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Blue skies and laughter faded swiftly at Wildwood Conservation Area, east of St. Marys, when an ordinary Sunday evening unravelled into tragedy. A family’s day at the water’s edge ended in heartbreak as a search unfolded beneath the waning summer sun. On July 20, a 13-year-old girl from Hamilton, visiting the conservation area with her […]
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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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Some investors chase digital assets for the thrill, others for the promise of stability. But as stablecoins and Ethereum make headlines, the rules for Canadian investors are quickly evolving—and the stakes have never been higher. Stablecoins are digital assets tethered to traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar, designed to cut through the crypto chaos and
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Under the fluorescent glare of a martial arts gym, surrounded by echoes of children’s laughter and shuffled feet, a darker ritual sometimes unfolds—one that most community members never suspect. Across Canada, white nationalist fight clubs called “active clubs” have embedded themselves within the ordinary fabric of city life. These groups, claiming to promote camaraderie and
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Plans for new housing and medical centres along Bayfield Street have become the latest battleground in the contest over municipal boundaries between Barrie and Springwater. A single council decision has shifted the trajectory of regional growth—and put annexation squarely on the agenda. When Springwater Township council withdrew support for the minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) linked
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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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At sunrise, Toronto’s skyline all but vanished behind a thick, smoky haze. For the second time in recent memory, the city found itself at the mercy of distant wildfires, its air ranked among the most polluted on Earth according to IQAir’s global index. The warning from Environment Canada arrived early and without subtlety: conditions on
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