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'Wonderfully generous': Barrie church hopes free spuds will 'a-peel' to residents

'Wonderfully generous': Barrie church hopes free spuds will 'a-peel' to residents

'We thought it was great and they were free,' Bethel Community Church member says of receiving 1,000 bags of PEI potatoes to give away
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Province reports 9 more deaths, 97 COVID patients on ventilators

Province reports 9 more deaths, 97 COVID patients on ventilators

Limited testing confirms 3,519 new COVID cases
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Racked and ready: Prom Glitz returns to Kozlov Shopping Centre

Racked and ready: Prom Glitz returns to Kozlov Shopping Centre

Scheduled to run the next two weekends, project created to help financially strapped girls attend their prom or graduation
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LETTER: Simcoe North Liberal Party 'has failed its constituents badly'

LETTER: Simcoe North Liberal Party 'has failed its constituents badly'

'Aaron Hiltz should be praised for stepping up' but running an 'inexperienced student with no name recognition and no track record' frustrates local Liberal
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Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for residential schools

Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for residential schools

'I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry,' Francis said
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Downtown entrepreneur ready to hand torch to new shopkeeper (4 photos)

Downtown entrepreneur ready to hand torch to new shopkeeper (4 photos)

'I’m pretty protective of my downtown. … I’m very quick to defend the beauty of what’s down here. I truly believe it’s the heart of Barrie,' says Tracey Baker
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Staff shortages close Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic School

Staff shortages close Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic School

Transportation and before and after school child care will not be provided during the school closure period
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Good morning, Barrie!

Good morning, Barrie!

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices
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Impacted by urban expansion and disease, efforts underway to protect bat habitat (6 photos)

Impacted by urban expansion and disease, efforts underway to protect bat habitat (6 photos)

Bats are hungry creatures and can eat up to half their body weight in bugs in one night, reducing the amount of pesticides humans use
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Christian Island begins to welcome back non-resident visitors

Christian Island begins to welcome back non-resident visitors

As of April 1, all non-resident members can return regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, says Beausoleil First Nation
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