1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (207+ words) One youth was arrested and charged after an altercation near Bear Creek Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon. Barrie Police say just after noon, school staff reported a group of individuals who had come to the school for a pre-arranged fight....

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (629+ words) With his team's offence mired in a rut, Blue Jays manager John Schneider was hoping a big swing or two would help kickstart his sputtering club." It turns out some aggressive baserunning would do the trick." After going from first…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (686+ words) Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and Asia markets and U. S. stock futures jumped after the U. S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 4. 8% and South Korea's Kospi gained…...

22+ hour, 33+ min ago  (832+ words) Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu has left the Conservative caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals, pushing them closer to a majority government." "I have made a choice to do the best thing for our community's priorities, and importantly, for…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (501+ words) Updated April 7, 2026 @ 4: 00pm The federal government is looking at ways to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Oil prices have surged since the U. S. and Israel attacked Iran…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (155+ words) A fire was reported at The KEE to Bala on Monday morning. When firefighters from Bala, Torrance, Foots Bay, Walkers Point, Glen Orchard, and Port Carling were alerted around six o'clock and arrived at the scene, they discovered an exterior…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1093+ words) When an invisible entity making up 85% of the universe's mass stumps the greatest scientific minds of our time, awe is an understandable response. Physicists call it "dark matter," a substance they describe as the cosmic glue, the scaffolding, a web…...

5+ day, 33+ min ago  (580+ words) The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy. Eleven months…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1061+ words) Alessia Cara recently came across an AI-generated song that was supposed to sound like her. It didn't " not quite, bless its heart " but it got close enough to be unsettling. "It's so crazy because it will take some of your…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (17+ words) How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals'Barrie 360...