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Ticketmaster Delists Resale Tickets in Ontario Ahead of Face-Value Price Cap
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (547+ words) Ticketmaster Canada is delisting some resale tickets that customers have posted for Ontario events. Ticketmaster removed the seats to comply with provincial legislation capping the price of resale tickets at face value, the platform's spokesperson Shabnum Durrani said in an…...
Barrie councillors advance pay raise review for 2026-2030 term
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (457+ words) Barrie city council is moving forward with a compensation review that would increase pay for the mayor, deputy mayor and councillors for the 20262030 term. Councillors carried a recommendation advancing a compensation review at Wednesday's general committee meeting, which would increase…...
Ontario sells $28. 9 M private jet after backlash, Ford says
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (215+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province has sold a recently purchased used private jet for the same $28. 9 million price it paid. Ford said at an unrelated event today that Bombardier has bought the plane. Ford's office announced the purchase…...
Ottawa area shaken by 3. 9 magnitude earthquake near Shawville, Quebec
1+ week, 3+ day ago (200+ words) Updated April 14, 2026 @ 3: 30pm An earthquake shook up the nation's capital on Tuesday afternoon. More than 2, 500 people in Ontario and Quebec have reported to the agency that they felt the quake, including those living in and around Barrie, Orillia, and parts of…...
Barrie Man Charged After Random Downtown Assaults and Suspected Cocaine Seizure
3+ week, 1+ day ago (250+ words) Barrie police say a suspect is facing charges after random assaults on people downtown. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a person in the area of Dunlop Street East causing a disturbance and engaging in…...
Ontario Misses Deadline on Nurse Practitioner Funding Plan
3+ week, 2+ day ago (787+ words) Ontario's health minister shut down one avenue of publicly funding all nurse practitioners Wednesday, as the province missed a federal deadline for ensuring their medically necessary services are covered. The federal government gave provinces and territories until April 1 to ensure…...
Barrie Man Among Five Charged in Oshawa Centre Jewelry Store Smash-and-Grab
3+ week, 3+ day ago (221+ words) Five people who were charged with a smash-and-grab robbery at a jewelry store in the Oshawa Centre on Sunday include a 22-year-old Barrie man. Durham Regional Police say they responded to a robbery call at Bellagio Jewellers II inside the…...
Barrie Police Seize $1. 5 M in Counterfeit Cash, Two Charged in Whitby Raid
3+ week, 3+ day ago (182+ words) Barrie police say a business deal gone bad has led to two arrests and a massive counterfeit cash bust. Investigators say this started late last year, when police were alerted to a private business sale in which the owner accepted…...
Penetanguishene Man Dies in Snowmobile Accident on Georgian Bay
3+ week, 4+ day ago (300+ words) Provincial police say a 62-year-old Penetanguishene man died Sunday evening after he was ejected from a snowmobile while riding on the ice on Georgian Bay near Beausoleil Island. Around 7: 15 p. m, emergency crews were called to the incident, about 2. 7 kilometres from…...
Multiple Drivers Charged With Stunt Driving on Highways 11 and 400: Orillia OPP
3+ week, 6+ day ago (279+ words) There was an overnight spree of speed demons on Highways 11 and 400 in Oro-Medonte Township. Orillia OPP say a 29-year-old man was charged with stunt driving after a vehicle was clocked at 153 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone on…...