“I’m here just to teach children about conservation and different habitats,” said travelling teacher Linda Sheplawy-Woodcock, who has been touring Northwestern Ontario as part of an educational program launched by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. The “travelling teacher” program provides students with hands-on workshops to help them become […]
News
The 18 local Sparks who sent handmade replicas of monarch butterflies to Mexico City’s Museo del Nino (Children’s Museum) last fall are due to have similar paper butterflies returned bearing a message from kids in that country. The exchange is part of an international awareness project focused on protecting the […]
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 […]
“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 […]
At first glance, it might appear Teddy Bone and her horse, “Bribon,” are an extreme contrast. The 10-year-old purebred Pasafino is a fairly young horse and–with constantly moving feet and shaking head–has the spirit to match. At 75 years of age, Bone is not who you would expect to find […]
The Emo Centennial Committee has done its final tally of the amount raised from last year’s celebration and Monday presented a cheque for $9,057 towards renovations at the Emo hospital. This amount is on top of $1,200 already donated by the Emo Centennial Committee, as well as $2,100 raised by […]
The Stratton recreation grounds will become home to 35 special young trees after the inaugural “memorial tree” dedication ceremony takes place there Saturday, May 27 at 11 a.m. “This has turned into something a lot bigger than I expected,” said Moe Henry, who, along with his wife, Joyce, has been […]
The Wieringa family inaugurated their new riding shed with a horse clinic Saturday and Sunday that attracted 16 horses and about 60 people who gathered for the opportunity to learn from a pro. Peter Frost, a world-renowned show horse trainer, left his Minnesota home to spend the weekend at the […]
The Fairway Store in Emo is closed for the time being to undergo renovations before it reopens under the Shop Easy franchise banner. Fairway, which was owned by Emo Reeve Brian Reid, officially was sold to the Loney family, owners of Cloverleaf Shop Easy Foods on Front Street, with the […]
The organizing committee of the sixth-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival, Northwestern Ontario’s pre-eminent pumpkin festival, is now planning the 2000 weigh-off. The festival again proved to be very popular in 1999, attracting many people from as far away as Thunder Bay to Hannam Park in Rainy River, where […]
Donald Young School students and staff held their annual Spring Tea and Concert in the school gym, performing before an enthused audience of friends and relatives. With spring in the air and an array of music presented, Jocelyn Matheson and Robert Galloway introduced each item on the program, which included […]
