3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (590+ words) BARRIE - A Barrie woman has filed a lawsuit against the City of Barrie, the mayor and the Barrie Police Service regarding the state of emergency declared Sept. 9, 2025, to deal with local homeless encampments. Dannielle S. Laundry’s statement of claim was filed…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (228+ words) NORTH BAY - A statement from the Prime Minister's office says the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his wife, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, are coming to North Bay this week. The couple will be visiting Canada from…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (656+ words) OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians that the country's pivot away from the United States will come at a cost, but that the alternative would be far worse. In a national video address set to be released Tuesday…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1062+ words) Vince Rutter wants to get people thinking about forests. That’s not hard in Northern Ontario on any given day, but our active forest fire season this summer ratcheted it up a few notches. Forest fires are the result of a…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (634+ words) COCHRANE — Diego Rojas Garcia had spent years learning the ins and outs of filmmaking, but nothing quite prepared him for the moment a massive polar bear suddenly appeared in front of him. Garcia was in Cochrane in January with his…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) Hockey Canada has unveiled a new Ontario Men’s Junior Hockey Development pilot project for the 2026–27 season, overhauling roster rules, standardizing officiating, and addressing severe regional imbalances. Interestingly, the changes included in the pilot project directly mirror the reasons behind the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (638+ words) OTTAWA — The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns. It says even if the world…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (492+ words) OTTAWA — The Parole Board of Canada gave Brayden Bushby, the person convicted of manslaughter in the death of Barbara Kentner, his life back. They gave her sisters, Melissa and Connie Kentner, thirty-nine seconds. Monday morning, Barbara Kentner’s family, supporters and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1065+ words) SUDBURY — With each development in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, many Ontario cities have received news of tariffs on Canadian goods with panic and devastation for their local industries. A Hamilton official last year warned that tariffs…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (216+ words) While a Northern MPP is lauding the province responding to tariffs, he says more needs to be done. In response to the escalating tariff war between Canada and the United States, the province broadened the Protect Ontario Financing Program (POFP)…...