Author Archives: Randy Thoms

Families supported through the Salvation Army will have a turkey on their dinner table this Christmas. The Beyak Automotive Group is providing the funding to purchase turkeys that will be part of fami...

The Canadian Curling Club Championships open today in Barrie. Kim Beaudry of Fort Frances skips a women's team representing Northern Ontario. Her rink includes Barb Roy, Victoria Beaudry and Taylor So...

Fort Frances officials are looking into why an emergency alarm sounded prematurely this morning. The siren at the corner of 5th Street East and Victoria Avenue began to wail just before 9 a.m. It last...

A new satellite Internet service will be introduced to parts of Ontario next June. The government will use Starlink's Low Earth Orbit Satellite technology to deliver high-speed service to mainly remot...

Today is World Diabetes Day. The Rainy River District Ontario Health Team (RRDOHT) says diabetes is one of the greatest health challenges in the district, with nearly one-third of area residents havin...

The bells ring again for the Salvation Army in Fort Frances. Its Christmas Kettle campaign is underway. The campaign kicked off at the Salvation Army's Scott Street location, with Deputy Mayor Mike Be...

A medical milestone for Riverside Health Care and LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A surgical team has performed the region's first minimally invasive surgical foot procedure. It is done ...

Canada Post is preparing to lock out postal workers. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says union members were handed notices just hours after the union issued a 72-hour strike notice Tuesday mor...

Remembrance Day Ceremonies were held across the Rainy River District on Monday. Here are some of sights and sounds of the ceremony held at the Cenotaph at the Fort France Cemetary.      ...

The Rainy River District School Board has launched a survey as part of plans to name the new K-12 school in Rainy River. Links are found on the websites of the board's five schools in the west end of ...