Author Archives: Randy Thoms

June is Pride Month. It was kicked off in Fort Frances with a flag-raising ceremony at the Civic Centre on Friday Borderland Pride's co-chair, Doug Judson, says the month is about promoting equity, di...

An arbitration award has been made for members of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Ontario's public elementary teachers and occasional teachers have been awarded an over 11% pay hike. Th...

Financial literacy will be part of province-wide testing next year. Students in grade 10 will be required to score 70% or better to meet graduation requirements. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says ...

Another development is proposed for the former mill property in Fort Frances. The BMI Group is looking to convert a former paint shop into a business development office. It would be used by Big Grassy...

A historical mining site near Nestor Falls is getting some looks from an Edmonton company. Golden Rapture Mining has started a drilling program on property within Phillips Township. The area was the s...

A construction firm that damaged Bell network cables is being blamed for the loss of Bell telephone and Internet services in Atikokan. Services went out Thursday afternoon. Bell crews were not able to...

The provincial Liberals want a public funding model for clinics headed by nurse practitioners. They say those clinics are now charging patients for services that should be free. Critic Dr. Adil Shamji...

The Ontario Provincial Police says allegations of an attempted abduction are not true. The alleged incident is believed to have happened on Saturday night. The Facebook post claims nine women were abd...

Two members of the Rainy River District Paramedic Service have received provincial bravery awards for their involvement in a house fire in Atikokan. Syed Ali and Raphael Desautels were presented with ...

The town of Atikokan has its budget for this year in place. The town is budgeting to spend more than $21.5 million. This includes $10.8 million on capital projects. For residential ratepayers, it mean...