Anticipation has been brewing for Timmins to have its first semi-automated pothole patcher machine – the Python 5000 -- maintaining city roads.

Robotic machines will soon be rolling down sidewalks in Timmins, to help reduce the time it takes for the northern Ontario city to learn which sidewalks need maintenance or upgrades.

Timmins Police say a man in that city is facing several charges, after an officer was dragged by a snowmobile during a traffic stop. On Saturday, police were doing traffic control in the area of ...

Even without the Python 5000, the city has been busy repairing potholes. Hallam said from January to November 2021, pothole-patching crews placed 1,542 tonnes of asphalt, the equivalent of 38,550 ...