Porcupine Health Unit declares COVID outbreak at Pepco in Hearst
The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.
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Epilepsy advocates say pandemic impacting support services
The raising of a purple flag at Timmins city hall Monday invokes more than the need to raise awareness for epilepsy, it also honours the challenges people impacted by the disorder have been facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fight between employees in Temiskaming leads to charges
A two-day dispute between workers at a business in Temiskaming Shores has led to one of the workers being charged with making threats.
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Timmins hospital February 50/50 draw nets winner almost $280K
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Timmins Immigration Program highlights successes matching foreign workers with employers
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Downtown Timmins looks to evolve with new strategic plan
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Timmins pool to reopen for first time since start of pandemic
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Health unit warns of high-risk exposure to COVID on buses from Toronto to Sudbury, Sudbury to Timmins
Through an investigation related to a positive case of COVID-19, staff at the Porcupine Health Unit has learned there is a high-risk exposure to the public related to the recent bus travel.
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Woman taken to hospital after her vehicle collides with freight train near Timmins
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Timmins police say human trafficking case started as online romance
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COVID outbreak at Extendicare Kapuskasing declared over
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Second COVID vaccine doses rolling out in northeast
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Timmins police charge Toronto area man with human trafficking
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Ontarians need 'realistic' guidance on seeing friends, relatives, expert says
Ontarians should be encouraged to see friends and relatives outdoors in the coming months, some health experts said Tuesday in stressing the need for realistic pandemic guidance following a winter of isolation.
Sudbury should be in the red zone, health unit says as cases surge, COVID variant emerges
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