The Troubadour Festival in Barrie was named one of Festivals and Events Ontario's Top 100 Festivals after an independent jury decision in fall 2025, and organizers say the free summer concert series will return in 2026 with an expanded lineup and additional Saturday programming.
Flavor Flav and sports media brand The GIST are hosting a 'She Got Game' weekend in Las Vegas from July 16–19 to honor the U.S. women's hockey team; the players accepted the invitation, though the full 23-player roster may not be available.
The City of Kelowna and the Friends of the Rail Trail received a heritage award for conserving Carney Pond, while the article raises concerns that approved Hollywood and Burtch Road extensions could harm the wetland and its wildlife.
The Nunavut Stars went undefeated and won the Young at Heart women's regional tournament held in Rankin Inlet February 13–15; Naujaat finished second and Rankin Rock claimed third after an overtime bronze game.
Dominic LeBlanc said U.S. tariff uncertainty and slow internal and federal processes are holding back investment and major projects, and that the federal major projects office has received many applications.
A U11 Jail n Bail fundraiser in Rankin Inlet on Feb. 13 raised $3,380 toward the 2015 Rankin Rock U11 team's $50,000 goal to attend the MICEC tournament in Winnipeg.
A family doctor told a public hearing that Myles Gray had been injecting unprescribed testosterone and that his death after a 2015 police encounter was later classified as a homicide.
Russian authorities are reported to be investigating Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for alleged assistance to terrorism, and digital-rights advocates say the move restricts free expression and access to information.
A teen who was set on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate in September 2024 says she is recovering but now avoids crowds and social contact; the offender pleaded guilty to attempted murder and related charges and a sentencing decision is scheduled for March 16.
Brantford police say DNA and advanced investigative techniques led them to a 39-year-old woman believed to be Baby Parker's mother; she was arrested and charged after the infant's remains were found along a Brantford trail in 2005.
