Beyond Local

Weldon Hachey became a well-known figure in Barrie as the thong-wearing man who participated in provincial protests against lockdown measures over the last two years

Ontario is seeing far fewer forest fires this year than the 10-year average, and only a fraction of what it experienced last summer, when fires tore through a record amount of land in the province, according to the provincial government.

There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021, an 18 per cent increase from 2020

A drop in the number of acres planted last year in Saskatchewan and Alberta combined with a severe summer drought means crop yields are far lower than usual

Amid a prolonged pandemic, laid-off workers took stock and reassessed their priorities

David George Parfitt was one of 156 members of the 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion killed in action on Sept. 26, 1916, during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge

'They need to attract the attention of motorists, but they also need to be able to quickly be identified as a police vehicle,' Barrie police chief says of new design

Prior to his visit, Indigenous leaders made specific calls about what they wanted to see in the apology and where they hoped it would lead

Pope Francis expected to issue an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors, families while at the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School site

A driver and front passenger clutched the edges of the sheet, which was draped over a mattress, say police