Author Archives: Randy Thoms

A new fire truck will be coming to the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service. Town council agreed last night to purchase a new triple combination custom pumper truck for over $600-thousand. The vehicle...

A lawyer representing the Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services has been fired. It stems from comments made by Toronto lawyer Gary McCallum last year during an ongoing court case stat...

A Fort Frances town councillor is expressing his disappointment with northwestern Ontario Senator Lynn Beyak. A week after a ruling from the Senate Ethics Officer, Doug Judson notes letters deemed rac...

Hydro One is seeking regulatory approval to spend $5-billion to ensure electricity continues to flow to your home. Approval from the Ontario Energy Board would mean an increase of 77-cents on a custom...

Nuinsco Resources says it finding some high-grade gold values at a former gold mine near Atikokan. The company says it was identified in material taken from the former Sunbeam Mine. Twenty-eight sampl...

Ontario's Consumer Services Minister is looking for solutions to the delays in getting a birth certificate. Bill Walker says the current 15-week time frame is just not acceptable. He admits there are ...

Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry says it's not in his authority to urge companies like Resolute Forest Products to make a deal for its Fort Frances mill. John Yakabuski says he wou...

Kim Beaudry and her Fort Frances rink now locked in a three-way tie for second place in their pool at the Canadian Senior Women's Curling Championship in Chilliwack. Beaudry's foursome scored an 8-1 w...

For the first time in almost eight years, the number of people employed in Minnesota is down. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says employers shed 88-hundred jobs in February, lea...

Some support for Ruby's Pantry in International Falls. Waschke Family GM Center is providing the monthly food distribution program with $325 for it continue. The gift is part of monthly donations the ...