The Aquanauts swim team put in a solid performance at the May Sprint Development Meet here Saturday, including several of the younger members who were competing in a meet for the first time. Kyle Perrott led the way Saturday with personal best times in all four of his races. Amanda […]
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Heading into the NorWOSSA soccer playoffs that got underway today in Kenora, the Muskie girls’ soccer team feels pretty good about its chances of winning yet another league crown And you can’t blame them. The black-and-gold came away from two NorWOSSA pre-season tournaments in Dryden with a sparkling 5-1 record […]
Muskie boys’ soccer head coach Keith Gilbert feels his team has the talent to play with every squad in NorWOSSA–and they proved that by finishing with a 5-1 record at a pair of pre-season tournaments in Dryden over the past two weeks. But now it’s time to prove just how […]
The annual YBC awards banquet was held last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous. Individual award winners were as follows: Smurf •High average (boys)–Lyle Dolph (97) •High average (girls)–Tasha Petawanaqueb (66) •2nd high average (boys)–Dallas Gervais (58) •2nd high average (girls)–Caitlyn Townson (60) •High single (boys)–Jacob Hawley (102) •High single (girls)–Emily […]
“We provide the physicians with the tools they need to manage the patient,” explained Patti Johnson, manager of diagnostic services at La Verendrye hospital here. But the impact these medical applications have on the lives of patients go far beyond that–and Johnson is more than eager to share those little […]
Melissa Norman could probably teach us all a lesson about what’s really important in life. Since 1988, the Fort Frances woman has been living with Multiple Sclerosis–an unwelcome guest that stole her ability to walk five years ago. MS (which means “many scars”) is the most common disease of the […]
After waiting since last fall for approval from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to get 32 beds for a special needs unit, Rainycrest Home for the Aged here finally got its answer yesterday. No. “It’s news, but it’s not the news we’ve been looking for,” Rainycrest administrator Kevin […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board has worked out its 2000/2001 budget, making a special provision for special education funding among other changes. “Previously, if we had a student who developed special needs during the year, or had a new special ed. student transferring into the system, we never had […]
The Education Accountability Act 2000 tabled by the Ministry of Education last Wednesday could see a deal struck between the Rainy River District School Board and the local Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation earlier this month go “out the window.” While the act hasn’t been passed yet, local OSSTF president […]
A campaign to prevent an increase in toll fees on the international bridge here is beginning to take shape. Petitions lobbying against the potential increases are being filled out at a number of area businesses by business owners and residents alike. “It’s ridiculous. We’ve travelled on bridges all over Canada […]
“There is nothing in here we wouldn’t want to do.” That’s how Carol-Lynne Oldale, director of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s, described the fourth instalment of the Education Improvement Commission’s “Road Ahead” series during last night’s regular board meeting here. “The decision of the EIC to issue […]
“Are we ready? Yes, we are [and] we expect to be fairly busy,” Jane Johnstone, manager of the Ontario Information Centre here, said last night in anticipation of the flow of Americans coming across for the opening of walleye season this weekend. “They’ll be looking for information on new fishing […]
