Monday, October 14, 2024 is Thanksgiving Monday.

The following municipal services will be closed or unavailable:

• Service Timmins and the Provincial Offences Office
• The Timmins Public Library and C.M. Shields Library branch
• Timmins Economic Development Corporation
• The Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool (closed for repair)
• Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre
• There will be no Timmins Transit bus service
• Deloro Landfill
• There will be no household waste and recycling collection. Residential waste and recycling collection that falls on Thanksgiving Day will be collected on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

For more information about municipal services visit www.timmins.ca or call Service Timmins at 705-264-1331.

Please be advised that Timmins Transit will be running an extended Sunday service schedule for conventional bus service on Saturday, October 12, 2024. 

Follow Sunday route schedules with the last bus departing the Timmins Terminal on Spruce St. at 10:30 p.m.: www.timmins.ca/our_services/timmins_transit/maps_schedules

Gather up your ghosts and goblins and head to the Mountjoy Fire Station this Halloween for some treats and tours!

It’s no trick! Our fire fighters are hosting a Halloween Open House on October 31, 2024 between 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and you’re invited.

Location: Mountjoy Fire Station on Shirley St.
Date: October 31, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Each year, the Timmins Fire Department takes part in Fire Prevention Week, hosted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme is, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” The goal of Fire Prevention Week is to help individuals learn how to stay safe in case of a fire.

This year’s theme highlights the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. According to NFPA, smoke alarms reduce the risk of death due to a home fire by more than half – if they are working. Roughly three out of five deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

The Timmins Fire Department offers these key smoke alarm safety tips:

• Install fire alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area (like a hallway), and on each level of the home, including the basement.
• Test smoke alarms at least once a month by pushing the test button. • Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10-years old.
• Make sure smoke alarms meet the needs of all family members, including those with sensory or physical disabilities.

Between today and Friday, October 11, 2024, the Timmins Fire Department will be set up at various locations throughout the City to talk fire safety and the importance of working fire alarms. For a complete list of dates and locations, visit: https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/emergency_services/timmins_fire_department/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_week.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week and smoke alarms, visit fpw.org.

Please be advised that on Friday, October 4, 2024 between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., Timmins Transit On-Demand service in Porcupine and South Porcupine will be unavailable.

All conventional bus routes, including Route 16, will be running.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Public Works Traffic Dept. is installing a new stop sign on the corner of Boundary Lane and Fourth Ave. in Schumacher. The added stop sign will turn the intersection into a three-way, all-stop intersection.

This is a unique intersection. Fourth Ave. makes a turn at Boundary Lane that necessitates a stop for through traffic. Traffic in all directions will come to a complete stop before proceeding. The first vehicle to arrive at the intersection has the right-of-way. If two or more vehicles arrive at the same time, the vehicle to the right has the right-of-way. If directly across from each other, the vehicle going straight goes first.