Author Archives: Randy Thoms
Local Sports Report For Wednesday, October 23
International Falls Broncos football team's season has come to a close. After having their home game cancelled due to weather, it was later moved to Mountain Iron where the Broncos fell to Mesabi East...
Oct 23, 2019
Students Support Liberal Minority Government Also
Had we left the vote to young people, the Liberals still would have won a minority government but with fewer seats. In the parallel Student Vote Canada initiative, students favoured the Liberals in 11...
Oct 22, 2019 Fort Frances High School students took part in mock-vote last week as part of program Student Vote Canada.
Liberals Retain Thunder Bay-Rainy River
It was a big night for Liberals in Thunder Bay-Rainy River. Their candidate Marcus Powlowski held off strong showings from both Conservative candidate Linda Rydholm and the NDP's Yuk-Sem Won to captur...
Oct 22, 2019
Polls Open Until 9:30 PM, Not 8:30 PM
A reminder that polls in the Rainy River district are open until 9:30 p.m Central tonight. Some media outlets are reporting polls close at 8:30 p.m. in the Central zone. A media release from Elections...
Oct 21, 2019
Catholic Teachers To Hold Strike Vote
Catholic teachers are the latest to be heading to meetings for a strike vote. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association president Liz Stuart says they've reached a critical juncture in their ...
Oct 21, 2019
Government Targets Needless Paperwork
Ontario's Minister of Red Tape Reduction is working to ensure business owners are not drowning in needless paperwork. Prabmeet Sarkaria says that includes getting rid of ideas such as the need to tell...
Oct 21, 2019
Facts About Thunder Bay-Rainy River Riding
The Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding is one of the longest ridings in the country. It stretches nearly 450 kilometres and covering more than 39.5 square kilometres between Thunder Bay and the town of Ra...
Oct 21, 2019
It's Election Day
Don't forget to add voting to your to-do list for today. Today is election day. The polls will be open across the Rainy River riding from 9:30 am until 9:30 pm. In order to cast a ballot, you need to ...
Oct 21, 2019
Funding to Support Emergency Service Workers
Improvements to how emergency personnel across northwestern Ontario communicate with each other. Premier Doug Ford has announced $765 million for a new radio system for emergency service providers inc...
Oct 18, 2019
Student Hold Mock-Election Vote
They may not be eligible to vote Monday but students in the Rainy Rainy district are having their say in this year's federal election. Several classrooms are taking part in a program known as Student ...
Oct 18, 2019 Fort Frances High School students took part in mock-vote last week as part of program Student Vote Canada.
