Timmins

Yvonne Camus is not a typical business executive, and an Eco-Challenge is not a typical quest to hone one's executive skills.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Capitalizing on a dream has led 44-year-old Mark Torchia of the The Torchia Group in Timmins to build and expand 15 restaurant franchises in only 13 years, a significant contribution to the economy of northeastern Ontario.

By ANDREW WAREING Learn to adapt quickly to change. This is one motto that Jean Paul Aube lives by.

By ANDREW WAREING Job losses in the Timmins region within the forestry sector have been offset by job creation in other natural resource sectors, with mining and exploration providing the main impetus for job creation.

By ANDREW WAREING Even as Timmins' future is starting to shine brighter with the glint of gold and nickel, there is no reason for the community to rest on its laurels.

By ANDREW WAREING While the housing market has been in a slump for some time now, the recent spate of mining activity bodes well for the housing industry.

By IAN ROSS The exploration surge in the Timmins mining camp has been an economic shot in the arm for mining suppliers and machine shops who are scrambling to find qualified labour to keep up with the pace. By mid June St.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business Timmins Mayor Vic Power is convinced that economic development in the North must begin with the federal government devolving power to Northern Ontario.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business For a Timmins mine development company that entered the so-called big leagues of Canada's fastest growing companies a few years back, Dan Dumas, CEO of Dumas Contracting Ltd.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Grenville Whyte harkens back to the 1960s to draw comparison to today's level of exploration activity in the Kirkland Lake gold camp.