As much as the Timmins Rock are known for attracting big crowds for hockey games, Tuesday night is shaping up to be the biggest. It’s Game 7 of the NOJHL East Division final between the Rock and the Powassan Voodoos. More than 1,200 tickets have already been sold.  Rock board member...

We’re going to spend the next few weeks in our history feature, looking at houses. To Timmins Museum director-curator Karen Bachmann, there are few things more iconic in this city’s history than the Hollinger houses. “We see them still,” she says.  “They’ve all been renovated.  We have one in the lot...

The Timmins Flying Club’s Young Eagles program is trying again this year to get kids 8 to 17 interested in aviation.  It’s promoting “freedom of flight”. On Saturday, June 8th, a family event with all kinds of displays will be set up at the airport.  Coordinator Noel Belair says the...

Hydro One is warning customers of potential damage and outages ahead of a weekend windstorm. The utility’s Tiziana Baccega-Rosa says damaging gusts are expected in most parts of the province, but some areas will be harder hit. “Very much around the lake shores will see the highest wind gusts that may...

The future of the Empire Complex is still up in the air. The iconic building on the corner of Algonquin Boulevard and Spruce Street caught fire March 23rd, displacing about a hundred tenants of 80 apartments in the former hotel. The Surrey, B.C. real estate investment company that owns the complex...

Environment Canada’s warning of up to 60 mm of rain overnight and into early Saturday – that’s about two inches – is concerning for the people who monitor water levels and potential flooding in Timmins. The Timmins Flood Advisory Committee says the rain is expected to be heavy at times…...