On the same day the federal NDP announced that Charlie Angus of Timmins-James Bay would not run in the next election, it also announced Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing’s Carol Hughes is calling it a day. The 16-year MP says she’ll spend more time with her retired husband and their family, which includes five...

With government funding announced last summer, the new Transition Home in a former school on Wilcox Street in Timmins has officially opened. Operated by Family and Children’s Services, it offers private accommodations for five people between the ages of 16 and 23 already being served by NEOFACS. The sixth unit...

After 20 years and seven elections, Timmins-James Bay New Democratic MP Charlie Angus says he won’t run in next year’s federal election. He made that announcement now… because with riding redistribution, Timmins-James Bay officially disappears this month. Angus notes that the new Mushkegowuk-Kapuskasing-Timmins will be 20,000 square kilometres larger than Timmins-James...

Some of the provincial tax you pay when you fill up your car is going to Timmins Transit. City Hall says the province is giving $585,411 to Transit. It will help offset the cost of upgrading fare box systems,. trackless equipment to clear snow from bus stops and for new...

The Timmins chapter of the Crazy Indians Brotherhood is ready to go with its first community event under that name. Sergeant-at-arms Dan Gloster says the group Risk Takers -- which was known for operating the Yo! Mobile -- recently joined the larger organization. And on Saturday, April 20th at noon, it...

You’ve probably seen equipment doing preliminary work on the overpass at Algonquin Blvd. and Spruce St., getting ready to demolish it. In the words of manager of engineering for the city, Scott Collin, the contractor has begun “hammering away”. “Within the next 20 days or three weeks,” he says, “they’ll have...