Author Archives: Randy Thoms

Ontario is fast-tracking the ability of foreign-trained physicians to work in rural and northern parts of the province. The province is allowing up to 100 physicians to participate in a program where ...

The annual Stuff-a-Cruiser campaign returns to the parts of the Rainy River District this weekend. The food drive for area food banks takes place on Saturday in Rainy River, Emo, and Fort Frances. Sal...

Familiar faces are heading trustees with the Rainy River District School Board going into 2025. Kathryn Pierroz, the trustee representing the townships of Alberton and La Vallee will serve as chair fo...

Ontario's Auditor General is critical of the province's decision to close safe consumption sites in Ontario. Sites near to schools and childcare centres were specifically targeted. Shelley Spence says...

A northern Ontario MPP is proposing new truckers take winter driving training. NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin is offering a Private Member's Bill that would require truckers to complete 20 hours on a simulator...

Paramedics across the province are taking their pleas for help to Queen's Park. Services across Ontario are in a desperate search for more paramedics. The Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs indic...

Several people were injured following a three-vehicle collision east of Fort Frances. It occurred near the Noden Causeway Tuesday night. Provincial police say a vehicle was attempting to pass a snowpl...

It has been a chilly and snowy start to December, but Environment Canada says northwestern Ontario will likely see higher-than-normal temperatures this winter. Research Scientist Bill Merryfield says ...

Ontario's Auditor General says northern Ontario is not benefiting as much from the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) as other parts of the province. The program allows businesses needing skil...

The Ford government has used its majority to reject a proposal to make September 30th a provincial holiday. The Private Member's Bill from Kiiwetinoog MPP Sol Mamakwa called for the day to be called t...