Jun 11 2026
June 2026 On 7 June, the third annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial service was held on the grounds of the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Unlike the existing police memorial, which pays tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, the Ontario Police Suicide Memorial pays tribute to those who died …
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Jun 09 2026
June 2026 It was a great Saturday afternoon and night on the Barrie waterfront on 6 June, as the 2026 edition of the Troubadour Festival kicked off with its line-up for June. Headlining the day-long festival, where it was country music day, were The Road hammers, Canada’s hardest driving country music band, led by Barrie-born …
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Jun 04 2026
June 2026 Ghost towns are “a once flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource,” as defined by Webster’s Dictionary. Cooper’s Falls is one of the many former villages in the Muskoka Region of southern Ontario that faded away after the logging industry declined. Along a …
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May 30 2026
May 2026 Like many provincial highways across Ontario, Highway 11 was once dotted with roadside motels that catered to weary travellers. The highway originally stretched from Lake Ontario in Toronto to the Minnesota-Ontario border at Rainy River in northern Ontario, but the section south of Barrie has been downgraded to a municipal highway. The Comfort …
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May 22 2026
May 2026 Generations of families have always enjoyed getting away from the crowded cities and having a leisurely vacation in a relaxed, peaceful and serene environment, perhaps on a lake, with the sound of rustling leaves from tall, mature trees. For generations of Ontarians, the lure of the Muskoka, Algonquin and Haliburton Districts have been …
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Apr 29 2026
April 2026 The Rock & Roll Machine clearly still has a lot of gas in the tank. Canadian power-trio Triumph have embarked on their 50th anniversary tour, with a stop at Toronto’s Scotiabank Centre. This tour is the first time the original trio has toured since 1988, when singer-guitarist Rik Emmett left the band to …
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Apr 24 2026
April 2026 There will no longer be the familiar roar of race car engines at Sunset Speedway. The sun has set for the last time at the well-known short-track car-racing oval in Innisfil, Ontario, which closed at the end of the 2025 racing season. The property owner, Sunset International Speedway, is seeking Official Plan and …
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Apr 23 2026
April 2026 On a cold winter day, or a rainy summer day, an indoor amusement park can be a great option for parents looking for a way to keep the children entertained and occupied. The Woodbine Shopping Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario is home to Fantasy Fair, Ontario’s Largest Indoor Amusement Park. Opened in 1985, Fantasy …
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Apr 19 2026
April 2026 An iconic restaurant in Puslinch Township, north of Hamilton, Ontario, has closed after 35-years of operation. The Aberfoyle Mill closed their doors on 5 April, a victim of declining customer numbers that have made the restaurant unsustainable, particularly due to economic difficulties following the pandemic and a poor economy. Owner John Manolis posted …
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Apr 18 2026
April 2026 Although Ontario has just one covered bridge for vehicular traffic, found in West Montrose, there is a second one a little to the east in Guelph, that is for pedestrian and bicycle traffic only. The Guelph Covered Bridge is a 144-foot lattice-covered walking bridge that spans the Speed River, near the junction of …
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