Elizabeth May and surprise guests impress Barrie audience

(Barrie, Ontario) - A powerful keynote speech and several surprise guest speakers were highlights of a pre-election visit to Barrie by federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May on Friday evening. The event also...

Attending as a neutral... ...The OHL playoffs are underway

The Ontario Hockey League always puts on a stellar show but there is something to be attained by covering a game as a neutral. This evening I will take my travelling road show to the Hershey Centre is...

The "Ass"inine Story of The Day Goes To!

A 19 year old Northern Ontario man was arreseted by police for exposing his otherside to drivers on the 400 highway near Barrie, Ontario.  He was spotted by police as the moonstruck man was acting erractic as...

'Weird' Facebook site shut

" A Facebook website called Where is Brandon Crisp? which attracted some 20,000 people from across the world was shut down recently after "trollers" began to infiltrate it."

Body found believed to be that of missing Barrie boy Brandon Crisp

Update November 14, 2008:Friends and family of Brandon Crisp said their final goodbye this morning during a funeral service at St. Mary's Church in his hometown of Barrie. Grade 10 students wore yellow scarves to...

Gone to the dogs - iconic dog racing stadium closes for the last time

Greyhound racing has been a British working class insitution for many many years and also generates millions of pounds of betting revenue each year. Walthamstow Stadium or 'The Stow' has been at the heart of the...

Greyhound Bus Victim Tim McLean "Died a Hero," says Fellow Passenger

One of Greyhound Bus victim Tim McLean's fellow passengers, Stephen Allison, 19, has told how Tim Mclean bravely fought back and thus gave his 35 fellow passengers the chance to alert the driver and leave the...

"I Shook Hands With Li" says Teen Who Bought the Bus Beheader's Laptop

It has been revealed that a Manitoba teenager shook hands with Greyhound Bus maniac Vince Li just hours before Li's heinous alleged crime.  "He seemed a straight, regular guy" the teen said.   " ...

The not-so-healthy whole wheat bread

                A recent study published by a researcher at the University of Guelph finds that the type of bread we eat in the mornings...

At 92, Gough's still the life of the party

Happy Birthday, Mr. Whitlam! Beloved former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam played a leading role in enriching Australia's cultural life while he was in office, as he still does today."WE LIVE in revolutionary times, says Gough Whitlam, a man not averse to a little...

Ontario Provincial Surplus Could go to Local Communities

When the Investing in Ontario Act is introduced next week, growing municipalities like Barrie could receive a portion of funding from the provincial surplus. Currently, all of the surplus is relegated to paying off the provincial debt. This Act, if passed, will direct a...

INC shouts: Where is Sir Erano Manalo?

Has anyone of you noticed the Iglesia ni Cristo, INC members' very rampant and wanton postings of comments and blogs have plagued the cyberspace? INC Executive Minister, Eraño de Guzman Manalo, also known as "Ka...

Canada "Used cell phones" 60 years ago !!

Cell Phone Technology, Toronto Canada's hidden secret !I have taken the liberty of photoshopping what a typical  high tech canadian modern businessman of the 1940's  era utilizing cell phone technology...

Massive fire ruins historic buildings in Barrie, Ontario

A tragic loss for the city, but fortunately no life-threatening injuries have been reported."Crews are still dousing hotspots after a massive explosion and fire ripped through the historic downtown core of...

Canadians Shopping In The US Held For Five Hours At Border

Not only that, but the border guard basically told them off. This high loonie value is really throwing things for a loop."A group of Canadians say they were chastised and forced to wait for hours in a bus at a border crossing between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ont.,...

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