School boards across the province will be able to buy more textbooks for their students thanks to $65 million the province announced yesterday for classroom materials. Premier Ernie Eves and Education minister Elizabeth Witmer made the announcement of the one-time extra funds for textbooks and technology-based learning materials. The funding […]
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Organizers had to compete with sunny skies Friday but “Ag Days” at the Barwick Hall was well attended this year. “We had over 100 people at the banquet,” said Shirley Morrish. “It was a feast and we had a good evening of visiting. The speakers were outstanding.” At the banquet, […]
Alberton Reeve John Milling expressed his disappointment with the Rainy River District School Board’s plan to close Alberton Central School in a letter to council. He read the letter at council’s regular monthly meeting last Wednesday night, and other councillors also spoke about their dissatisfaction with the decision. “The RRDSB […]
The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists jumped their first hurdle last Wednesday night when Alberton council agreed to support the club’s proposed “Bog Walk” interpretative trail. Club president Bill Morgenstern gave a presentation to council outlying plans for a section of land near Whitmore Road and Peat Moss Road—specifically, part […]
Ontario’s lumber exporters are outraged over the U.S. response to proposals made by the Canadian government aimed at reaching a settlement on the softwood trade dispute. The U.S. dismissed the Canadian proposals as totally unacceptable and came back with a counterproposal that would impose a 37 percent export tax on […]
Donations of money and labour from Alberton Township won’t be enough to keep their school open, according to trustees at the Rainy River District School Board’s regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. Danielle Robinson made an emotional plea outlying the efforts of the township, which pledged to donate $10,000 if […]
Emo council has just sent its Phase Two funding application to FedNor in the next step towards landing a biomass waste disposal and recovery pilot project, Reeve Russ Fortier said. Phase Two funding of the proposed landfill site will cover a complete engineering operational analysis, which will involve a site […]
Alberton residents will learn Tuesday night if the township’s donation of $10,000—combined with the voluntary services of electricians, plumbers, and contractors—is enough to keep their school open. The fate of the three local elementary schools slated for closure, including Alberton Central, will be discussed when the Rainy River District School […]
Willow-Mor Farms, home to Tom and Shirley Morrish north of Devlin, will open for tours again next month. “We farm 1,000 acres,” Shirley Morrish said. “The farm tours will start again in April.” Willow-Mor hosts school trips, seniors’ tours, and family groups—and the couple juggles the tours with their many […]
New exhibits and new ideas promise even repeat visitors will want to tour the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (“Place of the Long Rapids”) Historical Centre next week. Some of the exhibits are still under construction, but site manager Sam Bombay said they’ll be ready for visitors starting next Tuesday (April 2). May 1 […]
If you want something done, just ask a busy person, as the saying goes. Well, Kim-Jo Bliss seems to do everything remotely related to agriculture in the district. She serves on the board of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, volunteers for 4-H, is involved with “Ag Days,” and handles […]
“We wrapped your memories for you in safe bundles Throughout the land of Anishinaabe Akiing Ancestors leading us home . . .” —“Migrations,” Al Hunter Al Hunter’s book, “Spirit Horses” is hot off the presses. It’s so new, in fact, that Hunter himself has only a few copies. The poems […]
