Timmins

Officials at Agnico Eagle say a crack in a tailings pipeline at its Detour Lake Mine last weekend resulted in slurry leaking into a nearby creek.

A Timmins homeowner says suspects threw rocks at her home three times over the weekend, shattering a bedroom window and nearly striking her. Local police are investigating the incidents as mischief and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Northeastern Ontario has recorded 30 road deaths in eight months, nearing 2025 totals. OPP cites speed, unbelted occupants, and impaired driving as key factors, with drug-alcohol fatalities rising from zero to five.

OPP executed drug warrants in Barrie and Timmins, seizing suspected cocaine, meth, Percocets, a gun and about $28,000 in cash. Two people have been charged.

One person is in hospital and a suspect is being sought following a weekend shooting in Constance Lake First Nation.

OPP are warning the public about ongoing mischief at Riverside Park in Kapuskasing. Officers have cited damaged property and drug paraphernalia as safety concerns.

The Transport EnRoute Consortium confirmed service for students in four school boards in the Timmins area will be in effect for the first day of school Sept. 1.

A single-vehicle collision claimed the life of a 79-year-old driver Thursday on Highway 631, about 10 kilometres south of Hornepayne.

Timmins airport has begun a $3-million modernization to expand its departure lounge, renovate security screening and update the terminal exterior. Airport manager Dave Dayment says the work is being phased to keep flights operating through construction.

OPP have identified the remains of a 61-year-old Kirkland Lake man who was discovered in an unoccupied building on Aug. 20 following an autopsy.

One person has been charged with failure to yield following a collision Wednesday afternoon in Timmins.

It took a little longer than the rest of the province, but there is now a full slate of people who put their names forward to represent constituents in Fauquier-Strickland.

The number of homes sold in North Bay in July totalled 175, an increase of 36.7 per cent compared to the same time in 2025.

Ontario’s ombudsman has ruled that city councillors in Timmins held an illegal meeting via email last year in which city business was discussed.

A community in northern Ontario that needed a bailout from the pr ovince to prevent bankruptcy is making news again – this time because no one has come forward to run in the October municipal election.