Author Archives: Randy Thoms
Provincial Funding Comes Through
Long-awaited funding for the town of Fort Frances. The provincial government is providing $3-million to the town for the reconstruction of a section of Scott Street. The money comes through the provin...
Jul 22, 2019
Fort Frances To Start Engineering Work On King's Hwy
The town of Fort Frances is also getting some funding for a link to the provincial highway network The provincial government's providing $116-thousand to do the engineering working on a section of Kin...
Jul 22, 2019 MPP Greg Rickford in Fort Frances to announce Connecting Link Funding for the town of Fort Frances
Local Singer Captures Quest For Second Time
Brianna Eldridge is this year's winner of Quest for the Best. She beat out Abbey Calder in the final sing-off to capture the top prize. Eldridge also won in 2017. A total of twenty performers took par...
Jul 22, 2019 2019 Quest For The Best winner Brianna Eldridge (left) in final sing-off with runner-up Abby Calder
Local Sports Report For Monday, July 22
At Emo Speedway Saturday, Brady Caul won his second modified feature of the year. Cody Ossachuk made it back-to-back wins in the midwest modified division. Raice Westover won the street stock feature,...
Jul 22, 2019
McIrvine Rd. Closed
A collision between two CN trains has shut down a section of McIrvine Road in Fort Frances. OPP say the accident happened last night at the McIrvine Road crossing at around 11 p.m. Five cars dislodged...
Jul 22, 2019
Bemidji Team Leads FFCBC
A Bemidji angling team holds down top spot after the first day of fishing at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The team of Lauren Ras and Chuck Olson ended the day with 19.75 lbs of fish. R...
Jul 19, 2019 Photo courtesy Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship/Facebook
Organ Donor Registrations On The Rise
Fort Frances continues to be near the top of the donor list in Ontario. Latest numbers from the Trillium Gift of Life show 55 per cent of all residents in Fort Frances and nearby areas have registered...
Jul 19, 2019
West Nile Confirmed In Dead Loons
The West Nile virus is showing up in dead loons in Minnesota. Lab tests at the University of Minnesota confirm the presence of the virus in two birds found in northeastern Minnesota earlier this month...
Jul 19, 2019 Photo courtesy MN Department of Natural Resources
Former Liberal Cabinet Minister Not Running Federally
The mayor of Thunder Bay is making it official. Bill Mauro says he has no plans to seek the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. Current MP Don Rusnak not seeking re-el...
Jul 19, 2019
Provincial Flood Advisor Selected
A special advisor on flooding is being appointed by the Ford government. Doug McNeil is being asked for advice on how to reduce the impacts of flooding and enable impacted communities to recover quick...
Jul 19, 2019 Photo courtesy City of Winnipeg/YouTube
