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    Barrie councillors hear grim reality of housing affordability crisis

    Barrie city councillors got a shocking but not surprising reality check into the affordability challenges facing many residents looking to put a roof over their heads.

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  • Simcoe County offices in Midhurst, Ont.

    Simcoe County working towards plan to address homelessness

    Like many regions across the country, Simcoe County is working towards a solution to end homelessness and create more affordable housing.

  • A fire at a property on County Rd. 124 in Clearview Township on Wed. June 7, 2023 (Courtesy: Scott Davison)

    No injuries after fire in Clearview Township

    As the country faces hazy conditions due to out-of-control forest fires from coast to coast to coast, emergency crews in Simcoe County were kept busy with a fire Wednesday evening.

  • A Wacker diesel 28", 1,000lb, reversible plate temper valued at over $20,000 was allegedly stolen from a Barrie, Ont., construction site. (Source: Barrie Police Services)

    Multiple 1,000lb pieces of construction equipment stolen from Barrie site

    Police in Barrie are investigating after construction equipment was allegedly stolen from an active site in the city's south end.

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World

  • According to the Amnesty International report, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely after the Taliban returned to power. (Photo: supplied)

    Afghan women protest for human rights and against the Taliban through dance

    In a courageous display of resistance, a group of Afghan women activists danced in Kabul as a form of protest in a country where women are banned from attending school, work and even going to parks.

  • A woman places a stem of flowers on the facade of the Attorney General's office during a protest against the disappearance of Debanhi Escobar and other women who have gone missing, in Mexico City, Friday, April 22, 2022. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

    Activist: Kidnapping, killings of call centre workers in Mexico has been happening for years

    Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gives a press conference about new U.S. restrictions on asylum seekers in Mexico City, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Christian Palma/AP Photo)

    Mexico foreign minister's departure primed to spark more resignations

  • This still from a video shows a car driven by a child during a police chase on a Michigan highway on May 27, 2023. (Source: Michigan State Police Third District via Storyful) WATCH

    Police chase 10-year-old driver on Michigan highway

    Former U.S. President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    U.S. Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation

Canada

  • A firefighter walks past a home destroyed by a wildfire in Hammond's Plains, N.S., during a media tour, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/POOL, Tim Krochak

    Hundreds of American firefighters arrive in Canada to help battle wildfires

    Hundreds of American firefighters have recently arrived in Canada to help battle wildfires and more are on the way, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.

  • A Chilkat blanket, collected from a Tlingit community sometime in the 1800s, is seen in an undated handout photo. One of the key figures who helped repatriate the 140-year-old Tlingit robe from a Toronto auction house to the British Columbia First Nation where it was first created says it's like the piece of traditional clothing called out to its people and is now home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taku River Tinglit First Nation, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

    B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40K to bring it home

    Claudia Iacono, the daughter-in-law of mobster Moreno Gallo, was fatally shot while driving her car in a Montreal parking lot on May 16, 2023. (Instagram)

    Ontario man charged with first-degree murder in killing of Claudia Iacono outside Montreal salon

  • Matthew de Grood, the man found not criminally responsible in the stabbing deaths of five young people at a house party in northwest Calgary in 2014. (file)

    Calgary mass killer Matthew de Grood seeks 'absolute discharge'

    (Keenan Constance / pexels.com)

    Bisexual women 3 times more likely to attempt suicide compared to straight women: Canadian study

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More flowers from our garden and...

Garden flowers and a visitor
By bryce hawkins on June 30, 2014

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