Calls for a trimmer federal bureaucracy are gathering steam across Canada, with a new poll showing a clear majority favouring cuts to both personnel and spending in Ottawa’s corridors of power. According to recent findings from Leger, 54 per cent of Canadians want the federal public service reduced, marking a shift in public mood that […]
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Trenton’s loading docks once buzzed with the certainty of steady shipments to the United States, but tariffs have made every crate a gamble. At first glance, the numbers sound reassuring: Prime Minister Mark Carney cites 85 per cent of Canada’s trade with its southern neighbour as “tariff-free.” The reality, though, is stitched together with caveats
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Sirens fade, police tape flutters in the wind, and Barrie’s wooded encampment between Victoria, John, and Anne streets stands silent—its fate now tangled in a web of municipal and provincial authority. Ten days after a major police investigation cordoned off the area, Barrie officials stepped into territory that had become both a crime scene and
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When the Girl Guides of Canada announced the suspension of all travel to the United States, the ripple spread beyond a handful of postponed excursions—signalling a profound unease at the border for youth groups rooted in inclusion and safety. The Girl Guides’ decision, effective September 1, arrived after what the organization described as “careful consideration.”
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Canada Post’s labour dispute took a sharp turn when workers delivered a firm “no” to management’s so-called final offer, leaving the future of mail delivery unsettled and the bargaining table once again the centre of the storm. Roughly 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have refused the latest contract proposed by
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Fifteen years ago, a Barrie steelworker could trust the rhythm of cross-border trade to put food on the table. Today, sudden tariffs from the United States threaten to snap that stability, leaving residents uncertain about the future of their town’s exports and jobs. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order sets a 35% tariff on
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No one expected the world’s biggest soccer stage to be shadowed by a neighbour’s unyielding policies, but as Canada readies for the 2026 World Cup, the United States’ hardline immigration stance threatens to steal the spotlight. With the tournament approaching, Canada’s role as co-host ought to be a moment of unbridled celebration. Instead, whispers of
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As the morning sun traced the lakes of Muskoka, the premiers of Canada assembled not just to debate trade or tariffs, but to begin with voices often left at the margins: Indigenous leaders. The decision to open three days of high-stakes talks with these groups marked a deliberate, and long overdue, gesture towards putting Indigenous
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Threats of sweeping tariffs have forced Canada’s premiers into an unusual position: negotiating not only with a foreign power, but among themselves, to preserve the nation’s economic footing. This week’s summit in Muskoka, Ontario, is no ordinary gathering. The shadow of President Donald Trump’s proposed thirty-five percent tariffs looms large, with Prime Minister Mark Carney
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Plans for new housing and medical centres along Bayfield Street have become the latest battleground in the contest over municipal boundaries between Barrie and Springwater. A single council decision has shifted the trajectory of regional growth—and put annexation squarely on the agenda. When Springwater Township council withdrew support for the minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) linked
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