Timmins

Ontario's far north will have more opportunities to generate investment, create new jobs and increase economic prosperity as a result of a new provincial program through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.

By Ian Ross Domtar's McChesney sawmill operation in Timmins expects to maintain its cutting edge by bringing its fully computerized edger optimizer equipment on line this April.

By Ian Ross Officials at Kinross Gold Corp.

By Ian Ross A new sense of optimism is spreading around Kirkland Lake with the reopening of the Macassa mine and mill by a Vancouver-based company and rekindling thoughts of a return to prominence as one of the world's top gold-producing cam

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce is planning a day-long seminar entitled Timmins Today and Tommorrow - Planning for the Future - which will feature a roster of executives and business professionals who will lend their insight and outlook for the futur

By Ian Ross News that De Beers Canada Corp.

A campaign in Iroquois Falls to create a regional tourism industry by constructing a new tourism site received provincial funding for a feasibility study.

TeleTech intends to hire 600 employees this year at its new Timmins call centre.

Timmins and the Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Assocation will be rolling out the welcome mat in hosting the 2002 Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium.

Domtar is investing $4 million to install new edger optimizer equipment at its Timmins sawmill. The new technology removes defects along the length of the boards by improving on lumber grades.