Today’s top- stories for Barrie residents.
Ask a young adult in Barrie what their ideal family looks like, and you’ll likely hear a number smaller than their parents’. The catch? Even that modest vision feels out of reach for many. Barrie is not immune to the forces reshaping family size across Canada. While national headlines trumpet a record-low fertility rate of […]
Are Barrie’s Hopes for Bigger Families Fading or Just Changing? Read More »
School’s out, the sun is finally obliging, and Barrie’s parks pulse with laughter. For parents, though, summer comes with its own kind of heat: a constant simmer of concern, made hotter by one more thing to worry about this summer—dangerous social media trends lurking behind innocent screens. It’s easy to dismiss viral challenges as a
Barrie parents face summer dangers as risky fads refuse to take breaks Read More »
Few gatherings carry as much consequence as the G7 summit, and this year Alberta’s rolling landscapes set the stage for a showdown over tariffs that could define Canada’s economic future. For months, tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have rippled across borders, unsettling Canada’s manufacturing sector and driving unemployment to seven per cent. The cost
Will Residents See Relief if Trump and Carney Agree? Read More »
The swinging doors at Dollarama rarely rest. Outside, a steady shuffle of Barrie residents filters in and out, arms cradling everything from holiday tinsel to last-minute snacks. Behind each modest purchase lies a larger engine—one driving both profit and local identity. In its most recent quarter, Dollarama Inc. posted a profit of $273.8 million, a
How Barrie Shoppers Fuel Dollarama’s Record Gains Read More »
No one ever said winning was pretty, and Canada’s men’s soccer squad just proved it at the inaugural Canadian Shield Tournament. Trophy in hand, anthem blaring, and the stadium in Toronto crackling with energy—yet it all came after losing the final match to Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout. That’s right, folks: Canada lifted the
A Canadian win written in grit, not goals Read More »
Sarah Chung stands at her convocation, degree in hand, but the celebration feels muted by uncertainty. Canada’s newest graduates are entering a workforce that’s less welcoming than at any time since the 1990s, and the numbers don’t lie—the country faces its highest youth unemployment rate in a quarter-century, pandemic years aside. The Canadian labour market,
Why youth unemployment is Canada’s warning sign Read More »
In the shadow of Doug Ford’s third successive majority, a quiet but potent movement is gathering, questioning whether Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have strayed too far from their fiscal roots. Doug Ford’s dominance in Ontario’s political arena—marked by an unprecedented third straight majority—has not silenced all voices on the right. Instead, it has sharpened debate over
Inside the secretive group shaking up Ontario’s right Read More »
Simcoe County’s real estate market doesn’t do drama—it prefers the slow burn. In a year marked by national headlines of volatility, local numbers cut through the noise with a quiet resilience that tells its own story. Anyone expecting fireworks in Simcoe County’s 2025 housing data will have to settle for a fizzle. According to the
Is Simcoe County’s property market cooling or quietly resilient? Read More »
Heat presses against the cab’s glass as flames dance just metres away, but for Manitoba’s frontline wildfire workers, retreat is not an option. While headlines gravitate to the scale of disaster, the pulse of hope beats in the unheralded hands steering bulldozers, piloting helicopters, and keeping railway lines alive—real people, unseen, making the difference between
The unsung hands guiding Manitoba through wildfire chaos Read More »
It began with a threat in a shadowy corner of the Internet and ended with federal agents at a modest Kitchener home—a digital drama where the stakes were measured not in bits and bytes, but in real consequences for an entire community. For Kitchener, a city more familiar with tech startups and autumn fairs than
The anatomy of Canada’s largest cybercrime arrest in Kitchener Read More »
