For the February 23rd edition of Northwest Monitor, a look at how lucky Kenora is to host a big curling event, how northwestern Ontario is known for its hockey players, and the new director of education for the Keewatin-Patricia district school has been at it for a bit, we’ll check in with her.
First, we start with the pressure that remains on the Ford government to roll out a new autism program.
Vic Krasowski tells us that pressure continued last week with continued lobbying at the local and provincial level. Organizations such as Northern Autism Families Matter say delays continue regardless of who the Minister of Social Services is.
The new director of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board took over this past month. Sherri-Lynne Pharand comes over from the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay.
Tim Davidson has more from the new director, who is praising the people she works with, as well as giving an idea of how her travels went around the region recently.
Kenora is the winner in getting to host the 2021 Northern Ontario Provincial Curling Championships.
Stuart Walter sat down with Leslie Kerr, the soon to be retiring Executive Director for the Northern Ontario Curling Association, to talk about why the Kenora bid won and what impact the competition will have on the community. She is truly excited about the economic impact, especially for tourism.
Northwestern Ontario has always been known for its great hockey players and now two local greats will be remembered by their respective teams for ever. One of them, who played for the Dallas Stars and the other, for the St. Louis Blues, spoke to Mike Ebbeling about what it’s like to have their jerseys retired and raised to the roof.
