Seymour Streets

Letters gather dust as Canada Post’s standoff with its union stretches on, leaving communities from Barrie to North Grenville guessing what the mail will bring—or if it will come at all. The fabric of Canada’s postal service is fraying. Ottawa’s latest reforms, intended to drag the Crown corporation out of its financial tailspin, have instead […]

An off-road ride through Tiny Township’s woods ended with the sharp glare of police lights, a hospital bed, and the echo of a decision made under the influence. Tiny Township’s weekend quiet was broken when a crash near Ninth Concession East and Baseline Road left a 31-year-old passenger hospitalized and a 29-year-old ATV operator facing

Midday sunlight cut through the pines lining Hardy Lake Road, drawing passing motorists to a halt as word spread of a grim discovery—one that would rattle this quiet patch north of Orillia and send ripples through its heart. On September 15, police responded to a report of a deceased individual near Hardy Lake Road in

A frightened pet limping home in the early hours. Neighbours arming themselves with golf clubs, not for sport but for defence. Across Barrie and Orillia, the line between wilderness and suburb has begun to blur, and with it, old assumptions about safety. For decades, families enjoyed tree-lined streets and backyard barbecues, assuming a sense of

Low clouds failed to deliver relief as Simcoe County endured one of its driest, hottest summers on record, leaving fields cracked and riverbanks receding under a relentless sun. Simcoe County has found itself at the centre of Ontario’s most severe drought, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) data released this September. Over July

The glow of a computer screen can reveal more than social media updates—it can expose the darkest corners of the internet, as Barrie police recently discovered. Barrie Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit found itself facing those shadows earlier this month after a tip-off from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. The report

Rubber and metal twisted into silence at Midland’s busiest intersection as sirens split the late afternoon air. On Highway 93, between Hugel Avenue and Yonge Street, chaos gave way to the measured choreography of emergency lights and the steady hands of first responders. Two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon, sending both drivers to hospital and thrusting

At 4:00 a.m., when most of Barrie was tucked in for the night, the city’s quiet broke under the wail of sirens and the roar of engines. What started as a routine police response soon spiralled into a scene more familiar to television crime dramas than a sleepy Ontario neighbourhood. Officers were summoned to a