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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
How Did GTA Become One of the World’s Most Polluted Places Overnight? Read More »
Alarming numbers of measles infections—over 3,700 and climbing—have swept across Canada, demanding more than casual attention from health officials and the public alike. Each new measles case is not just a number but a measure of our collective responsibility. Ontario’s spring spike—with thousands ill and hundreds hospitalized—served as a grim prologue. Alberta’s current rise sharpens
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It’s not the ticking of clocks in Ottawa’s halls that keeps Canadians up at night, but the slow-moving machinery that costs time, money, and—too often—understanding. For Canada to restore trust in its public service, there’s a pressing need for a Department of Government Efficiency that puts empathy at its heart. Government efficiency isn’t a sterile
Canadians Deserve a Smarter, Kinder Public Service Read More »
At 12:45 a.m., the pulse of Bayfield Street was interrupted by a shuddering collision beneath the Highway 400 overpass, setting off a chain of events that would freeze traffic and fray nerves for hours. The stillness of early Saturday morning in Barrie fractured when a motorbike and a truck collided at the city’s busy north
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It should have been a breakthrough for families in Ottawa: the $10-a-day child care dream, just within reach, suddenly slipping from their grasp. With the clock ticking down to the 2026 deadline, the city’s stumble isn’t just another missed mark. It’s a promise deferred, landing squarely on the shoulders of parents now left searching for
The consequences for families as Ottawa stumbles on $10-a-day care Read More »
On a Monday afternoon in Barrie, the sound of screeching tyres and a shattering collision on Tiffin Street shattered the routine, sending a ripple of adrenaline through everyone in earshot. Within heartbeats, a scene that could have spiralled into anonymous chaos became something else entirely: a public lesson in the power of witness intervention during
Witness intervention brought a suspect to justice in Barrie Read More »
