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…...

The medical community in Kapuskasing says it’s at a breaking point and not in a position to host forest fire and flood evacuees from the far north. This, as the town is expecting evacuees within the coming weeks. Sensenbrenner Hospital CEO France Dallaire says she doesn’t want to create panic...

As of Monday, the full stretch of Algonquin Blvd. that’s undergoing reconstruction this summer will be shut down. The city’s manager of engineering, Scott Collin, says the pavement between Brunette Rd. and Balsam St. will be ground up and removed. Digging will begin once the railway overpass is gone. “Removing the...

The shelves are pretty bare lately, and the Timmins Food Bank has issued a top ten list of the things most needed. President Rick Young says there are certain items the food bank’s running out of currently. “Cereal, canned pasta, pasta sauce, jam and peanut butter are the main things that...

The next looming deadline for Safe Health Site Timmins – the supervised injection site on Cedar Street North – is June 30th, when its permission to allow drug consumption expires. Operation is transitioning from the district hospital to the Canadian Mental Health Association. CMHA executive director Paul Jalbert says several...