Timmins

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce celebrated the city’s entrepreneurial spirit Thursday night at the Nova Business Excellence Awards. More than 600 people attended the 11th annual event held at the McIntyre Arena.

The Hearst Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Collège Boréal , is holding a Building a Business Network Through Web 2.0 workshop on May 1.

The first annual Northern Ontario Leadership Conference (NOLC) will be hosted from April 2 through April 4 in the Northern Virtual Pavilion, the region’s first permanent virtual conference centre.

Northern College will begin offering the Mining Engineering Technician program at the Porcupine Campus in Timmins in September. In a March 4 press release, the college said the program was started as a direct result of employer demand.

FedNor Minister Tony Clement delivered $228,227 to aid the search for new ownership for the Kapuskasing Beef Research Station.

Wabun First Nation communities are reaping the benefits of a mining boom by establishing successful business ventures in the service industry.

While going through a strategic planning process, Timmins heard from residents that it didn't do a great job of promoting itself. Now it has a new brand – IM IN – and the city is ready to roll out a new message.

Their pitch to the CBC's Dragons' Den last fall didn't get them any investment dollars, but Lori Larocque and Joanne Lachance of Timmins were able to generate some great exposure for a sport the couple has been involved in.

Patio furniture may be a distant memory of a warmer season, but Paul Lagrange of Porcupine will be dreaming about it all winter long.

The Haasen family had to consider some options when their main barn burned to the ground in November, 2011. One of them was to exit the dairy farm industry.