Author Archives: Randy Thoms
3.7 Per Cent Increase In Taxes Planned
The town of Fort Frances looking at a 3.7 per cent increase in taxes for 2019. Town council gave approval to both the operating and capital budgets at a special budget meeting yesterday. The increase ...
Apr 02, 2019
Music Festival Underway
Competition in the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is underway. It started with the first day of piano competitions yesterday. Janelle Clouston, Reese Jolicoeur and Grace Kooistra...
Apr 02, 2019
Library Puts Strategic Plan In Place
A new strategic plan for the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. The four-year plan sets outs a number of objectives the Library and staff hope to achieve. Chief Executive Officer Carol...
Apr 01, 2019
Local Sports Report For April 1
Fort Frances Chiefs women' hockey team taking home top prize at a hockey tournament in Dryden over the weekend. The Chiefs defeated the Sioux Sharks 3-2 in the women's division final. Rainy Riv...
Apr 01, 2019
Bats Numbers Continue to Drop
The number of bats in Minnesota continue to decline. The state's Natural Resources Department blames it on the effect of a white fungal growth on the mammals known as white-nose syndrome. Recent surve...
Apr 01, 2019
Network Changes Impacting Bell Customers
Some changes for Bell cell phone users in northwestern Ontario. The telecommunication company says it will complete a shutdown of its CDMA wireless network at the end of the April and move customers t...
Apr 01, 2019
Treaty 3 Chief Disappointed With PM
Prime minister Justin Trudeau is getting some heat for comments he made last week at a fundraiser. Trudeau dismissed a couple of protesters demanding justice for Grassy Narrows First Nation on Wednesd...
Apr 01, 2019
Fedeli Previews Ontario Budget
Ontario's Finance Minister insists his approach to balancing the budget will be measured and thoughtful. Vic Fedeli brings forward that document April 11th. He says it aims to achieve four specific ob...
Apr 01, 2019
Firm Selected To Study Wood Yard Possibilities
A Winnipeg firm has been selected to help identify potential uses for the former Shevlin Wood Yard. HTFC Planning and Design will also explore what the town of Fort Frances wants to do with the mill's...
Apr 01, 2019
Environment Commissioner Delivers Final Report
Ontario's Environment Commissioner has released her final report. As of last Friday, Diane Saxe and her eleven staff members were put out of work after the Ford government chopped that department. Sax...
Apr 01, 2019
