You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Residents of the 705 are now going to have to train their fingers to dial three extra digits when making ...

Just two months shy of its launch date, a nationwide, three-digit suicide crisis helpline service is being used by those living in the 705 area code. And the number of people dialing 9-8-8 locally is ...

TIMMINS, Ont. - Northern Ontario residents are the latest jurisdiction to learn they will get a new area code. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says new phone numbers in ...

Residents living on the outskirts of Simcoe County should get used to dialing 10 digits for local calls. Starting June 17, the Telecommunications Alliance is switching to a 10-digit system to ...

Sharon Algar has a new phone number that sounds like a toll-free commercial line. Her new number, along with her husband’s new cell number, aren’t in the 705 area code. They’re in 249, the new 705 ...