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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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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