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Red heels scuffed the pavement along Barrie’s waterfront as a determined crowd pressed forward, not for style points, but for survival. Each step echoed a promise: no one in this city walks alone. Saturday’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event drew a diverse crowd to the city’s shoreline. Men, women, and children laced up […]
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To the parent gripping the steering wheel outside Sandhills Public School, the click of a speed enforcement camera is more than a nuisance—it’s a warning, a line drawn across the asphalt by Waterloo Region’s new approach to school zone safety. Since February, 17 automated cameras have quietly chronicled the habits of Waterloo Region’s drivers, turning
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Outside the farmers’ market, the crowd gathered in a semicircle, phones half-raised, drawn not by spectacle but by the presence of an alpaca whose gentle eyes seemed to reflect back the small-town heart of Oro-Medonte. Monty arrived on the scene almost by accident, though nothing about his ascent to local fame felt accidental. When the
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Sixty-six thousand jobs vanished from the Canadian economy in August, driving the unemployment rate to 7.1 percent—the highest outside the pandemic era since 2016, according to fresh figures from Statistics Canada. The August labour report delivered a jolt to both policymakers and workers, revealing a loss that outpaced economic forecasts. Instead of a minor increase,
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There are moments when the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary—especially when even Deadpool himself shows up for movie night in Muskoka’s star-kissed air. On an unassuming August evening, the Muskoka Drive-In Theatre became the scene where Hollywood and local tradition effortlessly merged, proving that the simple joy of cinema is something everyone craves, no matter
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Smoke curled above the fenced-off site where Barrie’s history of hardship met fresh uncertainty, as emergency crews tackled an early morning blaze that left more questions than answers. Shortly before dawn on September 4, a fire erupted at the former encampment stretching along John, Victoria, and Anne streets in Barrie. Firefighters arrived in force—three trucks
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Nearly 90,000 fewer international students received Canadian study permits in the first half of this year, a drop that has sent shockwaves through post-secondary halls and local communities alike. Canada’s reputation as a destination for global talent faces a defining moment. With the federal government’s introduction of a cap on international student visas in early
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Tuesday morning, a hush fell abruptly over downtown Barrie as the familiar bustle of the public library was replaced by the unlikely sight of a swift evacuation. A gas leak, invisible yet urgent, forced the closure of one of the city’s busiest community spaces and sent ripples through the heart of the neighbourhood. Shortly after
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Standing centre stage at Studio 8H, a Barrie, Ontario native is about to make Canadian comedy history as Saturday Night Live prepares for its 51st season. Veronika Slowikowska, raised in Barrie, has been named to the iconic sketch show’s cast, joining four others as fresh faces this fall. Her ascension is fuelled by a digital
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The number of sick days taken by federal public servants in Canada is climbing again, exposing deeper issues within the nation’s workplaces and hinting at a shift in the culture of public service itself. In the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, public servants routinely logged between 9 and 10 sick days annually, according to
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