Timmins

A 46-year-old suspect in Cochrane, Ont., has been charged with numerous offences following an investigation that began this spring as an intimate partner violence case.

Timmins police have closed Aunor Beach on Wednesday to conduct an evidence search, roughly two months after Discovery Mining reopened the waterfront location.

Timmins area families, first responders and community organizations came together in South Porcupine for the second annual Boats, Bikes, Mics and Lights Educational Fun Fair, which featured a bike parade and raised support for the local humane society.

Conflict in the Middle East helped drive up revenue at Glencore Ltd., the company announced this week, with pre-tax revenues increasing by 86 per cent in the first half of 2026.

OPP in the North East Region laid 520 charges over the Civic long weekend, with 477 related to speeding.

Agnico Eagle has donated $100,000 to renovate the medical clinic at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Officials say the project will improve healthcare access and support physician recruitment in Black River-Matheson.

An arbitrator has upheld the decision to fire a heavy equipment operator at Porcupine Gold Mine in Timmins after he refused drug and alcohol testing following a serious safety incident in January.

Two people are dead after a commercial motor vehicle and a moving truck collided on Highway 11 south of Cochrane on Sunday.

Ontario Provincial Police say two people who failed to return home from a camping trip last weekend in northern Ontario have been found dead.

Police in Timmins have charged two people with first-degree murder in a shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured. A separate homicide from the previous day remains under investigation, with the suspect still at large.

OPP charged two pickup truck drivers with stunt driving on the same day in the same area of Highway 17 east of Mattawa – one at 146 km/h, another at 160 km/h in a 90 zone.

Timmins police are investigating a second fatal shooting in two days after three men were shot shortly after midnight on Aug. 1, leaving one dead and one in critical condition. A separate July 31 murder remains unsolved.

Two people face drug trafficking charges after OPP seized $10,600 in suspected fentanyl and cocaine from a Kapuskasing home on July 29. Officers also recovered $3,000 in cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris says the wildfire situation in northern Ontario is moving in a reassuring direction as more than 80 fires have been extinguished in the past two weeks.

The federal government confirmed Friday that it has approved plans for the Crawford Nickel Project, a project estimated to add up to $70 billion to Canada’s GDP.