Ringing in Chinese New Year
Timmins residents helped to ring in Chinese New Year on Monday evening at the London Cafe, sitting down to enjoy a traditional Chinese meal, but not before the ceremonial Lion Dance was preformed to...
View ArticleChurch changes depend on new Pope
In a move that shocked the world on Monday, reigning Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be renouncing his role as the leader of the Catholic Church and the successor of St. Peter the Apostle...
View ArticlePremier Kathleen Wynne sworn in, takes heat for expanding cabinet
It was a swearing-in for the history books Monday as Ontario’s first female and openly gay premier assumed power.
View ArticleNew blockade on winter road to mine
Just days after reaching a settlement to end a blockade on the ice road in Attawapiskat, officials with De Beers Canada were contending with yet another small group of protesters who were blocking the...
View ArticleClose vote saves Ivanhoe park
Ivanhoe Lake 's improbable comeback took another large step forward on Monday after Timmins council approved a two-year pilot project to keep the provincial park alive for campers.
View ArticlePope Benedict to resign
Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church on Monday when he announced he would stand down, the first pope to do so in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.
View ArticleDesperately seeking budget cuts
It was open season for budget discussions at city hall on earlier this week. And it was even more exciting than it sounds.
View ArticleAsteroid safely passes by Earth
A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field passed nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, giving scientists a rare opportunity for close-up...
View Article73rd Porcupine Music Festival opens Tuesday
The Timmins music community is gearing up for a long-standing tradition. The 73rd Porcupine Music Festival begins on Tuesday.
View ArticleMeteorite explodes over Russia
More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings.
View ArticleSnowmobile Club offers free Family Day fun
The Timmins Snowmobile Club (TSC) plans to celebrate the Family Day long weekend in style and hopes local snowmobile enthusiasts will join them.
View ArticleEskimos aiming to right the ship against Trappers
The Abitibi Eskimos are looking to right the ship when they faceoff against the team that started their current six-game losing streak.
View ArticleNorth Stars score eight against Wawa to win gold
The Timmins BMT Bantam 'AA' North Stars won gold in Cochrane at the 2013 Chimo hockey tournament this past weekend. The team posed with their hardware following the club's 8-4 win over the Wawa...
View ArticleLove for skiing ongoing in Porcupine Camp
If you are an avid winter sports enthusiast, I don’t think you could find a better place to practice your chosen bit of recreation than in Timmins.
View ArticleWhat happens in Vegas is digitized, quantified and measured in ways you can...
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas in ways you can hardly imagine.
View ArticleSedin hits Canucks milestone in 4-3 loss to Dallas
It was a vintage Henrik Sedin pass, one he called "fitting"— a cross-ice feed through two defencemen to find a streaking line-mate for the goal.
View ArticleTPS officer ready for DVD launch
Timmins' smallest police officer has hit the big screen to spread his important message to students and youth.
View ArticleWashington state fifth graders plotted to kill girl, authorities say
Two fifth-grade boys are in custody in Washington state after they brought a knife and gun to school with the goal of killing a schoolmate in a foiled murder plot that shocked their rural town because...
View ArticleBruised Leafs and Senators set to square off in Battle of Ontario
This season’s first edition of the Battle of Ontario could just as easily be called the Battle of Wounded Knee.
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