Author Archives: Randy Thoms

Almost 1,100 Hydro One customers living east of Fort Frances will be affected by a power outage on Sunday. It is part of a planned outage to go from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The outage impacts residents livin...

A proposal to attract more hockey teams to Fort Frances. The Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) and the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) committee propose the creation of a position t...

A group assisting with people in recovery will get a $500 donation from Fort Frances town council. The group sought a donation for the use of the auditorium at the Memorial Sports Centre for an upcomi...

Fort Frances is no longer Boundless. Town council has agreed to phase out the promotional catchphrase implemented ten years ago as part of a new economic development strategy. It was the public's poor...

A new school year has renewed concerns about the safety of students and staff in our schools. The NDP and education unions call for an emergency plan to end school violence. Education critic Chandra P...

Premier Doug Ford is being accused of not taking the crisis in health care seriously. Published reports suggest nearly 2,000 patients each day receive hospital care in an unconventional space like a h...

The gloves are on. Efforts to fight hunger in Fort Frances with the local Walmart store providing the Salvation Army with more than $8,200. The money comes as part of the chain's Fight Hunger, Spark C...

New Gold is pouring more money into a major exploration program at its Rainy River Mine. The company will now spend $12 million searching for additional gold reserves. Three million has been added fol...

Some new numbers on food bank usage from the agency Feed Ontario. It says more than one million people made 7.6 million visits to a food bank almost 8 million visits to an Ontario food bank between Ap...

There are now three student trustees with the Rainy River District School Board. Rainy River High School's Addison Brown joins as the board's First Nation, Metis and Inuit Student Trustee. Board Chair...