If you see a collision, road closure, have an update, or anything else, please call or text Country 93.1 at 705-264-9310 According to Ontario 511 at this moment Highways 11, 101, 144 and 655 have officially re-opened Some road closures to report: Hwy. 101 (Harold Ave.) from Crawford St. to the Porcupine...

The first of 20 Saturdays this summer is in the books at the Mountjoy Farmers Market, at the old truck ranch beside the Mattagami River. Market chair Rock Whissell says fundraising is underway for a second pavilion. “So we’re looking to double up the building that’s there now. We’re hoping to...

There is tentative yet preliminary work being done for the city to examine whether it should restructure the ward system. The next few weeks in our Timmins history feature, that will be our topic. Local historian Karen Bachmann acknowledges that the current ward system was implemented when the city amalgamated...

The project installing new book boxes in and around Schumacher celebrated its grand opening Friday morning.. During the ceremony outside Schumacher Public School, Schumacher Community Library Project committee member Lloyd Salomone paid tribute to a long list of people and organizations who made it possible.  He noted a few in...

Time is running out to have the studded tires removed from your car for the summer. That word today from Acting Sgt. Michelle Simard of the OPP. “You can have studded tires on your vehicle between September 1st and May 31st if you live in Northern Ontario,” she says. “That’s one...

-Reported by Richard Coffin The Ontario Government is creating a new $500 million Critical Minerals Processing Fund, and the north is expected to benefit.   That from Vic Fedeli, Nipissing MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.   He says it also helps protect the province and its workers from...