Author Archives: Randy Thoms

An 84-year-old resident of Atikokan has been charged with stunt driving. OPP says the motorist was caught doing 142 kilometres an hour on Highway 11 near Atikokan early Saturday morning. The driver al...

Fort Frances ends 2023 with a rise in violent crime but a drop in property crime. According to statistics released by the OPP, violent crime in Fort Frances rose 18.5 per cent over 2022. This was aide...

An expansion of the Sister Kennedy Centre in Fort Frances is now complete. An official unveiling took place on Saturday. Advisory Board Chair Debbie McTaggart says it provides them with an extra 3,600...

A search for a missing five-year-old from northeastern Ontario has ended safely in Dryden. OPP says Nakina Boyer was found with her mother in a vehicle that was pulled over near the city on Saturday a...

Visitor restrictions are in place at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home in Fort Frances. Riverside Health Care Facilities says it is due to a respiratory outbreak at the home. Residents are permitted only...

Mayor Andrew Hallikas heads a Fort Frances council delegation to this year's Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Councillors Wendy Brunetta and John McTaggart and interim Chief ...

Chem Free Grad is being celebrated by the Rainy River District School Board. The annual event provides graduating students from Fort Frances High School a safe place to celebrate. The first event, the...

The family of Hermina Fletcher is reacting to a court sentence handed to a former Fort Frances nurse. Lindsay Coyle was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in jail for criminal negligence causing death ...

The Canadian Union of Public Employees wants the provincial government to focus on investing in programs, not making cuts. Appearing before a pre-budget hearing, President Fred Hahn says a lack of fun...

The World Health Organization says COVID is still a global health threat. The positivity rate ranges from six to 10 per cent, but the WHO says those statistics are from only countries still tracking a...