February 2026 The fall from grace was a long-time in coming, but given the revelations of the past decade, not unexpected. We all have stories of brushes with greatness, where we encounter various celebrities. It’s easier than ever to capture these moments forever, but there was once a time when people didn’t have a camera …
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February 2026 The Hamilton-Burlington Beach Strip is a popular destination for recreation and leisure. Featuring amenities like parkland, a giant wave pool, walking & cycling trails, a go-kart track and of course, the beach for swimming and suntanning, the beach strip has been the place to go in the hot summer months for over 150 …
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February 2026 Independent, family-owned movie theatres used to be a fixture in every city and town across the country. Whether they were indoor theatres with one or two screens, or multi-screen Drive-Inns, they were the place to go to see the latest movies out of Hollywood. Sadly, few of them remain in operation today, replaced …
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January 2026 Before Highway 400 opened between Toronto and Barrie on 1 July 1952, as the first controlled-access highway in Ontario, motorists traveling to cottage country in Northern Simcoe County and the Muskoka District endured slow and arduous process along the King’s Highway 11. Snaking its way through the towns and villages, the route was …
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January 2026 One of Canada’s most decorated military veterans, Major-General (Ret’d) Richard Rohmer, OC, CMM, OOnt, DFC, CD, KC, was honoured by the City of Barrie, with a memorial at Military Heritage Park on the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay in September 2024. Rohmer, a Collingwood native, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age …
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December 2025 The southern Ontario city of Barrie has grown considerably since it was founded as a village in 1854. As with many older cities, there are many historic homes and buildings near and over the century mark. One such home is a 19th-century house on Miller Drive in the west end of Barrie, a …
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December 2025 While many over the decades have come to the Hamlet of Woodbourne and surrounding area for a relaxing summer vacation in the Catskills region of Upstate New York, entertainment was also a big part of experience. One of the venues for entertainment was the Center Theater. The two-storey Art Deco/Streamline Moderne-style theatre, designed …
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November 2025 Known as the “Doctor’s House,” it was the last building built for what was once called the Ontario Hospital for the Insane. It’s now just a memory. The hospital, now known as Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, opened in 1913 in the Town of Whitby as a new, progressive facility for …
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November 2025 On 24 July 1980, Terry Fox came to Brampton, Ontario, during his cross-Canada Marathon of Hope. Now, 45-years later, Mayor Patrick Brown, members of council, Fox family representative Jessie Alder and artist Christiano De Araujo gathered in Chinguacousy Park to unveil a monument Terry Fox, not far from Terry Fox Stadium. The monument …
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October 2025 A new transit terminal opened in Barrie, Ontario, on 21 September, replacing the now-closed downtown transit terminal. The location of the new Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal has a long history of transportation, occupying a portion of the former Canadian National Railway lands on the shore of Kempenfelt Bay, once a large, important railway …
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