UPDATE 2:00pm TUESDAY: The body of the woman killed in Timmins last week showed evidence of blunt force trauma, says the Timmins Police Service. Fifty-seven-year-old Paula Malette was found last Tuesday night in a house on Algonquin Boulevard, just west of Preston Street. The suspect, 38-year-old Dale Head, was arrested Monday...

Three players with the Timmins Rock and the team trainer are on the list of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League award winners for 2024-25. Puckstopper Dryden Riley gets the award for best goals-against average at two-point-three-nine. He’s also the goaltender on the second all-star team. Braedyn Cyr is the...

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: Denise Street from Louise Avenue to Westmount Boulevard is closed for...

The 355-year-old Hudson’s Bay Company, whose roots go back to fur trading, is on the verge of bankruptcy. For the next couple weeks in our local history feature, Karen Bachmann will discuss fur trading in our region, as it began in the 17th century. Before lumber and minerals, fur was the...

A one-time mayor and two-term Timmins city councillor is the federal Liberal party candidate in the April 28th election. Steve Black was mayor between 2014 and 2018, and was elected councillor in 2022. He announced his candidacy on social media Saturday night. A mining engineer by trade, he’s facing retired resources...

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Governor General this morning to officially dissolve parliament and launch a brief, 37-day campaign.