Timmins

By ADELLE LARMOUR South Porcupine – Solid business relationships and healthy friendships combined with strong work ethics in an active economic climate have proven to be a successful recipe for Porcupine Engineering Services Inc.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Passion and experience has placed professional photographer Graeme Oxby at the top of the list in the world of freelance corporate photography. Native to Timmins, Oxby is probably the Northern city’s best-kept secret.

By ADELLE LARMOUR The Discover Abitibi Initiative is alive and well in northeastern Ontario.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Far North – The Timmins and James Bay coastal regions are just beginning to experience the economic spin-offs of the De Beers Victor Mine project near Attawapiskat.

BY KELLY LOUISEIZE Robert Fontaine is like a financial palliative care professional. Since 1980, he has been holding the hands of people as they file for bankruptcy. He is the first to admit it’s not easy, nor is it comfortable, to watch dreams fade.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Timmins – A proactive hiring approach has been instrumental in aiding the Timmins Riopelle-Griener law firm fight youth out-migration. In fact, partners Kevin Griener and Robert Riopelle Jr.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Kirkland Lake’s Beaverhouse First Nation Community is carving out a unique type of value-added industry with cedar caskets.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Timmins – Old-fashioned values combined with fresh, innovative thinking have given Dumas Mining Contractors & Engineers an edge in the mining industry.

By ADELLE LARMOUR The Temiskaming and Temagami regions are proving to be fertile ground for diamond discoveries.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Timmins Polar Bear Windows has doubled its sales over the last four years since its move from retail to retail/manufacturing. In 2001, the company moved from a 1,200-square-foot retail outlet to a 10,300-sq.-ft.