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2 unusual facts about Timmins


IsaKidd refining technology

The IsaKiddTM Technology is a copper electrorefining and electrowinning technology that was developed independently by Copper Refineries Proprietary Limited (“CRL”), a Townsville, Queensland subsidiary of MIM Holdings Limited (which is now part of the Glencore Xstrata group of companies), and at the Falconbridge Limited (“Falconbridge”) now-dismantled Kidd Creek refinery that was at Timmins, Ontario.

Falconbridge subsequently independently developed a similar process to improve operations at its Kidd Creek copper refinery, near Timmins, Ontario.


Bill Grummett

Grummett was defeated in the 1955 general election by Ontario Progressive Conservative Party candidate Wilf Spooner, who was mayor of Timmins, Ontario, when the Liberals failed to field a candidate allowing "old party votes" to coalesce around Spooner.

Cali Timmins

Their grandfather, Noah Timmins, was the pioneering Canadian mining executive who gave his name to the city of Timmins, Ontario.

CFCL

CHYK-FM, a radio station (104.1 FM) licensed to Timmins, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CFCL from 1951 to 1990

CFCL-TV, a defunct television station (channel 6) in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, now operating as CBLT-7

Charlie Angus

He was also a longtime columnist for the Catholic New Times, and wrote an admiring biography of Father Les Costello, the celebrated Toronto Maple Leafs player who left professional hockey to become a Catholic priest in Timmins.

In the Time Before Llamas

#"Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)" (5:44), written by Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Janae Timmins

The character was created by executive producer Ric Pellizzeri as part of the new Timmins family, joining established character Scott Timmins.

Large-billed Reed Warbler

A breeding site of the Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, was discovered in the Wakhan Corridor of the Pamir of north-eastern Afghanistan by Researcher Robert Timmins of the Wildlife Conservation Society who was studying aviary communities in the Pamir Mountains.

Latent Recordings

After their first three releases, they returned to Canada, where Timmins and Anton formed Cowboy Junkies with Timmins’ siblings Margo and Pete.

Cowboy Junkies: Alan Anton (bass), Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter Timmins (drums), & Margo Timmins (vocals)

For the next few years the label's releases were sporadic offerings produced by Michael Timmins and/or Peter Moore.

Noah Timmins

Four of Timmins' great-grandchildren are notable entertainers: Margo, Michael and Peter formed the alternative country band Cowboy Junkies, and Cali is an actress.

Sir Frederick Eley, 1st Baronet

He was also chairman of John Waddington Ltd, Cope & Timmins, Crosse & Blackwell Ltd (1932–1946), the Waldorf Hotel Company, and the Bank of British West Africa (1942–1948).

Temiskaming Shores

Temiskaming Shores is home to satellite campuses of the anglophone Northern College in Timmins and the francophone Collège Boréal in Sudbury.

Victor M. Power

In 2004, he received national attention when he criticized the producers of Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, a television biopic of country star Shania Twain, for producing the film in Sudbury rather than Twain's actual hometown, Timmins.


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