Author Archives: Randy Thoms

The final game in the Rainy River District Men's Fastball Championship has been delayed a day. It was supposed to go last night but a wet ball field in Couchiching First Nation prompted the game to be...

A meeting will be held this Thursday to discuss the upcoming Dudley Hewitt Cup. It will take place at the Super 8 Motel beginning at 6 p.m. Part of the meeting will be the selection of a committee ove...

A new school year for Confederation College and students at the college's Rainy River district campus in Fort Frances begins today. Campus Manager Sandra Turner says it starts with orientation for the...

Ontario's Education Minister is encouraging negotiators involved in efforts to strike new contracts for teachers and other education workers to work harder to reach a deal. Teachers' contracts officia...

OPP are warning of a phone scam making its way through the Rainy River district. The target has been the elderly with claims they've won a multi-million dollar prize but requiring the victim to send a...

NDP leader Andrea Horwath is creating some new positions within her shadow cabinet. She's assigned some of her MPPs to become critics for Ethics and Accountability, Auto and Manufacturing, Tenants Rig...

Another review of cellphone plans is being launched. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commissions wants to ensure customers aren't caught with unnecessary or unwanted charges. It s...

The Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting northwestern Ontario will be not so cold, but snow this winter. The Almanac has been making weather predictions since it was first published in 1972. Managing Ed...

A pilot program aimed at attracting more school bus drivers is being extended for another year. The program offers retention bonuses of up to two thousand dollars to drive. It's intended to reduce dri...

There's going to be some food options for students at Fort Frances High School this fall. The cafeteria is reopening under a program being overseen by Northern Community Development Services, or NCDS,...