Timmins farmers market to reopen early this season under new roof
The Mountjoy Farmers Market will be ready to welcome vendors under its newly-constructed pavilion next weekend, two weeks earlier than usual.
It's been a long road to get to this point, but according to the president of the Porcupine District Agricultural Society, Rock Whissell, it's been worth the wait.
Work on the Mountjoy Farmers Market pavilion in Timmins will be done in time for a grand opening on Saturday, June 17 at 9 a.m. June 11/23 (Lydia Chubak/CTV Northerrn Ontario)
"There’s just the ceiling left to complete and next Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, we’re having the grand opening and we’ll be introducing this new building to our community," Whissell said.
The new structure is a community effort with funding from FedNor and wood materials from Interfor –formerly known as EACOM Timber -- and from Little John Enterprises.
Whissell said an additional $75,000 will be donated on opening day.
The pavilion will provide shade and protection from rain while also giving sellers a place to plug in to preserve perishable foods.
"We’ve got 20 vendors that will be inside the building, so they have each pretty much a stall, so between every post ... so the people will be walking through the middle with vendors on either side with their vehicles parked next to them so they could have all their supplies and everything they need within their vehicle and be able to serve at the table within the building," said Whissell.
Two tents will accommodate an additional 20 booths at each end of the pavilion.
Whissell said a total of 40 vendors, including farmers and crafters, will be onsite for the first market and some will change over the summer depending on their availability.
And, he added, eventually the city will be able to reserve bookings for other groups who wish to use the area when it's not being occupied by the farmers market.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Canadian former Olympic snowboarder wanted in Ontario double homicide: DOJ
A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder who is suspected of being the leader of a transnational drug trafficking group that operated in four countries is wanted for allegedly orchestrating the murder of an 'innocent' couple in Ontario in 2023, authorities say.
Ontario school board trustees under fire for $100K religious art purchase on Italy trip
Trustees with an Ontario school board are responding to criticism over a $45,000 trip to Italy, where they purchased more than $100,000 worth of religious statues.
A photographer snorkeled for hours to take this picture
Shane Gross, a Canadian marine conservation photojournalist, has won the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, smokers in proposed deal
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle.
More Trudeau cabinet ministers not running for re-election, sources say shuffle expected soon
Federal cabinet ministers Filomena Tassi, Carla Qualtrough and Dan Vandal announced Thursday they will not run for re-election. Senior government sources tell CTV News at least one other, Marie-Claude Bibeau, doesn't plan to run again, setting the stage for Justin Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks.
Robert Pickton's handwritten book seized after his death in hopes of uncovering new evidence
A handwritten book was seized from B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton's prison cell following his death earlier this year, raising hopes of uncovering new evidence in a series of unprosecuted murders.
Former members of One Direction say they're 'completely devastated' by Liam Payne's death
The former members of English boy band One Direction reacted publicly to the sudden death of their bandmate, Liam Payne, for the first time on Thursday, saying in a joint statement that they're 'completely devastated.'
Israel says it has killed top Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar in Gaza
Israeli forces in Gaza killed top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel's most wanted man.
Indian government employee charged in foiled murder-for-hire plot in New York City
The U.S. Justice Department announced criminal charges Thursday against an Indian government employee in connection with a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader living in New York City.