Timmins

Timmins has received $3 million in provincial funding — the maximum allowable amount under the program — to complete upgrades to Highway 101. Highway 101, which is also known as Algonquin Blvd., runs for 21.2 kilometres through Timmins.

Timmins’ Productivity and Innovation Centre (PIC) has helped more than 30 small and medium-sized Northern Ontario businesses with more than $100,000 over the last year.

The City of Timmins has received $2.4 million in provincial funding to kickstart construction of a new 36-acre industrial park. On March 31, the province announced it was providing $2,485,650 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

The Town of Chapleau got some good news in January, when FedNor announced it would provide the town with $836,500 in funding for a trio of projects designed to energize the town and boost economic development in the region.

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce said there some measures in the provincial budget that may benefit local businesses, but the lack of long-term solutions for rising costs in electricity, cap-and-trade and pension reform are problematic.

Travel to Timmins today, and the accommodation landscape is vastly different from what it was just three or four years ago.

The commissioning of Great Lakes Graphite ’s micronization facility in Matheson is currently underway.

Sudbury firm GDB Constructeurs has won a $2.1-million contract to rehabilitate a highway river crossing south of Hearst. The province is providing the funding to rehabilitate the Obijou River crossing on Highway 583, which runs south of Hearst.

Community's youth attraction and retention strategy is paying dividends

A new mining project coming to Timmins has the capacity to create 1,000 local jobs and economically diversify the City With a Heart of Gold. General Magnesium Corp.