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This bird bucks the woodpecker trend in a variety of ways, columnist explains

'When people find housing and know where they are going to sleep and know they won’t be kicked out ... they can then start to think through things,' reader says

'We’re a city of 150,000 people, but it showed this week that there were two or three degrees of separation to every one of these young people and their families. They touched so many lives,' says Barrie mayor

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices

The Georgian Triangle Anglers' Association is casting a wide net to get volunteers hooked on helping at the fish hatchery on Blue Mountain where 100,000 trout are spending the first year of their lives getting ready for release into local water

Amanda Fellows, who's running for Catholic board trustee in Barrie Wards 6-10, says 'faith-based education provides young people with solid underpinnings built of important values'

'I am a resident who loves where they live and wants the best for their family and community,' says Ward 2 candidate in Essa Township

Festivities continue Sunday; 'It’s one last opportunity to get out and enjoy the waterfront before summer ends,' says Orillia harbour master

Respected general and human rights advocate, who's also the namesake for south-end Barrie high school, will take part in Sept. 24 event at Discovery Harbour

Popularity of area parks continues to grow, official says