Author Archives: Randy Thoms

International Falls city police will be working with the FBI. An agreement was finalized this week by city council between its police force and the FBI Headwaters Safe Trails Task Force. Police Chief ...

After weeks of no activity, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is reporting a new forest fire within the Rainy River district. It was reported yesterday at around noon near Ski Lake, just ...

Health officials in Minnesota are looking into an outbreak of E. coli that originated within the Minnesota State Fair. At least eleven people, aged two to 43, reported being sick after visiting. Six h...

Fort Frances Muskies court teams picked up three of four wins on the road to open their seasons in the NorWOSSA AA division. Tatum Glowasky scored eight as the junior girls basketball team defeated th...

A new report considers rental housing within northwestern Ontario to be unaffordable for many low-income residents. The findings from the Canadian Rental Housing Index says low-income earners are spen...

The latest Ipsos Reid poll finds the Liberals and Conservatives in a dead heat. Thirty-five per cent of decided voters who were polled said they would vote for the Liberals and Justin Trudeau if the e...

It was a record-breaking Monday across our region. Fort Frances reached a high of 29 C which was the hot spot in northwestern Ontario. That also broke the old mark set back in 1998 by a full decrease....

A strong strike mandate from education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. They've voted 93 per cent in support of strike action to back contract demands. That would put the...

Public elementary teachers will be meeting over the next two months to discuss the status of their negotiations. They will also be taking a strike vote. Their contract expired with the start of a new ...

On the election campaign trail on the weekend, the Green party released its election platform which will make all laws from an environmental point of view. The Liberals are pledging more daycare space...