Fears ripple through Ontario’s supportive housing sector as a new law threatens to make landlords liable for drug activity in their rental units. While the legislation has not yet come into force, its shadow already weighs on organizations at the front lines of affordable housing. The government’s plan, embedded in Bill 10, aims to crack […]
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The hum of tires on wet pavement barely registered above the distant laughter spilling from a Collingwood patio. At the end of Findlay Drive, an electric bike’s headlight cut a wobbly path through the dusk, its rider determined to make it home—never suspecting that one wrong turn and a single moment of bravado would send
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Ontario’s rental market is facing a reckoning as landlords, reeling from a wave of fraudulent applications, question whether real estate agents are truly holding up their end of the bargain. When rents in Ontario soared and finding trustworthy tenants became a high-stakes game, landlords like Sanaulhaq Zarawar hoped hiring a real estate agent would offer
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Every month, the cost of weightloss medications like Ozempic casts a long shadow over Ontarians hoping for better health. Now, a seismic shift is on the horizon: generic versions are set to enter the market, and the stakes for public and private drug plans could not be higher. For residents wrestling with weight-related health issues,
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Lanark County’s shelter crisis line lit up 3,000 times last year, each ring carrying the weight of a life in turmoil. In rural Ontario, what once simmered beneath the surface has now become impossible to ignore – intimate partner violence reports are climbing, and behind every statistic lies a harrowing story. According to newly released
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Alarming numbers of measles infections—over 3,700 and climbing—have swept across Canada, demanding more than casual attention from health officials and the public alike. Each new measles case is not just a number but a measure of our collective responsibility. Ontario’s spring spike—with thousands ill and hundreds hospitalized—served as a grim prologue. Alberta’s current rise sharpens
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At 12:45 a.m., the pulse of Bayfield Street was interrupted by a shuddering collision beneath the Highway 400 overpass, setting off a chain of events that would freeze traffic and fray nerves for hours. The stillness of early Saturday morning in Barrie fractured when a motorbike and a truck collided at the city’s busy north
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On a Monday afternoon in Barrie, the sound of screeching tyres and a shattering collision on Tiffin Street shattered the routine, sending a ripple of adrenaline through everyone in earshot. Within heartbeats, a scene that could have spiralled into anonymous chaos became something else entirely: a public lesson in the power of witness intervention during
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The grainy hum of a security camera doesn’t usually make headlines, but in New Tecumseth, it became the unlikely witness to a story that unfolded not once, but twice in the space of three days. Two thefts, one familiar suspect, and a local liquor store left asking hard questions about its vulnerability—these are the elements
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Seven point one million dollars—that’s the shortfall staring down Orillia’s Catholic school board, and the pressure is more than just numbers on a page. This isn’t the first time Canada’s education sector has faced belt-tightening, but the current deficit has driven Orillia’s Catholic trustees to a crossroads. The board now finds itself intentionally running a
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