Author Archives: Randy Thoms
Former Mayor Passes
A former mayor of Fort Frances has died. Dan Onichuk passed away Sunday morning while in hospital. Family members confirmed his passing on social media. Onichuk served as mayor between 2003 and 2006, ...
Apr 29, 2019 Dan Onichuk during 2006 municipal election campaign
Video Evidence To Be Made Admissible
The provincial government is paving the way for schools buses to have cameras to catch motorists who don't stop when the red lights are flashing. New legislation will make video from those cameras adm...
Apr 26, 2019
Production Improvements For New Gold
A strong start to 2019 for New Gold at its Rainy River mine. President Renaud Adams says over 62-thousand ounces of gold were produced in the first three months, far exceeding what it did in the same ...
Apr 26, 2019
Vice-Principal Named For New School
More staffing announcements for the new catholic school in Fort Frances. Meghan Bourgeois will serve as the school's vice-principal. She's currently a teacher at St. Michael's School in Fort Frances. ...
Apr 26, 2019
Business Expo Opens Today
Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Expo begins later today. It's again at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Chambers Jennifer Soderholm says a number of new businesses and organi...
Apr 26, 2019
High Marks Awarded At Festival End
Several First Class Honours awarded on the final day of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. Sixteen competitors scored 90 or better in various Instrumental categories. Bruce Kaba...
Apr 26, 2019 Photo courtesy freeimages.com/Karen Bramblet
Local Sports Report For Friday, April 26
How I Set Your Mother has won the Fort Frances Women's Volleyball championship for a fourth straight year. They defeated No Diggity in last night's final. Tina Pham was named the league's most sportsw...
Apr 26, 2019
More Illegal Products Seized At Border
More illegal electronics have been seized at the U.S. border in Rainer. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered last Tuesday 450 video game monitors in a rail container found to be viol...
Apr 25, 2019
Health Coalition Ramps Up Opposition To Provincial Health Plan
The Ontario Health Coalition is vowing to keep up the fight to protect the local health care system. A "Health Action Day" was held in several communities on Tuesday with more than 150,000 nurses, doc...
Apr 25, 2019 A rally sponsored by Ontario Health Coalition in Dryden in January 2019.
Provincial Search And Rescue Strategy Relies On Teamwork
The importance of having a coordinated plan is being stressed. OPP Sergeant Tom Laing is the Chief Rotary Pilot of Aviation Services spoke recently to emergency personnel from around the region gather...
Apr 25, 2019
