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This week in BarrieToday+: Still time to enter for your chance to win an iPad!

This week in BarrieToday+: Still time to enter for your chance to win an iPad!

Plus, last chance for aspiring journalists to apply for a $1,000 scholarship toward their post-secondary education
PROFILE: Greens' Colin Nelthorpe hopes to bring 'fresh, new' perspective

PROFILE: Greens' Colin Nelthorpe hopes to bring 'fresh, new' perspective

Nelthorpe says Barrie-Innisfil riding has several issues that need to be addressed, but affordable housing and the opioid crisis top the list
Saturday rally to keep the SS Keewatin home quickly sells out

Saturday rally to keep the SS Keewatin home quickly sells out

'This is our opportunity to gather, safely, and show that we are real people behind the petition signatures,' says official behind rally
Ontario reports 660 new COVID cases Wednesday

Ontario reports 660 new COVID cases Wednesday

The latest update noted 572 recoveries and one death
Baycats blast Maple Leafs in big win at Coates Stadium

Baycats blast Maple Leafs in big win at Coates Stadium

Jeff Cowan and Jake MacDonald each had four hits and two RBI in the victory; Barrie back in action Thursday when they host Kitchener
LETTER: Reader says it's time to help the economy and that means vaccinations

LETTER: Reader says it's time to help the economy and that means vaccinations

'Government needs to make their existing database of vaccine recipients 'available,' but 'available' in a very limited way,' says Barrie resident
BARRIE-SPRINGWATER-ORO-MEDONTE: Q-and-A with NDP candidate Sarah Lochhead

BARRIE-SPRINGWATER-ORO-MEDONTE: Q-and-A with NDP candidate Sarah Lochhead

'To bring about truth, accountability and justice, a special prosecutor will be appointed to pursue those who inflicted great harm on Indigenous children in Canada’s residential school system,' says Lochhead
Good morning, Barrie!

Good morning, Barrie!

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Region's top doc asking science table to release fourth-wave projections ASAP

Region's top doc asking science table to release fourth-wave projections ASAP

'I do believe that even in a pandemic we need elected officials to be the ultimate determinants of legislation, public expenditures and key actions,' Dr. Gardner also says when asked about science table
BARRIE-INNISFIL: Q-and-A with Liberal candidate Lisa-Marie Wilson

BARRIE-INNISFIL: Q-and-A with Liberal candidate Lisa-Marie Wilson

'We need to take strong action to prepare for future extreme weather events and ensure we keep Canadians safe,' says Wilson