Today’s top- stories for Barrie residents.
Blue lights flashed in the early hours as Highway 11 northbound sat silent, its usual pulse of transport stilled by the aftermath of a crash no one saw coming. An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser, parked to protect an already fractured scene, became the next casualty. Shortly after 3 a.m. on August 10, an officer stationed […]
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It’s not every day Toronto home buyers get to breathe. But a surge in housing inventory across the Greater Toronto Area is doing just that—reshaping strategies and offering a rare window for those long sidelined by relentless bidding wars and soaring prices. For years, buyers in Toronto and the GTA faced a market that seemed
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Fifteen runs against, not a single one scored, and Barrie’s Baycats left searching for answers after a shellacking at the hands of Brantford, driven by Connor Irvine’s pitching tour de force. This wasn’t just a loss—it was a statement about what happens when one arm can silence an entire offence. For a Barrie squad known
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Forty-one thousand jobs vanished across Canada in July, a stark number with outsized meaning for working families in Ontario’s towns and cities. Yet, the official unemployment rate held its breath at 6.9 per cent, according to Statistics Canada, masking the churn beneath the surface. Ontario’s job market, already weathered by economic uncertainty, absorbed the brunt
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Under the bright lights of Boots & Hearts Barn Burner, a symbolic cheque changed hands—and with it, the future of healthcare in Barrie. On August 8, 2025, the crowd at the annual hockey game witnessed more than friendly rivalry. CanadaOne Auto delivered the first installment of a $1 million pledge to Royal Victoria Regional Health
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Steel teeth bit into the earth behind Barrie’s food bank Friday morning as a backhoe and a line of city vehicles rolled onto the Anne Street homeless encampment, turning a quiet stretch of John and Victoria into the city’s latest stage for uncertainty. The arrival of heavy machinery at the encampment marked a visible escalation
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When the Girl Guides of Canada announced the suspension of all travel to the United States, the ripple spread beyond a handful of postponed excursions—signalling a profound unease at the border for youth groups rooted in inclusion and safety. The Girl Guides’ decision, effective September 1, arrived after what the organization described as “careful consideration.”
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The earth beneath Barrie’s feet has turned brittle, grass crisped to straw, and the city’s firefighters have drawn a hard line in the dust. A total fire ban has swept across Barrie, halting every match struck outdoors in an effort to douse a growing risk. The City of Barrie wasted no time after officials elevated
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For the first time since winter, Ontario’s public health officials find themselves reading a measles report with a small, almost reassuring number. Eight new cases—down from the triple-digit weekly surges that marked the start of 2025—have prompted a rare sigh of relief, even as the shadow of the outbreak lingers. Ontario’s encounter with measles in
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Canada Post’s labour dispute took a sharp turn when workers delivered a firm “no” to management’s so-called final offer, leaving the future of mail delivery unsettled and the bargaining table once again the centre of the storm. Roughly 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have refused the latest contract proposed by
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