Owen Sound Sun Times

Bluewater sees EQAO improvement but has work to do

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Bluewater District School Board has things to celebrate in their latest annual provincial standardized testing results over last year.  At the same time, in most cases, the percentage of local students meeting provincial expectations was still below the provincial average in the 2023-24 Education Quality and Accountability Office results.  The good news is more students met or exceeded […]

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Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin | Great Lakes Now

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Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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TRAIL TALK: The Maitland El Camino

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The Maitland El Camino was again a great success, largely due to the effort of 84 volunteers and the co-operation of the weather that resulted in clouds, some sun and no rain Two-hundred seventy-three hikers took part, many of which hiked only part of the trail, but a sizable number managed the whole 50 km. […]