The discovery of two men’s remains in separate Ontario locations triggered an investigation that would expose the dark undercurrents in Barrie’s encampment community. What began with concern for two missing men quickly escalated. In February, the family of William (Blake) Robinson, 45, reported him missing. When David Cheesequay, 41, vanished in July, alarm spread among […]
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On an ordinary Wednesday, the County of Simcoe quietly set something extraordinary in motion: a resident ambassador program, fuelled by Ontario government funding, now promises to reshape life inside the region’s senior villages. The County secured $24,410 from the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility, courtesy of the province’s Seniors Community Grant. The grant, designed to
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Not every parent in Montreal stands at the school gates worrying about pristine uniforms. Many are bracing for a far less visible storm: the emotional turbulence that comes with every September. Vivian Muraki has spent years untangling the knots of family trauma and understands that the back-to-school season is about far more than shopping for
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Fewer things unsettle a neighbourhood like discovering its lifeline to the outside world has been ransacked. In Barrie’s southwest, a string of overnight thefts from community mailboxes has rattled nerves and left residents questioning the security of their most basic communication. On August 26, 2025, Barrie police began investigating reports of multiple mailboxes damaged and
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Few habits have proven as stubborn to stamp out as smoking, but the tide may be turning—just not in the direction some expected. Canadian authorities now urge caution, placing vaping firmly at the back of the line for those hoping to kick the cigarette habit. Canadian smokers looking for a way out are being steered
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Cracks have spidered across Ontario’s once-booming housing market, as the sound of hammers and saws fades to silence on construction sites from Barrie to London. What began as a slowdown has hardened into a standstill, leaving homebuyers and developers alike in a state of uneasy limbo. Ontario’s housing minister Rob Flack did not mince words.
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Cracks have spidered across Ontario’s once-booming housing market, as the sound of hammers and saws fades to silence on construction sites from Barrie to London. What began as a slowdown has hardened into a standstill, leaving homebuyers and developers alike in a state of uneasy limbo. Ontario’s housing minister Rob Flack did not mince words.
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On a quiet Sunday, the unassuming aisles of a national home improvement retailer became ground zero for an investigation stretching from Bradford to Orillia. The familiar ring of the cash register, it turned out, had masked a year-long pattern of thefts that would ripple through York Region’s business community. Between August 2024 and July 2025,
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Two lives cut short, a community shaken, and a city grappling with the grim aftermath—Barrie’s latest double homicide case reveals a story that is as complex as it is harrowing. Robert Ladouceur, 52, now faces the full weight of the justice system after months of police work at a homeless encampment just beyond Barrie’s bustling
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Just after the sun dipped below the rooftops on July 30, a black Corvette sat quietly in a Bradford parking lot, blissfully unaware of the trouble rolling its way. What followed was the kind of collision that sends ripples through a small town. South Simcoe Police reported that a white Lexus SUV struck the parked
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