Author Archives: Randy Thoms

The Rainy River District Detachment once again has a full-time commander. Greg Given has been serving in the position on an interim basis since last July. He takes from Shaun Crabbe, who departed to b...

Ontario's Court of Appeal is upholding a lower court ruling that struck down Bill 124 as unconstitutional in 2022. The bill limited wage increases for public sector workers to one per cent. In its rul...

Alarm bells are being raised over the lack of ice on the Great Lakes this year. A report issued by the nonprofit group Climate Central notes all five lakes have experienced a decades-long decrease in ...

A 27-year-old Fort Frances man has been charged in connection with a single-vehicle collision in Fort Frances. It happened on Eighth Street West, at around 7 p.m. Saturday. OPP say a parked vehicle wa...

Consultants are close to finalizing their work on a new recreation plan for Fort Frances. Open houses to gather input were held this week. Landscape Architect H. T. Lamp with R.J. Burnside says the ob...

A former member of the Fort Frances Muskies has signed on with the Kalamazoo Wings of the East Coast Hockey League. The team has announced it has signed Tyler Vanuden to a Standard Player Contract aft...

Representatives from both sides of the border continue to hold talks regarding the International Bridge linking Fort Frances and International Falls. A recent hike in tolls last fall brought officials...

Elected officials in the International Falls area are being told any change in their obligations to the Falls International Airport could take several years to complete. Members of International City ...

Three people have been killed in a motor vehicle collision in the west end of Koochiching County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened Sunday morning just after 11. Two vehicles came into colli...

Rainy River First Nations continues to deal with water problems. A notice posted on the community's Facebook page noted low water levels led to a loss of water pressure and the pumps at its water trea...