In The Schools

The 2021 Ontario High School Provincial Cross Country Championships was held in Lakefield, north of Peterborough at Lakefield College under perfect weather on Saturday, November 6th.  With COVID, no spectators were permitted.  Also with COVID and some regions not participating, typically there would be 250-280 athletes per race at OFSAA and this year's numbers were down, averaging about 160 per race.  The Georgian Bay Coyotes had four representatives at this highly competitive event.  Traditionally it has been the toughest...

Valedictorian Ella Comish of the Georgian Bay Community School’s 2021 graduating class characterized the grads’ high school experience as riddled with “weird and unexpected situations,” from harsh winter conditions that forced the school to cancel winter exams, to a pandemic and online learning. “I wouldn’t say we have had the most typical high school experience," Ella said during her address to the grads, family, friends, and school staff on November 5 during a drive-through graduation ceremony in the parking...