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View ArticleDouglas Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse, dead at 88
Douglas Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before others brought those ideas to the mass market, died on Tuesday night. He was 88.
View ArticleWeekend bargain hunt
I’m not a hoarder. At least, I don’t think I am. I’m definitely not as bad as some of those people you see and hear about on TV.
View ArticleCharitable Homeshow boosts KidSport
There is a new kid on the Timmins charity block and it will be showing the community what it’s made of on Sunday.
View ArticleEx-Nordiques coach: Bettman rigged Coyotes vote
Former Nordiques coach Michel Bergeron is hopping mad that the Coyotes will be staying in Phoenix and accused NHL commissioner Gary Bettman of rigging the vote.
View ArticleCost of mobile phone services down in Canada
Canadians are paying less for texting, calling and other mobile phone services, but we're still paying high prices for high-speed Internet compared to other countries, according to research...
View ArticleGolf tourney tees-off Saturday
The Spruce Needles Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament will feature some of the best golfers from around the region.
View ArticlePark project gets $200,000 boost
Members of the Schumacher Lions Club hope to bring some of the former glory back to McIntyre Park.
View ArticleActive NHLers with the most games played with a single franchise
With Patrik Elias agreeing to terms on a three-year contract with the New Jersey Devils Thursday, it’s looking more and more likely the Czech centre will play every shift of his NHL career in red and...
View ArticleNorthern farm sector beefs up
Timmins has never been an agricultural hotbed, though there was a time when farming was a predominant activity in the city’s peripheral townships.
View Article3 killed in Ontario float plane crash
Three Sudbury-area men were killed Thursday afternoon when their amphibious airplane crashed in Georgian Bay as it came in to land at an airstrip on Griffith Island.
View ArticleQuiet forest fire season ... so far
So far, the summer of 2013 has been a quiet one for forest fires in the Northeast.
View ArticleFloat plane crashes into Georgian Bay
Three men from the Sudbury area were killed Thursday afternoon after their amphibious airplane crashed into Georgian Bay as it came in to land at an airstrip on Griffith Island.
View ArticleRCMP lay out case against Mike Duffy
The RCMP believe Sen. Mike Duffy is a fraudster who tried to feather his nest at the expense of taxpayers and Conservative Party donors, according to police documents filed with the Ontario Court of...
View ArticlePopes John Paul II, John XXIII to be made saints: Vatican
The late Pope John Paul II will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Friday, announcing that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to the Polish pontiff, who led the Roman Catholic...
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