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'Huge experience': Program opens up the world to high school students

'Huge experience': Program opens up the world to high school students

Applications for next year are currently being accepted from Grade 10 academic students until February 18.
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Georgian’s new women's basketball coach looks forward to ‘fresh start’

Georgian’s new women's basketball coach looks forward to ‘fresh start’

Brian Hutton sees downtime as a positive to build the culture he wants around the team
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Out with the old on Yonge St.: Residents invited to comment on widening project

Out with the old on Yonge St.: Residents invited to comment on widening project

County plans to widen Yonge Street/County Road 4 to four lanes from just south of Bradford’s 9th Line to the Barrie city limits
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Puck drop: Barrie among five cities to host OMHA's upcoming championship weekend events

Puck drop: Barrie among five cities to host OMHA's upcoming championship weekend events

'I think it’s good for everybody involved. From the players and their families to the city and local businesses and hotels who are going to try to recover some losses,' says BMHA official
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Push underway to proclaim Wee Willi Winkels Day in Collingwood

Push underway to proclaim Wee Willi Winkels Day in Collingwood

Wee Willi Winkels was a skateboard and snowboard innovator, manufacturing some of the first laminated decks, and pioneered some of the first snowboards in collaboration with Tom Sims
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Duckworth St. townhouses drawing ire of many area residents

Duckworth St. townhouses drawing ire of many area residents

'We paid good money to move into this neighbourhood... to enjoy quiet space with traditional single-family homes,' says one area resident
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Health unit reports 8 COVID deaths, 10 new hospitalizations since Friday

Health unit reports 8 COVID deaths, 10 new hospitalizations since Friday

Three of the eight deaths in Simcoe County were outbreak-related; There are at least 48 people from the region hospitalized due to COVID-19
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Barrie hospital marks Resident Doctors Awareness Week

Barrie hospital marks Resident Doctors Awareness Week

Since 2009, 92 family medicine residents have completed their training at RVH, with many staying in the area
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Enchanted winter trail lights up the night at Sunnidale Park (8 photos)

Enchanted winter trail lights up the night at Sunnidale Park (8 photos)

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11 deaths, 2,088 new COVID cases reported in Ontario Monday

11 deaths, 2,088 new COVID cases reported in Ontario Monday

About 2,155 people hospitalized with COVID and 486 in Ontario ICUs according to latest update
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