Penny Wise

Ontario’s student stress crisis: What TD Bank’s survey reveals

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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Police issue urgent warning as counterfeit $100 bills circulate locally

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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Barrie’s Bayfield Mall gets a second act in local economy

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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Event: What the CFIB is Fighting For — and Why It Matters to You

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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Airport picket lines loom as Air Canada talks stall

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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