Habitat for Humanity building new townhomes in Oshawa

The Barrie legion is aiming to raise $300,000 through this year's poppy campaign, with organizers saying more volunteers are needed to help reach that goal. Central Ontario's initiative was launched on Friday at a ceremony at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 147 in Barrie, although some local businesses have already received poppy boxes to display.

The Terry Fox Foundation received a huge boost Thursday, with the largest single donation in the organization’s history: $25 million from the Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation.

A Ridgetown man is giving up his everyday comforts for a week in hopes of raising $12,000 for children and youth in Chatham-Kent. Isaac Davey began living inside a portable storage container in downtown Chatham at the Exordia Creative office at 5 Llewellyn St. on Monday as part of the “7 Days Contained, For the Kids” fundraising challenge supporting the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent.