Author Archives: Randy Thoms

Some athletes from northwestern Ontario are expressing their disappointment with the cancellation of events scheduled for the Ontario Winter Games in Thunder Bay. Travel and cost are being cited as a ...

The town of Fort Frances will not use a portion of the Moffat Family Fund to cover the cost of administering the program. The Winnipeg Foundation is providing the town with $103,750 through the fund. ...

The Fort Frances Lakers have made another roster move. The Lakers traded defenseman Josh Greene to the Sioux Lookout Bombers for a player development fee. The 20-year-old from Pullman, Washington, had...

Fort Frances High School will be closed on Thursday and possibly on Friday due to another threat toward the school. The Rainy River District School Board informed parents of the closure by an email is...

A newspaper ad from Riverside Health Care is raising concerns from a Fort Frances family. The ad from Riverside Health Care appeared last week, on the anniversary of Hermina Fletcher's death in 2015. ...

It was a record year for New Gold. Its Rainy River mine produced 253,745 ounces of gold, putting it within the high range of expected targets for 2023. That is also nine per cent more than in 2022. Th...

The Fort Frances Muskies girls hockey team defeated the International Falls Broncos 11-0 in a game played at the Ice for Kids Arena Tuesday night. Courtney McCoy led the scoring with four goals. Jerzi...

The International Falls Broncos girls varsity basketball team lost Monday night to the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers 98-44. It is the Broncos second straight loss, dropping their record to 2-7. The junio...

There is a campaign underway to convince more Liberal and Conservative MPs to vote in favour of creating a committee to explore electoral reform. The NDP's Lisa Marie Barron put forward the motion (M-...

Long-term care homes in Ontario have more money to access to expand services for residents with complex care needs. Fifteen million dollars is being added, increasing the size of the Local Priorities ...