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At Barrie Legion 147, the clink of poppy pins marked the start of a campaign that means survival for many veterans and a lesson in gratitude for everyone else. On Friday, the Royal Canadian Legion branches in Barrie joined their counterparts nationwide in launching the annual poppy campaign, bringing together veterans, dignitaries, and townsfolk under […]

Nearly one in three Orillia families now struggle to put food on the table—a reality that has forced city leaders to sound the alarm and demand action from every level of government. When Orillia declared a household food insecurity emergency, it was more than a symbolic gesture. The staggering 30.7 percent food insecurity rate in

Clouds gathered over Mount St. Louis Moonstone as nearly 800 students, buzzing with anticipation, lined up to test their mettle on rain-soaked trails north of Barrie. For a single morning, nervous energy and excitement mingled in the mountain air—a crucible for young athletes eager to carve out their own stories. The inaugural elementary cross-country championship

Twenty years after a single shot shattered a quiet Thanksgiving evening in Barrie’s north end, April Dobson’s unsolved murder still casts a long shadow over the community. On October 14, 2005, 40-year-old April Dobson finished her shift at a Swiss Chalet on Molson Park Drive, unaware her life would end before sunrise. Later that night,

Thursday after midnight in Barrie, the real drama wasn’t a masked burglar—it was a raccoon with a gourmet craving and a knack for comedy. Forget your average crime, this was a home invasion with a punchline, right in the heart of Ontario. Picture this: a homeowner on Sunnidale Road, nerves on edge, calls 911 after

News travelled fast through Orillia and Muskoka: Georgian College will shutter both campuses by summer 2026, sending programs and students to Barrie in a move that signals the end of an era—and the start of something new. Georgian College’s decision to close its Orillia and Muskoka campuses, endorsed by the board of governors, emerged after

Nearly two-thirds of Ontario’s school boards are staring down deficits or barely breaking even, with financial pressures mounting as the new academic year unfolds. The financial reports filed by 72 school boards this past summer reveal a landscape marked by uncertainty and tough choices. Twenty-five boards are planning for deficits in the 2025-26 school year,

Outside the farmers’ market, the crowd gathered in a semicircle, phones half-raised, drawn not by spectacle but by the presence of an alpaca whose gentle eyes seemed to reflect back the small-town heart of Oro-Medonte. Monty arrived on the scene almost by accident, though nothing about his ascent to local fame felt accidental. When the