The earth beneath Barrie’s feet has turned brittle, grass crisped to straw, and the city’s firefighters have drawn a hard line in the dust. A total fire ban has swept across Barrie, halting every match struck outdoors in an effort to douse a growing risk. The City of Barrie wasted no time after officials elevated […]
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For the first time since winter, Ontario’s public health officials find themselves reading a measles report with a small, almost reassuring number. Eight new cases—down from the triple-digit weekly surges that marked the start of 2025—have prompted a rare sigh of relief, even as the shadow of the outbreak lingers. Ontario’s encounter with measles in
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A malnourished Boxer-German Shepherd, limp in the arms of a Barrie animal emergency team, forced the city to confront the consequences of neglect—an uncomfortable truth that slipped too easily through the cracks. Late July in Barrie saw tragedy unfold at a local veterinary clinic. Police were called after a dog, skin stretched across bone, arrived
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Ontario’s latest investment—a permanent $89 million annual commitment to the Community Paramedicine for Long-Term Care program—signals a defining moment for Simcoe County’s most vulnerable residents. Promising more than just numbers, it’s a nod to the notion that seniors deserve comfort and autonomy, even as age chips away at independence. Launched in 2020, the CPLTC’s premise
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Barrie’s Innisfil Street is no stranger to the pulse of everyday life—commuters, parents, the steady rhythm of wheels on asphalt. But when a mobility scooter and a vehicle crossed paths just after 10 a.m., that familiar routine ground to a halt, marked by the sudden arrival of sirens and the caution tape that soon fluttered
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Charred earth smouldered under the August sun as Springwater and Wasaga Beach firefighters raced to contain a surging field fire on County Road 92, a battle against both flames and the region’s relentless drought. On Sunday evening, crews mobilized quickly to shield farms and nearby homes from a blaze racing across parched ground. The inferno,
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The crackle of a campfire is a familiar companion in Muskoka, but this weekend, the silence speaks volumes. No rain in sight, just a high-stakes standoff between tradition and necessity. Muskoka’s forests, parched by an unforgiving dry spell, now wear a warning as clear as the sky: fire risk has climbed from moderate to high,
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Yellow tape flutters in the humid July breeze, slicing a long stretch of Barrie’s south end into a zone of questions and worry. For the third day, police keep a watchful silence over a homeless encampment between Victoria and Anne streets, leaving neighbours and advocates searching for answers that seem just out of reach. The
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On a sunlit Saturday in Innisfil, the thud of beanbags and the roar of cheers became more than the soundtrack of a game—they echoed a community’s determination to care for its own. The inaugural Cornhole Classic, hosted at the Innisfil Stroud Community Centre, drew over 150 neighbours, friends, and families together for more than spirited
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Car thieves, once emboldened by supply chain chaos and lax oversight, are finding the streets of Ontario and Quebec far less forgiving this year. Numbers rarely evoke optimism, but a new Équité Association report brings a rare glimmer to communities long shadowed by auto theft. Ontario witnessed a 25.9 per cent drop in car thefts
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