Seymour Streets

Construction cranes seldom wait for bureaucracy, yet in Simcoe County, red tape has long dictated the pace of housing. That may be about to change. On November 3, 2025, Simcoe County signalled a turning point in its approach to local housing by launching a strategy designed to break the bottleneck in development approvals. Known as […]

At 8:00 a.m., Dunlop Street usually hums with the rhythm of daily life—until the sound was abruptly replaced by sirens and the flash of police lights, halting Barrie’s west end in its tracks. On Wednesday morning, a marked Barrie Police Service cruiser, its emergency equipment fully engaged, collided with a vehicle travelling north on Ferndale

It’s that time of year when Barrie’s city forestry crews, bundled in visibility vests and wielding pruners, take to the boulevards with a singular mission: keep the streets safe, the sidewalks passable, and the trees standing tall and healthy. The annual autumn pruning program is no mere cosmetic sweep. Each fall, teams of qualified workers

Rush hour in Barrie is about to look very different as Metrolinx brings new options for local commuters, responding to the city’s rising demand for efficient transit connections. Beginning October 27, GO Transit is rolling out additional train trips on the Barrie line as part of a broader regional service upgrade. The updated schedule, announced

Thick smoke curled over Audrey Milligan Park late Saturday afternoon, curling through the branches above clusters of tents and shelters, as city firefighters raced to a blaze threatening Barrie’s oldest homeless encampment. Barrie Fire and Emergency Service crews were dispatched to the scene, a natural area stretching more than eight acres at the corner of

Snow still clings to the curb along Tiffin Street, but inside an old paramedic station, a vision for Barrie’s homeless population is taking concrete shape—a vision built on kitchens, urgent-care rooms, and something less tangible: hope. On Wednesday, Barrie Cares unveiled the first phase of its Campus of Care, a project aiming to turn 113

Five minutes on a quiet evening. That’s all it takes to shape the future of policing in South Simcoe, where the heartbeat of a community is about to echo through the halls of law enforcement. Residents of South Simcoe and local stakeholders have been called to action by the South Simcoe Police Service, which has

Fifteen digital eyes watch over Barrie’s busy intersections, their purpose shifting subtly from traffic counts to a broader vision: protecting the community day and night. Barrie Police Service has begun using the city’s network of traffic management cameras, a system once reserved solely for city staff monitoring bottlenecks and rush hour headaches. This move, announced