Timmins honours the life of Alan Pope

The flags at Timmins city hall will be lowered for the rest of the week to honour Alan Pope, former Cochrane South MPP who died at the age of 76

Alan Pope, who was the Cochrane South MPP, at the unveiling of Kobzar Park in 1984. The original statue came from Kyiv, Ukraine. The mayor of Kyiv was in attendance. This statue was unfortunately vandalized beyond repair in the early 2000s, after falling head-first into the ground.Timmins Museum: NEC photo

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CITY OF TIMMINS
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The flags at Timmins city hall will be lowered for the remainder of the week in honour of Alan Pope, following his passing at the age of 76.

Pope served as an Alderman from 1973 to 1974. He was a member of the inaugural council of the City of Timmins in 1973. In the 1977 provincial election, Pope was appointed as MPP for Cochrane South. In 1981, he was promoted to Minister of Natural Resources.

Pope was an advocate for the City of Timmins and Northern Ontario. He continued his legal practice in the city with Racicot, Maisonneuve, Labelle, and Gosselin. In 2006, Pope wrote a report on the Kashechewan Crisis, recommending that residents of the community be relocated to a new reserve site near Timmins.

The city would like to extend their condolences to the Pope family, including his wife and two children.

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