KPDSB OSSLT Results

 

By: Sheri Leviski

2009-06-10

11:36:33

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy test results are in, and the Keewatin Patricia District School board scored just below the Provincial Average.

The public board saw a 3 percent decrease in their OSSLT test success rate.

Director of Education Larry Hope says their board wide score was 72 percent.

Beaver Brae came in at 73 percent, while Dryden improved their score at 80 percent.

The most drastic decrease in OSSLT results was in Ignace, with their marks going from 89 to 33 percent.

Meanwhile, the Kenora Catholic District School Board scored just 10 percent below the Provincial OSSLT average.

75 percent of St. Thomas Aquinas students were succesful with their first attempt at the literacy test.

The board's average dropped this year from 86 percent in 2008, to this year's 75.

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Rafferty on Forestry

 

Story By: Sheri Leviski

Photo By: www.thunderbayrainyriver.ca

2009-06-10

07:17:25

Thunder Bay Rainy River MP John Rafferty says the Conservative Government is doing nothing to help the ailing forest industry.

The NDP MP says the Harper/Rickford partnership has provided no real solutions to stemming the region's mill closures.

Rafferty was a guest speaker at the Ontario Federation of Labour's "Drive To Work Caravan", a Province-wide tour to find out how the resession is affecting Ontario workers.

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Taxi By Law

 

By: Tim Davidson

2009-06-10

07:16:24

The City of Kenora is considering some changes to its Taxi Law.

Local cab companies have been lobbying to allow older vehicles on the road.

Eric Lovas from Co-Ot Taxi says having a 10 year old vehicle on the road doesn't necessarily mean its unsafe.

Council has agreed to increase the age of taxis on the road from a maximum of six years, up to 10 years, as requested by local cab companies. 

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Visitor Ban at Hospital

 

Photo by www.ontariotowns.net

Story By: Tim Davidson

2009-06-10

07:15:36

A stubborn respiratory illness has forced Lake of the Woods District Hospital to close the facility to all visitors.

Leslie Brown is the head of patient care and says they decided to impose the visitor ban Tuesday afternoon because the illness seems to be spreading.

Birchwood Terrace Nursing Home has also closed its doors to visitors due to the respiratory illness.

Brown says they don't known when they might be able to lift the visitor ban.

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Redditt Gets Money

 

By: Tim Davidson

2009-06-10

05:52:14

Redditt is getting extra funding from the federal government to help out with its community water project.

The community has been promised another 121 thousand dollars from the federal government to install a membrane filtration system.

Jack Martin is chair of the Redditt Services Board and says the community has been working hard to get the project off the ground.

The total project will cost about 270 thousand dollars.

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