Author Archives: Randy Thoms
ONWA Releases Human Trafficking Report
The Ontario Native Women's Association is making fourteen recommendations aimed at helping survivors of human trafficking. They are contained in a survivor and community led report entitle Journey to ...
May 30, 2019
College Reviews Programs For Systemic Racism
Confederation College is being proactive and addressing systemic racism within its campuses. President Kathleen Lynch says they hired a company to review their policies to see if they contained inhere...
May 30, 2019
NDP To Select Election Candidate This Weekend
Federal NDP in Thunder Bay-Rainy River will select their candidate for this October's election this weekend. Two Thunder Bay residents are seeking the position. Yuk-Sem Won is the manager of student c...
May 30, 2019
Safety Milestone Reached
Another milestone for the Fort Frances Power Corporation. Employees have worked 150-thousand consecutive hours without a workplace accident. Chief Executive Officer Jorge Ruppenstein says it's a safet...
May 30, 2019
Province Prepared To Take Drug Companies To Court
The provincial government intends to hold drug companies accountable for the opioid addiction striking communities across the province. Attorney General Caroline Mulroney says legislation introduced w...
May 30, 2019
Plane Crash Leaves Two Dead
The Transportation Safety Board is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a downed aircraft in the area of Domain Lake, west of Red Lake. Provincial Police were notified of the incident arou...
May 30, 2019
More Exploration Getting Started
New Gold is proceeding with a search for more gold-bearing ore bodies at its Rainy River mine site. Drilling will focus in an area to the east of its current open pit site. It's also planning to condu...
May 30, 2019 Map of exploration plans at Rainy River Mine
OPP Looking For Witnesses
OPP are looking for witnesses who may have seen an accident Monday night involving a vehicle and a bicycle. Police say two young cyclists were riding across an alley in the 600 block of Second Street ...
May 30, 2019
Head Librarian Leaving
The Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre is losing its head librarian. Chief Administrative Officer Caroline Goulding is heading to Dryden where she'll become the Executive Director of Pa...
May 30, 2019 File photo
First Nation Community Being Evacuated
A State of Emergency has been declared in Pikangikum First Nation due to a nearby forest fire. Chief Mandi Chan-Peters confirms on Facebook that community evacuations will begin this morning. She says...
May 30, 2019
