Author Archives: Randy Thoms

The MPP for Kiiwetinoong is tempering the enthusiasm about new electric vehicle plants in southern Ontario. Honda is the latest to announce plans. Sol Mamakwa says the province still needs to have agr...

The Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association (NWOPA) is honouring some of its own. It handed out its annual awards during the Ontario Prospectors Association's (OPA) Exploration Showcase in Thunde...

About 40 businesses and organizations are on display at the Fort Frances Curling Club this weekend. The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Expo gets underway later this afternoon ...

Ontario's Natural Resources Minister says the province will have the resources necessary to fight this year's forest fires. The opposition says the province is 50 crews short of what it normally has i...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Lake Sturgeon does not need to be listed in the Endangered Species Act. It cites ongoing conservation efforts to protect existing populations or return them to ...

Several provincial cabinet ministers are in Thunder Bay today. They are in the city to participate in the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association's question and answer sessions. Municipal Affairs a...

Weather forecasters are suggesting normal to below-normal precipitation for the next few months. The agency overseeing lake levels in the Rainy Lake basin hopes it will be a wet spring. The Internatio...

The ice is off most area lakes, and boaters are taken advantage of an early season. The Ontario Provincial Police want to make sure this boating season is a safe one. Members of the OPP Marine Unit wi...

The people who answer our 9-1-1 calls are in the spotlight. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week was celebrated last week and helped to shed light on those who answer emergency calls and disp...

Koochiching County's Board of Commissioners is supporting the development of a taxing district to help the International Falls Ambulance Service overcome its financial difficulties. Details such as th...