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One man’s critical injury on Bayfield Street this week has prompted residents to examine the safety of pedestrian crossings near Barrie’s bustling plazas—a question that gains new urgency every time another accident makes headlines. Bayfield Street is more than a thoroughfare. It’s a central artery lined with busy plazas, drawing shoppers, commuters, and families. The […]

September mornings in Orillia have a way of transforming determination into action. At Tudhope Park, footsteps and laughter blend with a purpose that runs deeper than any finish line: the relentless pursuit of a world without cancer. The city’s relationship with the Terry Fox Run stretches back nearly three decades, rooted in the memory of

Red and white banners fluttered in the summer breeze on Harvie Settlement Road, a sight too bold for even the most stoic passerby to ignore. In Orillia, the friendly rivalry of the inaugural flag challenge quickly became a test of not just national pride, but neighbourly resolve—and Harvie Settlement Road emerged as the city’s most

In the small hours of Sunday night, violence pierced the calm of Orillia, leaving a man in his 40s fighting for recovery and a community hungering for answers. Paramedics arrived swiftly after reports of an assault, finding the injured man and rushing him first to the local hospital. The severity of his wounds demanded more

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

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