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• Timmins man with autism uses exercise to challenge himself and help others

  For the past couple of years, Michael Thoerner of Timmins has been on a path to learn new ways of improving his health and general well-being.

  

• Northern mayors want lockdown to end for smaller towns in Porcupine area

  Mayors of towns along the Highway 11 corridor in the Porcupine region agree that lockdowns are the right move for COVID hot spot areas.

  

• Kashechewan in crisis as COVID-19 spreads among young people, overwhelming community resources

  A humanitarian crisis is quickly overwhelming the remote community of Kashechewan, a northern Ontario First Nation on the coast of James Bay.

• Porcupine Health Unit extends lockdown for another two weeks

  With the high COVID-19 caseload in the Timmins area -- more than 50 new cases were announced Thursday -- the medical officer of health for the Porcupine Health Unit is extending the current pandemic lockdown until June 24.

• Driver flees the scene after collision involving truck and motorcycle in Timmins

  A 36-year-old man from Timmins is facing impaired driving and other charges after a pickup truck and a motorcycle collided Wednesday evening.

• Porcupine Health unit reports 51 COVID-19 cases, offers second vaccine dose to anyone 16 and older

  The Porcupine Health Unit reported another 51 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, mostly in remote parts of its coverage area.

• Timmins chamber asks Porcupine Health Unit to give business community a reopening plan

  The Timmins Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to the Porcupine Health Unit's medical officer of health, asking for a measured re-opening within the unit's jurisdiction.

• Far north communities say they need isolation centres, government support to slow spread of COVID-19

  James Bay and Hudson Bay communities are seeing an increasing number of COVID-19 cases almost every day, says the president of the far north's Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA).

• Porcupine Health Unit reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, and second case of Delta variant

  The Porcupine Health Unit reported 17 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday among residents in the health unit area. Six cases are in Timmins and 11 cases are in the James Bay and Hudson Bay region.

• Northern Ont. group discovers abandoned four wheeler connected to a man who went missing in 2017

  A group of ATVers have found a four wheeler that belonged to a missing man. Police have since discovered human remains in the area.