Author Archives: Randy Thoms
Ministry Now Accepting Funding Applications From School Boards
The province is now making funding available for new schools and upgrades of existing ones. A total of $13-billion will be available over the next ten years. Education Minister Stephen Lecce is now al...
Jul 24, 2019
Power Deal Signed Off By Feds
The Trudeau government is formalizing its commitment to a power project in Ontario's Far North. Federal Indigenous Relations Minister Seamus O'Regan formally sign an agreement with Wataynikaneyap Powe...
Jul 23, 2019
Atikokan Woman Caught Up In Drug Bust
A 26-year-old woman from Atikokan is among ten people who were arrested following an incident in Thunder Bay over the weekend. City police say they were initially called to a report of an assault. Whe...
Jul 23, 2019
Two People Killed In Manitoba Accident
Two people from Dryden have been identified as the victims of a fatal traffic accident in Manitoba. A 54-year-old man and a 17-year-old were in a vehicle a semi-tractor unit collided with the transpor...
Jul 23, 2019
Police-Reported Crime Rises In Canada
Police-reported crime is up for the fourth year in a row in Canada but is still lower than a decade ago. A new report from Statistics Canada, released Monday, shows police-reported crime rose by two p...
Jul 23, 2019
Establishing Boots On The Ground
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is looking to expand a program that provides peer support to public sector workers in northwestern Ontario. They're touring the region to promote and raise f...
Jul 23, 2019
NDP Demands Action On Attawapiskat Water Crisis
NDP leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford Government to take action to help Attawapiskat with its water crisis. She visited the community yesterday and was told about how residents fear the wat...
Jul 23, 2019
Local Sports Report For Tuesday, July 23
In the Rainy River District Women's Fastball League, Northwest Bay beat Red Gut 7-1. It was the Fort Frances Her-ricanes, 11-1 winners over the Angels. The Renegades defeated Dawson 12-3 The Muddogs e...
Jul 23, 2019
Youth Learning About Business
A group of area youth is learning about being in business. They are taking part in the Head Start in Business Youth Enterprise Day Camp which is underway this week in Fort Frances. Organizer Cierra Pa...
Jul 23, 2019 Young people will showcase their businesses at a market like this one held in 2013.
Bass Championship Crowns Two-time Champion
A two-time champion to mark the 25th anniversary of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Mark Raveling and Mike Luhman reeled in almost 54 pounds of bass to capture this year's crown. Luhman c...
Jul 22, 2019
