Author Archives: Randy Thoms

A key link to the north end of Fort Frances will be shut down on Tuesday. The Portage Avenue underpass will be closed to traffic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The town says it is necessary so work crews can c...

Hundreds of municipal representatives are in Ottawa for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's conference. Homelessness, infrastructure spending and housing are among topics up for discussion....

A 56-inch lunker was the big fish at the North American Sturgeon Championship held in Birchdale. It was caught by Michael Thompson of Coon Rapids, Minnesota. He won almost two thousand dollars for his...

The Premier is encouraging municipal leaders to help build Ontario together. Doug Ford used a speech at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa to tout this government's inve...

Premier Doug Ford has named Jill Dunlop as the new Education Minister. The move was necessitated by the sudden resignation of Todd Smith. Smith announced last week he was leaving provincial politics t...

Northwestern Ontario now has two provincial cabinet ministers. Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland has been appointed Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products. He will work alongside Gray...

Ontario's Education Minister is resigning after just two months on the job. Todd Smith made the announcement on social media that he is also leaving political politics to take on a job in the private ...

CN has started to allocate crews to the Five Mile Bridge for the cleanup and repair following Wednesday's collapse. There is no word how long it will take. No train traffic between Fort Frances and Th...

CN says repairs have started on the collapsed rail bridge east of Fort Frances. Damage to the lift bridge continues to prevent the movement of trains between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay. It also rest...

Some municipal facilities will get upgrades with support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Almost $600 thousand has been issued to the town of Fort Frances. Greg Rickford, Kenora-Rainy River MP...