Anniversary of Northern “Last Spike” : The Fight For the ONR Goes On
NORTH BAY — New Democrats joined workers from the Ontario Northland Railway today to mark a historic date – the driving of the last spike for the ONR. On July 15, 1932, the last spike was driven in...
View ArticleTEDC launches “ I’m In ” Video to Promote Timmins to New Residents
TIMMINS, ON: The Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC), has released a video that features testimonials from new Timmins residents. It highlights stories of recent immigrants from all over...
View ArticleFrench and Cree branding language chosen by communities
TIMMINS: The Community Branding Team recently engaged local Francophone and Aboriginal communities to ensure that they had a strong voice in developing French and Cree translations of the “I’m In”...
View ArticleCommunity Sponsors Continue to Make Local Improvements Possible – Timmins 2020
The Timmins 2020 Community Strategic Plan has been underway since early 2012. Over the next several years, the plan will require numerous human and financial resources to implement its various...
View ArticleOPP Lay Fraud Charges – Timmins
(SOUTH PORCUPINE) – The South Porcupine OPP Crime Unit has completed its investigation into the conduct of a local resident and based on their findings has laid fraud related charges against the...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers and the OPP Police need your help solving a Break/ Enter and...
On Friday, June 7th between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:30 pm, someone forced open a small door to gain access to the garage of a home located on Eighth Ave. Once inside, the thief dragged a $1,500...
View ArticleNorthern College Board Approves Annual Report
TIMMINS, ON: Northern College’s Board of Governors unanimously supported the approval of the College’s annual report which was recently submitted to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities....
View ArticleA New Business Opens in Timmins – A & M Property Appraisals
Congratulations goes out to Chuck Auger and Taylor Moore on the grand opening of A & M Property Appraisals Ltd. at 22 Wilcox in Timmins. Mayor Tom Laughren was on hand for the event. Chuck has...
View ArticleDrinking and Riding – Safety , It’s Up to You – A Note From the OPP
(KAPUSKASING, ON.) – Members of the James Bay Detachments Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP ) A.T.V. and MARINE Patrol are now out on area trails, lakes and rivers. Officers are patrolling to ensure that...
View ArticleIroquois Falls OPP Lay Fraud Charge
(IRQOUOIS FALLS) – An officer with the Iroquois Falls OPP has charged a local resident with a fraud offence contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada stemming from an event at a local fast food...
View ArticleYMCA Bus Rolls Over Near Moonbeam
(MOONBEAM, ON.) – On July 18, 2013, at approximately 3:00 pm, the Kapuskasing Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single bus collision on Hwy 581, just...
View ArticleNorthern College Calls for Expansion of Online Learning Options
TIMMINS, ON: Earlier today, Northern College President Fred Gibbons and fellow college presidents met with Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid to discuss the importance of online...
View ArticleOpen letter on St-Anne’s School OPP Investigation
Why is important information being held from the public ? This is the question of many people including Gilles Bisson. Below is the letter to John Gerretsen, the Attorney General of Ontario. July 17,...
View ArticleTimmins Police Arrests Made in Break and Enters at Two Local Businesses
Timmins Police officers, aided by officers from the Ontario Provincial Police Central Region Support Team, and the South Porcupine Detachment Crime unit, have arrested two southern Ontario men in...
View ArticleOfficers Investigating the Discovery of a Body in Porcupine Lake
The Timmins Police Service is investigating the discovery of a body in Porcupine Lake at approximately 5:45 a.m. this morning (July 20, 2013). The body of a male person was discovered by a Timmins...
View ArticleSIU Concludes Death Investigation in Timmins
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Ian Scott, has concluded that there are no reasonable grounds to charge a Timmins Police Service (TPS) officer with any criminal offence in...
View ArticleImpaired Driving Charge Laid By Timmins Police (Brunette @ Algonquin Accident)
On the afternoon of the 19th July 2013 the Timmins Police Service and emergency services attended the intersection of Algonquin Blvd. E. and Brunette Road concerning a motor vehicle collision. The...
View ArticleParking Increases at Municipal Lots in Timmins January 2014
Beginning January 2014, expect to pay an extra $5 for parking in city lots. Timmins Council passed an amendment to by-law 1973-196 for the increase. Presently the cost is $40 plus tax for one m0nth of...
View ArticleTimmins Police Identify Man Found in Porcupine Lake
Timmins Police have released the name if the man that was found in Porcupine Lake last Saturday as Luke Gull Jr. 25 years of age. View the story “Timmins Police Identify Man Found in Porcupine Lake”...
View ArticleFire in Patients Room at Anson General Hospital
(IROQUOIS FALLS) – The Iroquois Falls OPP are in the midst of completing their investigation into a fire that occurred in a patient’s room at the Anson General Hospital yesterday afternoon. The OPP...
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