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When the silence of Barrie’s early morning hours was shattered by the crash of glass at city hall, it wasn’t just a physical barrier that broke. What followed—an arrest, a charge, and a swift cleanup—became more than an isolated act. It became an urgent test of how Barrie’s media reports on public safety, and how […]

Clouds gathered over Mount St. Louis Moonstone as nearly 800 students, buzzing with anticipation, lined up to test their mettle on rain-soaked trails north of Barrie. For a single morning, nervous energy and excitement mingled in the mountain air—a crucible for young athletes eager to carve out their own stories. The inaugural elementary cross-country championship

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

One virus, once rampant across 125 countries, now lurks in only a few corners of the globe. In Barrie, the shadow of polio is confronted not with fear, but with resolve and a red flag. Rotary members from three Barrie clubs converged on city hall on October 24 to observe World Polio Day, inviting the

On Bayfield Street, silence now greets passersby where the glow of Denny’s once promised round-the-clock comfort food. A locked door and a faded notice have replaced the familiar clatter of cutlery, all thanks to a landlord’s bold move amid a bitter rent standoff. The landlord at Kozlov Centre, McCowan and Associates Ltd., posted a notice

Twisted metal shone under the streetlights as officers arrived on County Road 56, finding a vehicle battered in a ditch and another overturned, its undercarriage exposed to the October night. On Saturday evening in Essa Township, a collision between two vehicles brought an abrupt halt to the quiet along County Road 56, between 20 and

Twenty years after a single shot shattered a quiet Thanksgiving evening in Barrie’s north end, April Dobson’s unsolved murder still casts a long shadow over the community. On October 14, 2005, 40-year-old April Dobson finished her shift at a Swiss Chalet on Molson Park Drive, unaware her life would end before sunrise. Later that night,

Excavators and orange cones have become the signature of Barrie’s south end, as the city prepares to reshape its future through a web of critical infrastructure work. With growth moving faster than rush hour traffic, Barrie’s planners are betting big on a series of upgrades meant to keep up with surging housing demand and evolving

On a crisp October afternoon, a routine speed enforcement operation on Highway 11 near Orillia quickly escalated into a striking reminder of the risks unauthorized shotguns pose on our roads. Provincial police in Severn Township, keeping a close eye out for dangerous driving, pulled over a northbound vehicle travelling at 126 kilometres per hour near