Ojibway and Cree communities were among the early inhabitants of the region. They were drawn to the area’s abundant natural resources, and participated in vast trading networks with other First Nations. Europeans arrived in the late 1600s and in the…
The first French-language radio station in Ontario, CRCL-Timmins, began broadcasting in December 1951. The event was greeted with enthusiasm by Franco-Ontarians who until then had heard limited programming in French over the airwaves. The station…