Timmins

By NICK STEWART Fourteen years after leaving Timmins to pursue a sales career in Quebec, J.P. Fortier is looking to return home, and this time, he’s bringing his new mining exploration supply business with him.

By NICK STEWART Creating a successful business often means being willing to take a wild leap into the unknown. It’s a strategy that has certainly paid off for Michelle and Denis Duquette.

By NICK STEWART While a keen sparkle still shines on the local gold prospects, experts say that it’s nickel that’s likely to act as the primary driver of Timmins’ mining exploration activity through 2008.

By NICK STEWART Asking Barry Martin to list some of the projects his architecture and engineering firm, B.H. Martin Consultants Ltd., has worked on over the last 34 years is nothing short of an experience.

By NICK STEWART Despite missing the initial construction start date by nearly two years, officials for the long-discussed Science Village hold firm that the Timmins facility will be ready by as early as March.

By NICK STEWART With strong mineral prices spurring all manner of economic activity throughout the area, Timmins is rapidly coming into its own as a growing regional centre for the northeast, according to mayor Tom Laughren.

By NICK STEWART While owners may find it difficult to look to the end of their career, a lack of succession planning can devastate a thriving business and tear families apart, according to Paula Riopelle, lawyer with the Riopelle Grenier Professional

By NICK STEWART While students are away, the summer of 2007 has been one of great activity for Northern College as a number of expansions and welding-related projects for its Temiskaming-region campuses are underway.

By NICK STEWART An impending 10,000-foot diamond drill program at Kirkland Lake-based Armistice Resources Corp.’s McGarry Gold Project is expected to set the stage for a potential production decision, according to the company’s president and CEO.

By NICK STEWART A $2.5 million expansion at New Liskeard-based Wabi Iron and Steel Corp. will not only help to increase productivity and reduce costs, but will also allow for 100 new employees within five years.