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Nearly 51,000 Ontarians closed the door behind them last year, each suitcase a testament to a shifting national tide. In 2024, the province that once drew hopeful newcomers now leads Canada’s exodus—a migration wave not seen since the days of Expo 67. Ontario’s outsized role in this historic movement is impossible to ignore. According to […]

On an ordinary Sunday, the first ripple of change can slip beneath the surface of a city almost unnoticed—unless you happen to be waiting at an empty bus stop, phone in hand, wondering if your neighbourhood finally made the map. This June, Barrie residents in the city’s south won’t have to wonder much longer. Barrie

A thick, smoky veil drapes over Barrie’s skyline, muting the usual vibrancy of June. It’s not the city’s first brush with wildfire haze this year, and judging by Environment Canada’s latest warnings, it won’t be the last. Wildfire smoke has become a relentless character in Simcoe County’s story, creeping through open windows, settling on porches,

Canada’s job market just hit a nine-year high for unemployment outside the pandemic—but in Ontario, every uptick in that rate feels like a direct jolt to the country’s economic backbone. Ontario’s workers, business owners, and policymakers are staring down a labour market that’s suddenly a lot less forgiving. May’s national unemployment rate climbed to 7%,

Every spring, the annual CAA Worst Roads campaign reads like a roll call of Ontario’s most infamous potholes and headaches. This year, as Banwell Road in Windsor claims the dubious honour of worst in the Southwest, Barrie drivers might well breathe a sigh of relief—because, truth be told, it could be worse. Roads shape the

Picture a Barrie where artificial intelligence doesn’t just recommend your next novel, but helps manage city services and reshapes entire industries. That future, led by artificial general intelligence, could arrive sooner than many expect—and with it, both promise and peril for every resident. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) isn’t just another tech buzzword. It signals a

Dawn broke over Barrie with the uneasy clarity of a missing truck and the quiet hum of a city waking to the realities of modern crime. What began as a routine morning for one local resident—empty driveway, cup of coffee cooling on the counter—quickly became the starting point for a story that threads together old-fashioned