Author Archives: Randy Thoms

The Rainy River District School Board will spend almost $64 million on the education of its students in the next school year. That is an increase of more than $3.7 million but also reflects an increas...

Another petition regarding the potential storage of nuclear waste near Ignace is being done by groups that oppose the plan. One was filed with the federal government in May but environmental groups ar...

Library workers in Fort Frances have unionized, The thirteen full and part-time employees voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees, The decision was based on issues with management, budget...

A Thunder Bay firm has been selected to replace an aging pedestrian bridge in Atikokan. Town council awarded the contract to replace the bridge at Maple Crescent to Pete's Backhoe Service. The all-ste...

Organizers for this year's Canada Day fireworks display will receive a little extra money from the town of Fort Frances. They requested $5,000. Council agreed to $2,000. The money will come from counc...

There is a push to have the province reassume policing costs in small, rural areas. The request from the Municipality of Tweed would not impact those on contracts such as Fort Frances. Mayor Andrew Ha...

A reopening of the pool at the Memorial Sports Centre may not be that far away. It has undergone extensive renovations since last November. Operations and Facilities Manager Travis Rob says some work ...

The provincial government is implementing an automatic licence plate renewal system on July 1st. Any motorists with valid insurance and no outstanding fines will be issued renewals automatically. Tran...

More than 70-thousand air travellers could have their travel plans interrupted this weekend. The union representing Westjet's aircraft maintenance engineers has issued another strike notice that could...

An Ontario court is being asked to quash an Integrity Commissioner's report that led to a Fort Frances councillor resigning in May. The report ruled David Kircher breached several sections of the Coun...