The sound of a music classroom in Barrie fell silent this spring, not from a missed note, but from the shattering news that a teacher had been charged with serious criminal offences involving a student. The headlines travelled fast, but the questions it stirred for Ontario’s education system are deeper and more urgent than any […]
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The morning calm over Georgian Bay was broken on August 8, when Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call that would later spark more questions than answers for a northern Ontario community. Shortly after 8 a.m., police were alerted to personal property discovered near the water’s edge, a detail as ordinary as it is ominous
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Blue lights flashed in the early hours as Highway 11 northbound sat silent, its usual pulse of transport stilled by the aftermath of a crash no one saw coming. An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser, parked to protect an already fractured scene, became the next casualty. Shortly after 3 a.m. on August 10, an officer stationed
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It’s not every day Toronto home buyers get to breathe. But a surge in housing inventory across the Greater Toronto Area is doing just that—reshaping strategies and offering a rare window for those long sidelined by relentless bidding wars and soaring prices. For years, buyers in Toronto and the GTA faced a market that seemed
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Steel teeth bit into the earth behind Barrie’s food bank Friday morning as a backhoe and a line of city vehicles rolled onto the Anne Street homeless encampment, turning a quiet stretch of John and Victoria into the city’s latest stage for uncertainty. The arrival of heavy machinery at the encampment marked a visible escalation
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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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