Before sunrise on October mornings in Barrie, clear bags filled with once-loved shirts, worn sneakers, and faded linens line the curbs, waiting for a second act. In a city ever mindful of its landfill’s limits, the question is no longer what to toss but what can be salvaged. Barrie faces a challenge familiar to municipalities […]
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On October 1, minimum wage workers across Ontario will see a modest bump in their hourly pay, but the question lingers: will this raise make a meaningful dent in the rising cost of living? Ontario is one of five provinces implementing a minimum wage increase this autumn, nudging the rate up by forty cents to
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Trumpets echoed through Mexico City as Prime Minister Mark Carney stepped into the National Palace, marking a moment that may reshape North American alliances in the face of U.S. political turbulence. On September 18, 2025, Canada and Mexico committed to forging a stronger strategic partnership. Prime Minister Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum stood united, confronting
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On the eve of a pivotal rate decision, the Bank of Canada faces a landscape marked by wavering growth, stubborn inflation, and a nation holding its breath for relief from high borrowing costs. Financial analysts are nearly unanimous: the central bank is expected to lower its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5 per
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Patients at Ontario pharmacies may soon face a new threat: U.S. tariffs poised to drive up drug prices and disrupt access to critical medications, putting vulnerable Canadians at risk of being priced out of life-saving treatments. Mehrnaz Asadollahi, owner of Mariposa Pharmacy in downtown Orillia, has seen the cost-of-care equation rewritten before. When Target exited
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Eleven months of steady rent declines would once have sounded like fiction in Canada’s overheated housing market. Yet this August, the numbers delivered a rare burst of optimism for renters from coast to coast. The latest National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation paints a nuanced picture. On the surface, average asking rent across the
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Red heels scuffed the pavement along Barrie’s waterfront as a determined crowd pressed forward, not for style points, but for survival. Each step echoed a promise: no one in this city walks alone. Saturday’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event drew a diverse crowd to the city’s shoreline. Men, women, and children laced up
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Sixty-six thousand jobs vanished from the Canadian economy in August, driving the unemployment rate to 7.1 percent—the highest outside the pandemic era since 2016, according to fresh figures from Statistics Canada. The August labour report delivered a jolt to both policymakers and workers, revealing a loss that outpaced economic forecasts. Instead of a minor increase,
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Nearly every post-secondary student in Ontario now feels the pinch of financial anxiety, according to a new survey that underscores the growing divide between students’ reality and parental perception. TD Bank’s latest data leaves little room for doubt: 92% of Ontario’s post-secondary students are stressed about their finances as the academic year begins. The numbers
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Under the unassuming glow of a bank lobby in Bradford, what appeared to be three crisp $100 bills set a quiet drama in motion—one that now reverberates through Simcoe County’s shops, markets, and kitchen tables. The South Simcoe police have issued a warning after a local resident unwittingly accepted counterfeit $100 bills during an ordinary
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