Timmins

The cellular phone service gap in the Superior East region is one step closer to being filled. A feasibility study to build a network that would provide cellular service from White River to Wawa to Sault Ste.

Foxpoint Resources, a Vancouver-based company, announced this fall it had reached an agreement with Kinross Gold Corp.

Workers at Tembec Inc.'s Kirkland Lake sawmill are bracing for layoffs mid-November as the company suspends operations in the wake of an unstable softwood lumber market.

As a result of shift changes at Dome mine in South Porcupine, 25 layoff notices have been issued, and a total of 18 employees will be affected by layoffs in December.

The campaign to re-establish air service from Earlton-Temiskaming Regional Airport to Toronto received a lift by a $30,000-commitment in each of the next three years from TemFund, an incentive loan program.

Buoyed by a $100,000-contribution from the province's Prosperity Demonstration Fund, the Timmins Economic Development Corp. has renewed its efforts to make Timmins the city of choice for cold-weather testing.

By Ian Ross Most company marketing and customer service representatives talk a good game about creating customer satisfaction, but many do not have a clue as to how to keep customers.

An exploration company has set its sights on exploring 11 properties in the Timmins area that could yield nickel, copper, gold and tantalum deposits.

Kinross Gold Corp. has set its sights on expanding its gold resources in the Timmins area. The company launched a $1.

Placer Dome has posted a $211-million loss for the third quarter. The gold-mining company, which owns the Dome gold mine in South Porcupine, as well as numerous properties around the world, has written off its Getchell mine in Nevada as unprofitable.