Seven district schools have new faces at the head of the class after the Rainy River District School Board hired 14 teachers for the 2000-01 year. District high schools are seeing the most new blood. Jack MacGibbon, Jeff Rajala, and Darren Johnson are all full-time teachers at Fort Frances High […]
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Keeping students in touch with technology shouldn’t be a problem for the Rainy River District School Board, which has exceeded the provincial standard ratio for computers in classrooms here for the 2000-01 year. “We have 217 computers replacing the old ones in our elementary schools [a 3:1 ratio], and 300 […]
Refinishing a canvas cedar canoe that’s 50 or 60 years old is taking a lot of time and effort but for Eric Fagerdahl, it’s a labour of love. “It’s like you get under a spell,” reflected the owner of Rainy Lake Boatworks here, describing why he’s refurbishing the old canoe. […]
Public school students returned to cleaner, brighter and, in some cases, safer schools last week thanks to the Rainy River District School Board’s “Summer Works” program. Alberton, Robert Moore, Riverview, Rainy River High School, Donald Young, Huffman, and Sixth Street all received paint jobs in at least one room, and […]
Area residents who want to participate in the 20th-annual Terry Fox Run–slated here and in countless other communities across Canada on Sunday, Sept. 17–won’t have difficulty finding a pledge form. They’re available at more than 20 sites across town. “I’m hoping that at least 200 people participate–the more, the merrier,” […]
Concern for the local waterways drew a cross-section of participants from across the district to a Watershed Report Card training session last Wednesday. The training session, designed to teach the average resident how to identify problems in local lakes and rivers, was attended by reps of the Rainy River District […]
In recognition of International Literacy Day on Sept. 8, we wanted to introduce you to a few typical adult literacy learners: “Jim” is in his early 20s and never finished high school. His learning disability wasn’t identified when he was in school so he didn’t get the help he needed. […]
Thanks to a “Family Home Visitor” workshop, Bonnie Johnson of Seine River First Nation now has the tools she needs to help families in that community give their young children the best start in life. And she expects her newly-honed skills to come in handy when she opens a toy […]
The Fort High guidance department is getting troubles sorted out as quickly as possible for the roughly 300 students who discovered they had scheduling problems when they picked up their timetables two weeks ago. “I talked to one of the guidance counsellors and we’re moving ahead faster than scheduled,” FFHS […]
The signs at the town limits read “Population 9,000” but there haven’t been 9,000 people in Fort Frances since at least 1988. The latest enumeration numbers from the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation suggest the population here is on steady decline–especially among young people. In 1991, the total population of Fort […]
“We’re satisfied that our water supply is without question safe, clean, and pure,” interim Operations and Facilities manager John Callan told the town council during Monday night’s regular meeting. “Never has there been any concern of bacteria, coliform, or E. coli in our water system,” he added. The reassurance came […]
Seven concerts, seven different styles of musical entertainment. “tour de Fort” is back for the 2000/01 season with a mixture of performances that feature eclectic, brass, country, Celtic, a capella, and dance theatre. “We’ve tried to appeal to different age groups and different musical and theatrical tastes,” tour de Fort […]
