Today’s top- stories for Barrie residents.
On the eve of a pivotal rate decision, the Bank of Canada faces a landscape marked by wavering growth, stubborn inflation, and a nation holding its breath for relief from high borrowing costs. Financial analysts are nearly unanimous: the central bank is expected to lower its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5 per […]
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Bonnie Crombie’s political future turned on a slender margin, as Ontario Liberals gathered in Toronto to decide whether to renew her mandate or pursue a new leadership contest. The result signaled not triumph, but the opening of another chapter in the party’s struggle for unity and relevance. The vote at the annual general meeting revealed
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Patients at Ontario pharmacies may soon face a new threat: U.S. tariffs poised to drive up drug prices and disrupt access to critical medications, putting vulnerable Canadians at risk of being priced out of life-saving treatments. Mehrnaz Asadollahi, owner of Mariposa Pharmacy in downtown Orillia, has seen the cost-of-care equation rewritten before. When Target exited
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Raindrops dotted the bronze shoulders of a young boy frozen in mid-stride, one hand clutching a schoolbook, the other a baseball, as townsfolk pressed close beneath umbrellas and bunting. Port Coquitlam’s heart beat a little louder on this particular afternoon—the day Terry Fox came home, again. The plaza outside the community centre stretched wide, echoing
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Rubber and metal twisted into silence at Midland’s busiest intersection as sirens split the late afternoon air. On Highway 93, between Hugel Avenue and Yonge Street, chaos gave way to the measured choreography of emergency lights and the steady hands of first responders. Two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon, sending both drivers to hospital and thrusting
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Canada’s women wasted no time showing the world what they’re made of, scoring inside two minutes and never letting up as they flattened Australia 46-5 in Saturday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Bristol, England. Facing the No. 7-ranked Wallaroos, the Canadian side, ranked second globally, played like a team on a mission. Asia Hogan-Rochester
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At 4:00 a.m., when most of Barrie was tucked in for the night, the city’s quiet broke under the wail of sirens and the roar of engines. What started as a routine police response soon spiralled into a scene more familiar to television crime dramas than a sleepy Ontario neighbourhood. Officers were summoned to a
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Sirens echo through Barrie as the city declares a state of emergency—a sharp response to a crisis simmering for years in parks, creeks, and downtown streets. On Tuesday, Barrie, Ontario, pivoted decisively. Mayor Alex Nuttall announced that the city would no longer permit homeless encampments on public land, citing urgent concerns over safety, health, and
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Eleven months of steady rent declines would once have sounded like fiction in Canada’s overheated housing market. Yet this August, the numbers delivered a rare burst of optimism for renters from coast to coast. The latest National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation paints a nuanced picture. On the surface, average asking rent across the
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Just two weeks from now, Barrie’s public transit system will mark a turning point as the new Allandale Transit Terminal opens its doors, quietly ending decades of history at the downtown Maple Avenue terminal. The City of Barrie will unveil its $30 million Allandale hub on September 21, a move set to send ripples through
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