Today’s top- stories for Barrie residents.
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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High hopes for Barrie’s housing market in 2025 cooled quickly as economic nerves and global trade disputes pulled would-be buyers to the sidelines. Just as the region’s market was set to gain traction, anxiety swept through, dampening the anticipated surge in demand. The story of Barrie’s summer housing season is not just about numbers. It’s
Will Barrie’s housing market finally thaw this fall? Read More »
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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Felix Auger-Aliassime left no questions about his intent as he sent shockwaves through the tennis world, knocking off world number three Alexander Zverev under the bright lights of New York. The Montreal native, just 25, stared down a mountain of pressure at Louis Armstrong Stadium Saturday and came out on top. For the first time
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Nearly every post-secondary student in Ontario now feels the pinch of financial anxiety, according to a new survey that underscores the growing divide between students’ reality and parental perception. TD Bank’s latest data leaves little room for doubt: 92% of Ontario’s post-secondary students are stressed about their finances as the academic year begins. The numbers
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Under the unassuming glow of a bank lobby in Bradford, what appeared to be three crisp $100 bills set a quiet drama in motion—one that now reverberates through Simcoe County’s shops, markets, and kitchen tables. The South Simcoe police have issued a warning after a local resident unwittingly accepted counterfeit $100 bills during an ordinary
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It isn’t every day that $160,000 in silver bars vanishes between cities, only to surface quietly in Orillia. The recovery has set tongues wagging across Ontario’s precious metals circles and left police piecing together a puzzle that reaches from London to Ottawa. The story began on a routine shipment to the Royal Canadian Mint. Silver
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The discovery of two men’s remains in separate Ontario locations triggered an investigation that would expose the dark undercurrents in Barrie’s encampment community. What began with concern for two missing men quickly escalated. In February, the family of William (Blake) Robinson, 45, reported him missing. When David Cheesequay, 41, vanished in July, alarm spread among
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Premier Doug Ford’s latest message is clear: U.S. alcohol remains off Ontario’s shelves while tariff tensions simmer, with no sign the cork will pop any time soon. Ontario’s government has dug in its heels on the ban of American-made spirits and food in the province’s liquor stores, maintaining a hard stance that links the ban
U.S. spirits still locked out as Ford digs in Read More »
On an ordinary Wednesday, the County of Simcoe quietly set something extraordinary in motion: a resident ambassador program, fuelled by Ontario government funding, now promises to reshape life inside the region’s senior villages. The County secured $24,410 from the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility, courtesy of the province’s Seniors Community Grant. The grant, designed to
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