Timmins

Chartrand Equipment has made great gains since the business was started by Maurice and Colette Chartrand in 1980. The couple’s rental equipment business began with one shovel, a backhoe and three employees.

The vehicles may have changed over the past 90 years but the customer service has remained consistent at Timmins Garage . The Chevrolet, Buick and GMC dealership retains 80 per cent of the people who buy a vehicle to come back for servicing.

Goldcorp 's decision to turn a former producing mine into an open pit operation in Timmins created some extra challenges for the Vancouver based miner.

While more room has recently been made for passengers at the Victor M. Power Airport in Timmins , much needed additional parking will be added as well. Vehicle spots are hard to find at times at the airport, due to an increase in passenger flights.

Not only is Gorf Manufacturing/Contracting Ltd. a third generation family-run business, some of its employees are also third and second generation.

You don’t have to look hard to find a construction project taking place in Timmins . From one end of the City to the other, roads, industrial land and downtown lots are being transformed into something new.

While Timmins marks its 100th anniversary this year and celebrates its past, its future is being guided by current needs and challenges.

In 1949, a group of Timmins businessmen formed a chamber of commerce in order to address the need for an airport. Land was cleared and promissory notes were issued to secure the land prior to selling it to the city for a nominal fee.

They may not win any Grammys for their singing but the glee team from Dumas Mining in Timmins put tremendous heart and soul into their performance on Global TV 's Canada Sings in early June. The emotional effort paid off.

After serving in municipal politics for four decades, former Timmins Mayor Vic Power says he still misses it. The city's longest-serving mayor successfully ran for council in 1966 and became its mayor in 1980.