Timmins

A railway buff converses with passengers as he makes his way to the rear of the Budd car to savour a moment in North America's only original baggage car built by the Budd Company in the early 1950s.

By Eric Charlebois On dit que les artistes disposent d'une sensibilité affîtée : ils peuvent créer, à partir de leur matière de prédilection, la réplique exacte de ce qu'offre à nos sens la multitude d'objets qui jonchent n

Juggling a Petri dish lined with mold in one hand and a vial of saline solution in the other, Dr. George Young attempts to test his second batch of penicillin.

A proposed talc mine could create 80 jobs in Timmins within five years if about $12 million US can be raised for a feasibility study. Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.

By Ian Ross Early exploration work began last month to develop a potential nickel mine at Falconbridge's Montcalm site near Timmins.

By Ian Ross Finding out who does what in delivering health and social services to the 45 communities in the Timmins, Cochrane and Timiskaming region can be a frustrating and time-consuming process.

By Ian Ross Northern College is teaming up with a distance-education provider in taking its innovative call centre program straight to the Web.

The City of Timmins planning department is reviewing a site plan submitted by First Pro Shopping Centres to develop a $12-million Wal-Mart in the city. Pending municipal approval, the developer plans to build a 4.

The sod has been turned on a $1-million Timmins subdivision project by developer Lloyd Richards. A three-stage project at the end of Bonaventure Drive should result in new roads just south of Timmins Square Mall.

Placer Dome Inc. has bid almost $1.7 billion to acquire AurionGold Ltd. of Australia. If the bid goes through, it would mean the combined companies would have production of 3.