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PAIKIN PODCAST: Bill Barilko disappeared that summer, but the legend lives on villagereport.ca:443/village…

PAIKIN PODCAST: Bill Barilko disappeared that summer, but the legend lives on

Hosted by one of Canada's most respected journalists, Steve Paikin's new podcast is featured here every Saturday morning in cooperation with Village Media

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‘Right here in our own town’: Councillor wants town to do more on homelessness villagereport.ca:443/village…

‘Right here in our own town’: Councillor wants town to do more on homelessness

Toronto-based One Community Solutions provided outreach teams of two in Barrie, Orillia, Midland and Collingwood, but the program contract was not renewed by the County of Simcoe as of this past...

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'This is so tragic': Family grieves after carbon monoxide poisoning death villagereport.ca:443/village…

'This is so tragic': Family grieves after carbon monoxide poisoning death

'Her daughter just keeps saying, ‘I miss my mommy,' says cousin of Orillia mother of three young kids who died from carbon monoxide poisoning

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'The energy is unreal': Ontario runner 'happy' with Boston Marathon finish villagereport.ca:443/village…

'The energy is unreal': Ontario runner 'happy' with Boston Marathon finish

Steve Woolridge held steady through the climbs and pushed through the final eight-mile 'pain cave' to reach the finish in three hours and one minute

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VIDEO: First responders rescue woman trapped by deep snow villagereport.ca:443/village…

VIDEO: First responders rescue woman trapped by deep snow

In early February, the woman had been taking nature photos and followed animal tracks off the trail, police said

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Couple displaced by flooding as husband battles terminal cancer villagereport.ca:443/village…

Couple displaced by flooding as husband battles terminal cancer

'This is just not stress we need on top of his cancer diagnosis. It's just really hard,' says Alexandria Batten; she and her husband Dylan have found themselves homeless after flood damaged their...

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The province needs more land to build out the airport entrance to accommodate an expected increase in passenger traffic. villagereport.ca:443/village…

Ford government seizing more waterfront land as part of Billy Bishop expansion plans

The province needs more land to build out the airport entrance to accommodate an expected increase in passenger traffic

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From bone marrow to kidney donation, one woman's legacy lives on villagereport.ca:443/village…

From bone marrow to kidney donation, one woman's legacy lives on

Linda Willis lived her life selflessly so others could continue living theirs

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Ford’s PCs vote to end access to political officials’ records villagereport.ca:443/village…

Ford’s PCs vote to end access to political officials’ records

Government MPPs passed the bill that will retroactively exempt records of the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their staff from FOI requests

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Amid scam wave, seniors urged to review Facebook privacy settings villagereport.ca:443/village…

Amid scam wave, seniors urged to review Facebook privacy settings

Fraud and cybercrime cost Canadians $638M in 2024, with almost 40 per cent of that amount lost by senior citizens. Healthy skepticism and a reviewing privacy settings for social media apps like...

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New ONroute campaign puts human trafficking front and centre villagereport.ca:443/village…

New ONroute campaign puts human trafficking front and centre

'If there was awareness or prevention at the time – my time, while I was trafficked – it could have been cut shorter, or even prevented it,' says survivor and campaign founder

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Runner breaks into the Boston Marathon’s elite villagereport.ca:443/village…

Runner breaks into the Boston Marathon’s elite

Boston’s hills were no match for Jadyn Pettenuzzo, who has a long record of athletic achievement

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‘Tremendous’: Bypass west construction to start in spring villagereport.ca:443/village…

‘Tremendous’: Bypass west construction to start in spring

‘We are so excited,' says mayor. 'We can’t wait to see some shovels in the ground'

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Blank wall becomes a canvas for young Indigenous artist villagereport.ca:443/village…

Blank wall becomes a canvas for young Indigenous artist

‘We wanted something that represented the Seven Grandfather teachings, or something that represented our culture in general,’ says Rama official

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Discovery of new gold zones could lengthen mine life beyond 2030 villagereport.ca:443/village…

Discovery of new gold zones could lengthen mine life beyond 2030

Orla Mining ramping up exploration metres in 2026 to expand the mine, pinpoint new satellite deposits

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At 92, Colin Vezina marks more than 3,000 volunteer hours at health centre villagereport.ca:443/village…

At 92, Colin Vezina marks more than 3,000 volunteer hours at health centre

Longtime volunteer Colin Vezina is proof that giving back never gets old

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'You took away a piece of our heart,' slain man's mother tells woman villagereport.ca:443/village…

'You took away a piece of our heart,' slain man's mother tells woman

'Kyle was becoming the man he wanted to be,' says grieving grandfather; Mackenzie Harrod expected to serve house arrest for aiding in killing of Kyle Farrows

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Driver who struck, killed elderly pedestrian given 'quite lenient' sentence villagereport.ca:443/village…

Driver who struck, killed elderly pedestrian given 'quite lenient' sentence

‘(The sentence) reflects a principled, proportional and humane response to what is unquestionably a tragic case,’ says judge

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The funding, which was announced on Earth Day, will be used to safeguard threatened and endangered species for generations to come, the zoo said. villagereport.ca:443/village…

‘Insurance policy against extinction’: Zoo gets $1M for genetic material storage

The funding, which was announced on Earth Day, will be used to safeguard threatened and endangered species for generations to come, the zoo says

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After decades of silence, more seniors are seeking help for family and partner abuse villagereport.ca:443/village…

After decades of silence, more seniors are seeking help for family and partner abuse

Shelter staff say elder abuse can take many forms, from caregivers or adult children targeting seniors financially to partners inflicting emotional or physical harm

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