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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A sanitary sewer overflow began at Whitney-Tisdale Pump Station #2 at 57 Evans Street in Timmins on April 14, according to the City of Timmins. The city reported the overflow started at 3:02 p.m. In an overflow report posted April 15, the city listed the end date, end
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Timmins city council has approved the city’s 2026 tax levy at $101,244,561, a 4.95% increase from 2025. For an average residential home assessed at $193,000, the increase works out to about $15.56 more per month, and the increase on a median commercial property is
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Timmins Transit fares will be waived on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, as part of Earth Day. For local riders, the change means trips taken that day will not require a fare. The City of Timmins announced the one-day fare waiver in a notice posted April 15. The city’s notice
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Timmins city council has approved a 2% increase to the Municipal Accommodation Tax, raising the tax on short-term accommodation stays of less than 30 consecutive days to 6%, according to a city news post dated April 15, 2026. The city did not say when the new rate will take effect.
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A secondary bypass began at the Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant in Timmins on April 14 at 4:36 p.m., with the end date, end time and volume bypassed listed as “TBD,” according to a City of Timmins posting. The city’s notice provides basic information about a wastewater-system
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The City of Timmins has set up self-serve sandbag stations at the Whitney Arena, Mountjoy Arena and Confederation Arena parking lots as the spring melt gets underway. The stations are intended to help residents fill sandbags if spring runoff causes flooding in low-lying areas or near waterways. According to the
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Timmins city council has awarded a $17,960,701.85 contract, plus HST, to GIP Interpaving Ltd. to reconstruct Connecting Link segments 9 and 10 on Algonquin Boulevard East, from Brunette Road to Father Costello Drive East. The work is planned over two years. The project is expected to affect
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A raw wastewater overflow started at Whitney-Tisdale Pump Station #4 in Timmins at 10:30 p.m. on April 14, 2026, according to a City of Timmins Environmental Services Department notice. The city listed the pump station’s address as 5121 Highway 101 East. The notice did not list when
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Ontario Northland’s first new Northlander passenger trainset has logged more than 1,600 kilometres in burn-in testing and is expected to move soon into the next testing stage, known as Revenue Service Demonstration, according to a provincial announcement dated April 13. The Ontario government says it plans to restore
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The City of Timmins says a bypass and overflow began at 4:08 a.m. on April 13, 2026, at the Mattagami Water Pollution Control Plant at 551 Airport Road, and it is asking residents to conserve water during rainstorms. The city’s notice provides basic details about the event
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The City of Timmins reported a wastewater overflow at Whitney-Tisdale Pump Station #2 at 57 Evans St. that began at 6:20 a.m. on April 13, 2026. The city listed the end date, end time and volume bypassed as “to be determined” (TBD). Overflows can affect local waterways and
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The City of Timmins has posted a schedule for snow removal work on specific streets from Sunday, April 12, to Friday, April 17, 2026. The city says nighttime operations are scheduled between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. the next day, and daytime operations are scheduled between 7:30