The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team are looking at today’s final regular-season match against the Kenora Broncos here as a springboard to the playoffs. The team will finish in second-place regardless of today’s outcome, and meet the third-place Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA semi-final up there Nov. 12. The winner […]
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Gib Tucker has stepped forward to put in his application to coach the local Midget “AA” Canadians hockey team this season, the Times learned yesterday morning. The team, to begin its second season, was left without a coach after Dave Allison resigned to accept a position behind the bench with […]
Facing the Kenora Broncos in the semi-finals of an eight-team senior boys’ tournament there Saturday, the Muskies admitted they were a bit leery heading into the matchup. But once they got onto the floor, any worries quickly evaporated as they blew away their NorWOSSA rivals in two-straight games by scores […]
More than 40 people interested in starting up a small business, or getting advice on running the one they have, may have learned a thing or two after attending a seminar last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous. Coinciding with Small Business Week (Oct. 26-30), the seminar was a joint effort […]
District teachers spent Monday learning to adjust to the new math curriculum in innovative ways during a workshop at La Place Rendez-Vous. In response to Ministry of Education-dictated changes in the math curriculum at the start of the school year, the Rainy River District School Board brought in Ruth Dawson–a […]
If Mary Martinson had to prick her finger one more time for a blood test, it probably would bring tears to her eyes. That’s because three times a day for seven straight days, she had been doing just that as part of her participation in the “Celebrity Challenge” organized by […]
Sixth Street and North Star Community School will be the first two facilities the Rainy River District School Board reviews as it begins to assess how to best spend its school renewal funding next year, it was revealed at last night’s meeting. Other schools to be reviewed down the road […]
District grade three students are right on course in their reading, writing, and math according to testing results revealed at last night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting. The results, which were released by the Ministry of Education on Friday afternoon, indicate an improvement over testing done in 1997/1998–a change […]
Rainycrest’s effort to get 32 beds for a special needs unit will now be a matter of waiting, as administration waits to be interviewed, along with three other competitors, by the Ministry of Health later this month. During a public session last Thursday afternoon at the Travelodge in Kenora, Rainycrest […]
While Ontario announced last Friday its decision to drop the rule requiring non-resident anglers to stay overnight in the province in order to keep walleye and sauger, some members of the Border Waters Coalition say the next step will be equally important. “It’s time for our federal people to start […]
The local 4-H “Go for the Gold” team heads down to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto on Friday, where it will square off against the other regional winners in the provincial showdown. Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen won the right to represent Northern Ontario at […]
The “RiverWatch” program is off to a good start, organizer Jennifer Mercer noted yesterday, after completing several field trips with elementary schools on both sides of the border. Students in grades five-seven at Robert Moore, J.W. Walker, Donald Young, Riverview, and Indus schools headed down to the Rainy River to […]
