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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a Class 3 recall notification for 40-pound cases of “Chicken Wings Split” due to semicarbazide contamination, dated Feb. 10, 2026. CFIA said the product was distributed in Quebec and the notice targets hotels, restaurants and institutions. For Northeast Ontario residents, the notice may
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City of Timmins Environmental Services says it will carry out an emergency watermain break repair in Schumacher on Feb. 13, 2026, affecting Fourth Avenue from Ponderosa to Veterans between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The city says homeowners and businesses in the area may see short-term water service
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The Town of Cochrane’s municipal office reopened to the public on Feb. 10, 2026, after it was closed because of a fire in a neighbouring building. The reopening restores in-person access to municipal services, including council meetings, after the temporary closure. Municipal services have resumed normal operations and regular
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Timmins Police Service is investigating a weapons-related incident reported Feb. 12, 2026, in the Laidlaw area after officers found an adult with serious injuries to the leg inside a residence and transported the person to hospital, police said. The incident is under investigation by the service’s Criminal Investigation Division,
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The City of Timmins issued an extreme cold weather alert for Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, saying temperatures are expected to drop to -20 overnight, including wind chill. Extreme cold alerts can affect people who are outdoors for extended periods and those without reliable heat or shelter, and the city also
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Timmins Mayor Michelle Boileau will travel to Rouyn-Noranda, Que., to meet with the city’s economic partners and representatives from the education sector, following a Feb. 4 visit to Timmins by Rouyn-Noranda Mayor Gilles Chapadeau and a delegation, the City of Timmins said. In a statement posted on the city’
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Town of Cochrane council is scheduled to consider a bylaw at its 6 p.m. regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, that would stop up and close portions of unopened road allowances on Poplar Avenue and Wyandotte Road and declare the lands surplus for a proposed sale to the
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Smooth Rock Falls Town Hall and the community arena will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, for the Family Day long weekend. Regular operating hours are scheduled to resume Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. The closure was posted in a notice on the Town of Smooth Rock Falls website.
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Timmins Public Works crews are scheduled to begin a city-wide snow plowing operation at 9:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, and the work is expected to last all evening and into the day. For residents, the notice coincides with Timmins’ winter overnight street-parking rules, which restrict when vehicles
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Cochrane has cancelled its Committee of Adjustment and Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board meetings that were scheduled for Feb. 11, 2026, because no applications were received. For residents watching local planning and minor variance matters, the next regular meeting date for both bodies is March 11, 2026. The cancellation was
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Several City of Timmins services will be closed or not running on Family Day, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, and Monday’s household waste and recycling pickup will move to Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, according to the city’s posted municipal schedule. The changes affect common day-to-day needs such as transit,
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Don Anderson Haulage will haul a Hydro One transformer through Timmins to Schumacher on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, moving it from the rail siding on Hallnor Road to the transformer station on Brundy Avenue. The City of Timmins says the load’s width will occupy a two-lane road where shoulder