Timmins

Timmins is one of the top places in Canada to do business. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released their annual rankings of cities and their entrepreneurial activity and strategies.

Twenty economic development and infrastructure projects in Cochrane , Timmins and Kapuskasing have garnered a $2.3-million investment from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC).

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce has elected seven individuals to sit on its 21-member board.

Porter Airlines is increasing service between Timmins and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, with a fourth daily flight beginning Sept. 3.

The 100 head of cattle may be gone at the Kapuskasing Beef Research Farm, but the facility is far from shutting its doors for good.

Peregrine falcons, bank swallows and bats are some of the animals getting a helping hand from a Timmins mining operation.

When John Crescenzi, manager of the Timmins Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites , put a call out to meet with other hoteliers earlier this spring, he wasn’t sure what to expect. He was pleasantly surprised when all but two came together.

A new $25.5-million long-term care facility in Timmins will open its doors later this summer. Extendicare currently owns and operates a facility in Schumacher which houses 121 residents.

An increased demand for locally produced food is keeping a Timmins farm busy supplying customers with its grass-fed beef.

Gowest Gold Ltd. has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Glencore Xstrata's Kidd Operations, in Timmins , to process its ore at the Kidd concentrator (former metallurgical site).