Do you remember the last time you got stuck in a power outage away from your flashlight?
You probably stumbled around a bit, and cursed more than you’d care to admit, as you stumbled around in the shadows not being to make out anything with your eyes.
For a little more than a year now, counsellors at the Door of Hope Counselling Services have been helping their clients find ways to deal with the stresses of everyday life.
It’s going to be a weekend of firsts for the Northwestern Ontario Association of Chambers of Commerce as it holds its annual fall conference here.
NOACC president Dave Barker said the executive will present position papers to its members this year rather than pass a number of resolutions.
“tour de Fort” is gearing up for its fifth season with the sale of passports this weekend downstairs at the Fort Frances Public Library.
They’ll be on sale Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and again Sunday from 1-4 p.m.—and only 200 are up for grabs.
“It might sell out on Saturday," noted "tour de Fort" president Dr. Ted Jablonski. "The buzz is out there.”
National unity, health care, children and job creation were the focus yesterday afternoon as Gov. Gen. Roméo LeBlanc opened the 36th Parliament with the Speech from the Throne.
And with that, Gov. Gen. LeBlanc outlined the direction the Chrétien government would be taking Canada into the new millennium.
Liberal government priorities include:
He stopped going to school when he was 13. And when he turned 16—five days into grade 10—he officially became a high school drop-out.
And he admits he doesn’t know what grade level he was actually at.
But it wasn’t until he almost lost an arm in a bush accident when he was 25 years old that Guy Mudge found out he was dyslexic.
There’s something about children and books. The two seem to go hand in hand since youngsters are captivated by the colourful illustrations in a picture book—and gobble up the words that are read to them.
The Kenora-Rainy River District has found something it’s better than the national average on. But it’s not really something to be proud of.
According to the 1995 International Adult Literacy Survey, 28 percent of adults here have great difficulty reading. They have very few basic skills to work with text, and most are aware they have a problem.
Unless the incoming trustees decide against it, Fort Frances will house the board office for the new public school board, as well as take over payroll operations.
The recommendation for the board office to remain here was made by the local Education Improvement Committee at a meeting here Monday morning.
In a move that surprised Northern Action Group president Sybil Mowe, Fort Frances councillors yesterday changed their mind and decided not to put the bus issue to the electorate in November.
