Cochrane Observer covers all of Ontario's Northeast, including Timmins. We have regular updates on town council, transit, health, and crime from in and around Timmins. See all our Timmins stories below.
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Timmins city council has approved a six-month pilot program to connect Ontario Northland’s Northlander passenger rail service with local transit, including a shared-ride taxi arrangement capped at $6,000 per month and an extension of Timmins Transit Route 16. The pilot is meant to help people travel between the
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Water service will be shut off on Riverside Drive between Joseph Street and Royal Street in Timmins on Aug. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a watermain test, according to the City of Timmins Environmental Services Department. The city says people and businesses in the area
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Timmins city council has awarded a two-year contract for motor grader services for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 winter seasons to 1393097 Ontario Inc. for $568,320 plus HST. The city said the contract is intended to provide additional motor grader support during high-demand periods in winter road maintenance,
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Timmins city council has approved a $36,296,444 construction contract plus HST for Phase 1 of the Melrose Heights subdivision expansion, awarding the work to GIP-Interpaving. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2026 and run through summer 2029, the city said. The project is aimed at creating new
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Sections of Jubilee Avenue and MacLean Drive in Timmins will be closed on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, so City of Timmins crews can complete school-crossing pavement markings. The City of Timmins Public Works department says the closures will happen in two time blocks and will affect different
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Aunor Beach in Timmins will be closed to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, while Timmins Police Service officers conduct an evidence search in the area. The closure will restrict public access to the beach during the investigation, affecting anyone planning to visit the waterfront that day. Timmins police
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Timmins council will hold a public meeting Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at 10 a.m. in council chambers at Timmins City Hall, 220 Algonquin Blvd. E., on a proposed official plan amendment for a Sandy Falls Road property in Mountjoy Township. The proposal would change how a 2.0-hectare proposed
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A watermain valve test scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, starting at about 10:45 a.m., may temporarily lower water pressure and cause brown or rust-coloured tap water for properties along Riverside Drive in Timmins, from the Mattagami River Bridge west to the outer limits of the municipal water
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Theriault Boulevard in Timmins will be closed between Algonquin Boulevard and Willow Street on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., to allow crews to paint roadway pavement markings, according to the City of Timmins. Drivers who use that section of Theriault Boulevard will need
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Temporary traffic restrictions are set for two intersections on Pine Street North in Timmins on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, according to the City of Timmins Public Works. Crews are scheduled to work at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street North from 6 to 9 a.m., and at Fifth Avenue and
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Residents and businesses along Riverside Drive in Timmins — from the Mattagami River Bridge west to the outer limits of the municipal water system — may experience brown or rust-coloured tap water and/or low water pressure on Thursday, Aug. 6, starting at approximately 10:45 a.m., during a water valve
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Temporary lane reductions are in place at Ross Avenue and Toke Street in Timmins while city crews extend the curbs and install a raised median. The work affects a well-used stretch of Ross Avenue, and drivers can expect the lane reduction east of Toke Street to start farther back than