom topped the grade eight students, with Ashley McCaig second and Cody Dittaro in third. Ben Sletmoen was first in the grade seven […]
The committee spearheading a history book in conjunction with Fort Frances’ centennial in 2003 recently met to discuss the next step in collecting material and documents about local families. The committee, comprised of four members, has been busy collecting information all around the community and so far is happy with […]
The popularity of snowmobile racing among youngsters keeps on growing, with the second-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championship seeing 45 racers take to the ice Saturday morning on Sand Bay here. “It was double the size of last year–it was a huge success,” enthused organizer Al Boivin, who was still thrilled […]
Cathy Kowal just keeps running. After competing in a marathon for arthritis at Walt Disney World in Florida in January, the First Nations police officer most recently participated in the ninth-annual “Run for the Meatball” event in Thunder Bay. And she brought along four Rainy River First Nations girls–Brittany Roy, […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team has been all but unstoppable so far this season–and they’re hoping it will stay that way at the all-Ontarios in Timmins. “We have been focused on it [OFSAA] all year,” noted head coach Paul Noonan. “I still think we are good enough to compete.” […]
