Timmins

Downtown Timmins , the city’s Business Improvement Association (BIA), marked a milestone in mid- December when it finished its five-year strategic plan. But completing it was the easy part.

When two of your major tourism attractions fold in one fell swoop, most communities would be left reeling, scrambling to fill the gap.

Statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show that Canada lags behind other G8 countries in productivity growth.

Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM) has received its final environmental approval from the province, paving the way for work to start on its Hollinger open pit mine.

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2014 Nova Business Excellence Awards . The awards acknowledge entrepreneurial achievement in 14 categories.

Classroom time at Northern College will become more tailored to individual student learning with the advent of Universal Instructional Design (UID). Northern College got $500,000 from the provincial government to enhance programming at the school.

After undertaking several capital-intensive projects at the Timmins airport over the last couple of years, manager Dave Dayment is ready to take a step back and breathe. “I’m not sure what we’re going to work on next,” Dayment said.

After developing its Timmins 2020 strategic plan in 2012 during city’s centenary, the City of Timmins is now starting to put plans into action, and housing, development and infrastructure are among the priorities for city council in 2014.

Brigus Gold has discovered a new hanging wall zone at its Grey Fox project in Timmins.

The Ontario government, through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., is investing in 22 new projects.