Author Archives: Randy Thoms

A medical milestone for Riverside Health Care and LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A surgical team has performed the region's first minimally invasive surgical foot procedure. It is done ...

Canada Post is preparing to lock out postal workers. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says union members were handed notices just hours after the union issued a 72-hour strike notice Tuesday mor...

Remembrance Day Ceremonies were held across the Rainy River District on Monday. Here are some of sights and sounds of the ceremony held at the Cenotaph at the Fort France Cemetary.      ...

The Rainy River District School Board has launched a survey as part of plans to name the new K-12 school in Rainy River. Links are found on the websites of the board's five schools in the west end of ...

The Transportation Safety Board identifies a number of factors that led to a North Star Air aircraft skidding off the end of the Kasabonika airport. None of the eight people on board, six passengers a...

Wildland firefighters say legislation allowing for presumptive WSIB coverage for cancer may leave many ineligible. Firefighters must work for 15 years to qualify. Vice-president of the Ontario Public ...

Ontario's Premier is looking forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump on developing two-day trade. Doug Ford offered his congratulations to the new President in a statement, noting Ontario...

The Rainy River District School Board is raising awareness of the importance of students attending class regularly. "19 Days" is a campaign that illustrates the effects of a student missing 19 days wh...

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris is promising a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump. It was a commitment she made in a telephone call to Trump on Wednesday, a day after Tuesday...

Here are the results from elections across Koochiching County as provided by the Minnesota Secretary of State Mayor (International Falls) Pete Kalar 824 29.91% Andrew Donald Piekarski/Jesus Dubs 79 2....