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Classrooms across Simcoe County and Simcoe-Muskoka will stand empty this Friday as students take an unscheduled break, thanks to a new Professional Activity Day on the calendar. School boards in both regions have declared October 24 a Professional Activity Day, marking a pause in regular learning for thousands of students enrolled in the public and […]
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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
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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
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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
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The air at Mount St. Louis Moonstone crackled with cheers as over a thousand young runners sprinted toward the finish, their faces etched with determination and hope for gold. Simcoe County’s regional cross-country championship transformed the ski slopes north of Barrie into the site of one of the county’s most anticipated youth sporting events. Over
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Nearly one in three Orillia families now struggle to put food on the table—a reality that has forced city leaders to sound the alarm and demand action from every level of government. When Orillia declared a household food insecurity emergency, it was more than a symbolic gesture. The staggering 30.7 percent food insecurity rate in
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Tension simmered across Simcoe County council chambers this week, as a much-anticipated decision on Barrie’s proposed annexation stalled at the eleventh hour—leaving residents and local leaders bracing for what provincial negotiations might bring. The City of Barrie’s ambitious plan to annex almost 870 hectares from Springwater and Oro-Medonte, first endorsed by city council on October
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Three break-ins in Midhurst over just two weeks have put this normally quiet community right on edge, with the Huronia West OPP urgently searching for answers—and for suspects. It all started on September 29 at about 7 p.m. when a home on St. Vincent Street in Springwater Township was hit. Not long after, on October
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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
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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
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