It isn’t every day that $160,000 in silver bars vanishes between cities, only to surface quietly in Orillia. The recovery has set tongues wagging across Ontario’s precious metals circles and left police piecing together a puzzle that reaches from London to Ottawa. The story began on a routine shipment to the Royal Canadian Mint. Silver […]
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Shoppers in Barrie hoping for instant relief at the checkout after Canada’s tariff cut on U.S. goods may need to keep their wallets ready for a few more weeks. The federal government’s decision to remove 25 percent counter-tariffs on select American groceries, effective September 1, brings the promise of price drops on essentials like fresh
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Shoppers in Barrie hoping for instant relief at the checkout after Canada’s tariff cut on U.S. goods may need to keep their wallets ready for a few more weeks. The federal government’s decision to remove 25 percent counter-tariffs on select American groceries, effective September 1, brings the promise of price drops on essentials like fresh
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Bayfield Mall’s reputation as a ‘dead mall’ lingered over Barrie’s north end like a stubborn shadow, but signs of life are starting to emerge amid the thrum of construction and anticipation. In recent months, Sky Development Group has bet big on revival. At the helm, Teekay Akinyemi, director of property management, points to the 480,000-square-foot
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Half a million dollars does not disappear quietly—not in a quiet Ontario village, not when a neighbour’s future is snatched out from under their feet by a few keystrokes and a vanished email address. The Ontario Provincial Police are now investigating after an Arthur resident watched $500,000 slip away in a matter of months. The
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Shoppers in Barrie are bracing for another round of inflation data this week, as the impact of tariffs and the latest consumer price index take centre stage in local economic conversations. The July inflation report, set for release on Tuesday, is drawing keen interest across Barrie, where residents are already feeling the effects of higher
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Barrie’s business founders aren’t waiting for opportunity to knock—they’re building the door. The latest event in the city’s entrepreneurial calendar isn’t just another networking session; it’s a rallying point for those shaping the future of local business. Shayne Howell and James from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) are at the centre of it,
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Travellers passing through Toronto Pearson, Vancouver International, Montreal Trudeau, and Calgary International on Monday may find more than the usual hustle: a line of resolute Air Canada flight attendants making their voices heard. At precisely 1 p.m. Eastern Time, union members plan to gather outside Canada’s busiest airports, their banners raised not for celebration but
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As thousands of Air Canada flight attendants cast their final votes, the very notion of fair pay in the airline industry is coming in for a thorough inspection—one that could affect anyone relying on Canada’s largest carrier for work or travel. On Tuesday, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Air Canada component,
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More than two-thirds of Canada Post workers, both urban and rural, have rejected what the Crown corporation labelled its “final” contract offers, thrusting ongoing negotiations into fresh uncertainty just as the service faces mounting pressure to modernize. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), which represents about 55,000 employees, orchestrated a two-week membership vote that
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