Timmins

By ANDREW WAREING Even as Timmins' future is starting to shine brighter with the glint of gold and nickel, there is no reason for the community to rest on its laurels.

By ANDREW WAREING While the housing market has been in a slump for some time now, the recent spate of mining activity bodes well for the housing industry.

By IAN ROSS The exploration surge in the Timmins mining camp has been an economic shot in the arm for mining suppliers and machine shops who are scrambling to find qualified labour to keep up with the pace. By mid June St.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business Timmins Mayor Vic Power is convinced that economic development in the North must begin with the federal government devolving power to Northern Ontario.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business For a Timmins mine development company that entered the so-called big leagues of Canada's fastest growing companies a few years back, Dan Dumas, CEO of Dumas Contracting Ltd.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Grenville Whyte harkens back to the 1960s to draw comparison to today's level of exploration activity in the Kirkland Lake gold camp.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business A Timiskaming area manufacturer may be expanding within the coming year, requiring it to build a new, larger facility and create up to 35 new jobs in the region.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business J.P. Brunet of Timmins understands the concept hard work pays off. J.P. Brunet As a student completing his business diploma at Northern College, Brunet started J.P.E.

By IAN ROSS A truckers protest over freight rates was threatening to bring northeastern Ontario's forest products industry to a standstill as drivers parked their rigs and blockaded sawmill entrances in the Timmins-Cochrane area in November.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Hearing that economic development is the number one priority for Timmins city council was music to Dave McGirr's ears. A plan outlined predominantly by the Timmins Economic Development Corp.