Political ambitions rarely unfold as neatly as a campaign poster promises, and at Barrie city hall, speculation is running high about mayor Alex Nuttall’s next move as the 2026 municipal election draws closer. Nuttall, who claimed the mayor’s seat four years ago, has so far kept his plans as tightly guarded as a budget draft […]
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Papers shuffled, voices echoed, and tension simmered as Barrie’s municipal workers sat across from city officials, each side acutely aware that the future of hybrid work for 600 employees was now the main card on the bargaining table. CUPE Local 2380, representing municipal staff whose jobs span everything from parks maintenance to bylaw enforcement, has
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An Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga hunts, silent for nearly a century within Vatican vaults, will soon cross the ocean home. For many, its journey marks not just the movement of an object, but the rekindling of memory and the promise of healing. Canada’s Indigenous communities have waited decades for this moment. More than
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Questions that once lingered in Barrie’s school corridors will soon find a new home, as Ontario commands the creation of Student and Family Support Offices across every board in the province. The Ministry of Education’s latest directive, set to affect Simcoe County and beyond, is reshaping the landscape of school governance. This move follows a
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Flashing bulbs and silent lenses will soon vanish from Barrie’s roads, as speed cameras are shut down and a new era of traffic safety dawns across Ontario. Barrie’s automated speed enforcement (ASE) program, active since December 2023, faces its official sunset after the Ontario government banned speed cameras provincewide. November 15 marks the deadline, with
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Another year, another round of budget talks in Barrie, where homeowners watch the numbers edge higher, quietly calculating what will be left in their pockets once city hall has had its say. For 2026, Barrie’s proposed budget puts residents at the centre of a fiscal balancing act. The city’s operating budget covers more than 60
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Uncertainty hangs over Ottawa as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to unveil his first federal budget, a plan described as generational and defined by tough choices. With Canadians bracing for both bold investments and deep spending cuts, the mood is tense and expectant. After weeks of carefully staged government announcements, the core question remains unaddressed:
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Grey clouds and icy branches once plunged Barrie into darkness, but today, the city’s influence flickers across Ontario’s energy future as mayor Alex Nuttall joins a provincial drive reshaping how electricity flows to homes and businesses. Alex Nuttall, mayor of Barrie, now stands among energy heavyweights on Ontario’s new Panel for Utility Leadership and Service
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Classrooms across Simcoe County and Simcoe-Muskoka will stand empty this Friday as students take an unscheduled break, thanks to a new Professional Activity Day on the calendar. School boards in both regions have declared October 24 a Professional Activity Day, marking a pause in regular learning for thousands of students enrolled in the public and
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Tension simmered across Simcoe County council chambers this week, as a much-anticipated decision on Barrie’s proposed annexation stalled at the eleventh hour—leaving residents and local leaders bracing for what provincial negotiations might bring. The City of Barrie’s ambitious plan to annex almost 870 hectares from Springwater and Oro-Medonte, first endorsed by city council on October
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