It’s a tense situation in Timmins. Police believe an armed man is in the town’s Canadian Tire store. The man is believed to have broken into the retailer around 4:30 this morning. The Canadian Tire and other surrounding stores have been evacuated, and police are telling people to stay away from the area. They don’t believe there are any hostages.
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Armed standoff in Timmins
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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