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Small Town weird festivals are the heart of American summer and July 4th celebrations

Travel /

Fireworks may light up the sky, but it’s the gleam in a festival-goer’s eye that best captures the spirit of America’s most peculiar summer traditions. On July 4th, while big cities thunder with parades and pageantry, small towns across the country stage a different kind of spectacle—where aliens, manure, and the humble toilet steal the […]

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Unlocking Digital Transformation for Barrie’s Local Enterprises

News, Sponsored /

Barrie’s downtown is no stranger to change, but the quiet arrival of artificial intelligence could mark a turning point for every business on Dunlop Street. For local enterprises, the message is clear: don’t get left behind. AI opportunity assessment isn’t reserved for tech giants in Toronto or global conglomerates. In fact, small cities like Barrie

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Ontario shakes up orthopedic care with private clinic licensing

Business, Health & Safety, Lifestyle /

Ontario’s decision to let private health centres seek licenses for orthopedic surgeries has stirred both anticipation and scrutiny across the province. The Ontario government has signalled a significant shift in the province’s healthcare delivery by opening the door for private health centres to apply for licenses to perform orthopedic surgeries. This move puts private organizations

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Sobey’s Makes the First Move—Is Change Coming to Your Grocery Cart?

Food & Drink /

Sobey’s didn’t just stock their shelves this week; they stocked the headlines, too. As the first major retailer to put pen to paper on Canada’s new grocery code of conduct, Sobey’s—along with Lactalis Canada—has set the stage for a showdown in the aisles. The question now lingers like the scent of fresh bread: who’s next?

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Who’s biting at the beach? Ontario’s insect offenders revealed

Lifestyle /

Sunlight shimmers on Lake Simcoe’s surface, laughter drifts across the sand, but every seasoned Ontarian knows a day at the beach brings more than sun and surf. Something else lurks beneath the warmth—a thriving world of tiny, hungry beach bugs, waiting for their summer debut. When temperatures rise, so too does the bug population. Ontario’s

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Discover Ontario’s best-kept secrets for summer wanderers

Travel /

There’s a peculiar thrill in stepping across the invisible border between Toronto’s urban sprawl and the small towns that seem determined—through sheer force of will and possibly a clandestine committee of grandmothers—to remain utterly themselves. From the moment one’s shoes meet cobblestone or lakeside boardwalk, the air thickens with nostalgia and the scent of freshly

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Simcoe County Pools Bounce Back After Inspection Hurdles

Lifestyle /

Chlorine, bromine, and a dash of community vigilance—recent pool closures in Simcoe County weren’t just a matter of paperwork or chemical charts. They were a wake-up call, one that would ultimately set the stage for safer swimming and a determined march toward reopening. Public pools in Simcoe County have always been more than rectangles of

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