Here are some of the top stories from 2010 in January
Forty-five people braved the cold on January 1st by taking part in Voyageur Lion Club's annual New Year's Day Polar Plunge.
A total of 13-thousand 6-hundred dollars was raised for local charities.
Princess Lillian Gibbins, born on January 3rd, was the first baby born in the Rainy River district in 2010. She's the third child of Jocelyn Gibbins and Ryan Big George of Big Island First Nation.
Hundreds of tonnes of children's clothes, diapers and food items collected by Family and Children Services Rainy River were delivered to Pikangikum. They're being delivered in two trailers provided by the Ontario Provincial Police.
OPP in Fort Frances were looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a one month old baby girl from Fort Frances. Cause of death has never been released.
The Rainy River District School Board announced plans to invest more than two-and-a-half million dollars from its reserve fund back into the classroom. About a million dollars was earmarked for the so-called Smart Board technology.
Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak paid Fort Frances. Hudak vowed to continue his fight against the planned harmonizing of the provincial and federal goods and services sales taxes.
New policies how Fort Frances councillors are reimbursed were put in place. The policies clarified how councillors are reimbursed to attend meetings. A pay increasse was also planned for December.
Two schools in Atikokan were selected to be the first in the Rainy River district to offer full-day learning to four and five-year olds. North Star Community School and St. Patrick's School were among first six hundred in the province to offer the program this fall.
Area residents mobilized to help quake victims in Haiti. Several businesses and schools raise hundreds of dollars for relief efforts through various events.
The Atikokan Crisis Centre's name change has been approved by the provincial government. It's now called the Rainy River District Women's Shelter of Hope.
A problem at the company's effluent treatment system shutdown production briefly at the AbitibiBowater Mill in Fort Frances. A company spokesperson says its because the system exceeded its daily biochemical oxygen demand limit due to the cold weather.
Forty-five people braved the cold on January 1st by taking part in Voyageur Lion Club's annual New Year's Day Polar Plunge.
A total of 13-thousand 6-hundred dollars was raised for local charities.
Princess Lillian Gibbins, born on January 3rd, was the first baby born in the Rainy River district in 2010. She's the third child of Jocelyn Gibbins and Ryan Big George of Big Island First Nation.
Hundreds of tonnes of children's clothes, diapers and food items collected by Family and Children Services Rainy River were delivered to Pikangikum. They're being delivered in two trailers provided by the Ontario Provincial Police.
OPP in Fort Frances were looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a one month old baby girl from Fort Frances. Cause of death has never been released.
The Rainy River District School Board announced plans to invest more than two-and-a-half million dollars from its reserve fund back into the classroom. About a million dollars was earmarked for the so-called Smart Board technology.
Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak paid Fort Frances. Hudak vowed to continue his fight against the planned harmonizing of the provincial and federal goods and services sales taxes.
New policies how Fort Frances councillors are reimbursed were put in place. The policies clarified how councillors are reimbursed to attend meetings. A pay increasse was also planned for December.
Two schools in Atikokan were selected to be the first in the Rainy River district to offer full-day learning to four and five-year olds. North Star Community School and St. Patrick's School were among first six hundred in the province to offer the program this fall.
Area residents mobilized to help quake victims in Haiti. Several businesses and schools raise hundreds of dollars for relief efforts through various events.
The Atikokan Crisis Centre's name change has been approved by the provincial government. It's now called the Rainy River District Women's Shelter of Hope.
A problem at the company's effluent treatment system shutdown production briefly at the AbitibiBowater Mill in Fort Frances. A company spokesperson says its because the system exceeded its daily biochemical oxygen demand limit due to the cold weather.
