Timmins announces new management of economic development and tourism
The City of Timmins moving forward with its plan to change how the Timmins Economic Development Corporation is run.
In February 2024, the city announced it would dissolve its memorandum of understanding with the Timmins Economic Development Corp. It has since changed direction and has now decided to evolve how it operates.
The City of Timmins is in the process of evolving how the Timmins Economic Development Corporation is operated. (Lydia Chubak/CTV News Northern Ontario)
Two current TEDC employees will take over management duties: Brenda Camriand has been appointed director of economic development and Tourism Timmins will now be part of the TEDC and led by Noella Rinaldo, director of community economic development.
"They're also working closely with the engineering staff and the planning staff at the city on developing out the growth management study that we're that we're undertaking, so we're seeing some good synergies,” said Timmins CAO Dave Landers.
Landers said the TEDC team of 14 employees has put together a strategic plan that council supported in July.
"I am honoured and pleased to be able to both lead and work alongside the team at Timmins Economic Development,” said Camirand.
"We've really worked hard over the last year to develop a strategic plan and put together some strategies that will allow us to move the community forward, specifically looking at growth and development, working both with investors looking to come into the community, as well as addressing some of the sectors that we've either worked with in the past or new."
Tourism Timmins has been run out of the Timmins Museum and National Exhibition Centre for the past few years and officials think merging it with economic development will lead to better communication with the public and tourists.
- Download the CTV News app now
- Get local breaking news alerts
- Daily newsletter with the top local stories emailed to your inbox
"Getting that message out of the variety of things that happen here, whether it's in conference tourism, agri-tourism-- there's a lot of different types of tourism that are available," Rinaldo said.
"So we're really trying to build on that and let the public know what's happening."
Landers said Timmins council can expect a tourism strategy over the next month as part of the city’s master plan reboot.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Canadians prefer Trudeau work with Harris, Poilievre with Trump: Angus Reid
As Americans prepare to elect their next president on Tuesday, new data from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians hold differing views as to which federal party leaders would be best suited to deal with either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.
Elections BC says box of 861 votes uncounted, others votes unreported
Elections BC says it has discovered that a ballot box containing 861 votes wasn't counted in the recent provincial election, as well as other mistakes including 14 votes going unreported in a crucial riding narrowly won by the NDP.
Months after VRBO booking, Taylor Swift fan told home 'not available' during Vancouver concert
A frustrated Taylor Swift fan is speaking out after being pushed from a short-term rental she booked for the upcoming Vancouver leg of the superstar’s Eras Tour.
Felonies, assassination attempts and a last-minute change on the ticket leads voters to Tuesday's U.S. election
A campaign that has careened through a felony trial, incumbent being pushed off the ticket and assassination attempts comes down to Election Day on Tuesday.
Surprise swing state? Iowa poll has Harris suddenly leading
Based on victories in the past two elections and polls leading up to Tuesday’s election, Donald Trump had seemed almost certain to win Iowa, but a new poll has Kamala Harris with a sudden three-point lead.
Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes, Wall Street Journal reports
Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the U.S. and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday, citing Western security officials.
Peel police officer suspended after video appeared to show him at protest while off duty
Peel police say four people were arrested and an officer was injured following several protests in Mississauga and Brampton Sunday afternoon, including one at a Hindu temple that turned violent.
3 arrested as protesters clash outside Hindu temple in Surrey, B.C.
Three people were arrested after duelling protests erupted into violence outside a Hindu temple in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend, according to the RCMP.
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the US$1M sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called 'winners' of his US$1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid 'spokespeople' for the group.