Today’s top- stories for Barrie residents.
Travellers passing through Toronto Pearson, Vancouver International, Montreal Trudeau, and Calgary International on Monday may find more than the usual hustle: a line of resolute Air Canada flight attendants making their voices heard. At precisely 1 p.m. Eastern Time, union members plan to gather outside Canada’s busiest airports, their banners raised not for celebration but […]
Airport picket lines loom as Air Canada talks stall Read More »
In the quiet hours of summer, a new threat has crept through open windows and attic vents: bats. Ontario’s Peterborough Public Health, now merged with Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, is sounding the alarm after a spike in bat-related exposures left residents and officials on edge. Across the region, an uptick in encounters
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Calls for a trimmer federal bureaucracy are gathering steam across Canada, with a new poll showing a clear majority favouring cuts to both personnel and spending in Ottawa’s corridors of power. According to recent findings from Leger, 54 per cent of Canadians want the federal public service reduced, marking a shift in public mood that
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Trenton’s loading docks once buzzed with the certainty of steady shipments to the United States, but tariffs have made every crate a gamble. At first glance, the numbers sound reassuring: Prime Minister Mark Carney cites 85 per cent of Canada’s trade with its southern neighbour as “tariff-free.” The reality, though, is stitched together with caveats
Tariffs Cloud Canada-U.S. Trade Even as CUSMA Stands Read More »
Sirens fade, police tape flutters in the wind, and Barrie’s wooded encampment between Victoria, John, and Anne streets stands silent—its fate now tangled in a web of municipal and provincial authority. Ten days after a major police investigation cordoned off the area, Barrie officials stepped into territory that had become both a crime scene and
Barrie’s encampment closure exposes city and province tensions Read More »
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
Questions linger after police cruiser hit on patrol Read More »
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
Home seekers in the GTA find relief amid rising listings Read More »
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
Connor Irvine’s nine-strikeout gem leaves Baycats reeling Read More »
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
Ontario’s summer job losses test local resilience Read More »
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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