The Corporation of the City of Timmins considers it desirable and expedient that the described land, identified as Plan 6R-9490, Part 1, extending from Feldman Road to the north, to Dalton Road, be assumed and dedicated as a public highway (roadway).

Pursuant to Subsections 5(3), 11(1-3), and 27(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended (the “Municipal Act”), a lower tier municipality may provide any service or thing that a municipality considers necessary or desirable for the public, including highways, which may be passed by by-law. Further, a Schedule “B” project under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process requires that the municipality shall contact specific agencies and potentially affected members of the public.

The public notice shall be posted on the City’s website and advertised in the local newspaper for two consecutive weeks. The purpose of such notice is to secure any comments from the public respecting this assumption and dedication of the subject lands as a highway (roadway) to be considered by Council so that Council may consider, and if applicable, incorporate into an implementing by-law.

COMMENTS

Letters of support or concern with regard to this land sale will be received by the undersigned up until Thursday, November 7, 2024, 4:00 p.m. and will be included as submitted into a public staff report for Council’s consideration.

Please contact the undersigned if you require further details.

Dave St.Onge, Community Development Planner
Corporation of the City of Timmins
220 Algonquin Boulevard East
Timmins, ON P4N 1B3
705-360-2600 Ext. 3347

The two-storey log home at the end of Wilson Ave. is tough to miss, even as it sits almost hidden on its well-treed lot. It looks older than most buildings along the street, like it has a storied past. Built in 1925 by Harry W. Darling, the property was purchased in 1947 by Dr. Graeme Mackechnie and has remained in ownership of the Mackechnie Family since that time. Despite changes to the surrounding neighbourhood, the home retains its historical character and has become a local landmark at the bottom of Wilson Ave.

The almost 100-year-old building is one of the designated properties on the City of Timmins’ Municipal Heritage Committee. It is the first designated property to receive an official heritage plaque from the City of Timmins.

“438 Wilson is the only residential building on our Municipal Heritage Register,” said Councillor Andrew Marks, chair of the Municipal Heritage Committee. “We’ve presented the current property owners with the City’s first official heritage plaque and certificate of heritage, and couldn’t be happier to celebrate the cultural and historical significance of the property.”

Councillor Marks has his own family story related to the Mackechnie House and “Doc Mackechnie.” His father, a hockey player and defenceman, took a high stick to the forehead during a match-up. He was stitched up in the basement of 438 Wilson Ave. by the good doctor, “without freezing,” Councillor Marks is quick to point out, and returned to the game in the third period. “I think he said they won the hockey game,” adds Marks.

The Municipal Heritage Committee is an advisory committee appointed by City of Timmins Council. The primary objectives of the committee are to promote a culture of conservation in the City of Timmins, and to advise Council on heritage issues pertaining to Part IV and V of the Ontario Heritage Act, including the establishment of the Municipal Heritage Register.

Anyone interested in putting forward a nomination for addition of property to the Municipal Heritage Register are encouraged to download the Application Form or reach out to Service Timmins for more information.

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.

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.

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.

The votes are in and Ontario's Most Active Community has chosen to spend the $7,500 prize money on a new rock-climbing wall for the Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool.

In August, the City announced that Timmins' had won the provincial prize as part of the Participation Community Challenge. Residents were asked to vote on how they would like the $7,500 spent to enhance recreation and sport. 523 residents voted, with a rock-climbing wall for the local pool taking top spot with 134 votes.

63 "other" suggestions were made ranging from extra playground equipment in Porcupine to tennis courts at the park on Cedar St., all of which have been passed onto recreation, maintenance, and facilities. 

The $7,500 will now be applied towards the purchase of a rock-climbing wall for the Sportsplex pool, with the project added to the 2025 budget and slated for installation next year.

The City of Timmins will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday, September 30, 2024.

The following municipal services will be closed or unavailable:

• Service Timmins and the Provincial Offences Office will be closed
• Timmins Economic Development Corporation will be closed.
• There will be no household waste and recycling collection. Residential waste and recycling collection that falls on Monday, September 30 will be collected on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
• Deloro Landfill will be closed
• Timmins Museum: NEC will be closed
• Both branches of the Timmins Public Library will be closed

Timmins Transit will be running an extended Sunday schedule on Monday, September 30 with service until 10:30 p.m.

The City of Timmins will observe Labour Day on Monday, September 2, 2024.

The following municipal services will be closed or unavailable:

• Service Timmins and the Provincial Offences Office will be closed
• There will be no household waste and recycling collection. Residential waste and recycling collection that falls on Labour Day will be collected on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Deloro Landfill will be closed
• There will be no Timmins Transit services
• The Timmins Public Library and Timmins Museum: NEC will be closed
• The Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) will be closed
• The Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool remains closed for annual maintenance

Thank you and have a great long weekend.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING RE: PROPOSED COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AREA and DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Timmins will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, to gather public input concerning an amendment to the City of Timmins Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan in accordance with Section 28 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.

THE PURPOSE of the proposed amendments to the Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan are as follows:

1.  To amend the Community Improvement Project Area to include the following changes:

• Porcupine – extending westerly along King Street from the Ontario Northland Railway to Coot Lane, and along a section of Highway 101 East to the Crawford Creek;
• South Porcupine – extending along Harold Avenue from Crawford Street westerly;
• Schumacher – extending easterly from McIntyre Road along Father Costello Drive
• Timmins – adding various properties in the Downtown and in close proximity to Algonquin Boulevard; and
• Mountjoy – extending westerly from the Mattagami Bridge to Shirley Street.

2.  To amend the Downtown Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to include the following changes:

• To amend the Community Improvement Project Area noted in the Downtown CIP to include the proposed changed in Item No. 1 (above).
• To remove the boundary area schedules from the Downtown CIP, as they are approved in the Community Improvement Project Area By-law and are separate from the Downtown Community Improvement Plan By-law. This change will allow Council to amend the Community Improvement Project Area By-law without having to amend the Downtown Community Improvement Plan By-law.

To learn more about the proposed changes, please view the proposed Community Improvement Project Area and the proposed Downtown Community Improvement Plan.

ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed City of Timmins Downtown Community Improvement Project Area and Downtown Community Improvement Plan Amendment.
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of Timmins to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Timmins before the proposed amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the City of Timmins before the proposed amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Timmins on the proposed Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan Amendments you must make a written request to Steph Palmateer, City Clerk, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, P4N 1B3.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the Planning Division, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, P4N 1B3, telephone number 705-360-2624 or via email at planning@timmins.ca.

Dated at the City of Timmins this 29th of August, 2024.

The following municipal services will be closed or unavailable on the Monday, August 05, 2024 Civic Holiday:

• Service Timmins and the Provincial Offences Centre will be closed
• There will be no household waste and recycling collection on Monday, August 05. Monday’s collection will be completed on Tuesday, August 06.
• Deloro Landfill will be closed
• There will be no Timmins Transit services on August 05
• The Timmins Museum: NEC will be closed
• Both branches of the Timmins Public Library will be closed
• The Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool will be closed for regular annual maintenance

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