Local News

Barrie businesses continue to push 'shop local' mantra as downtown construction project finally ends and, hopefully, so does COVID

Frank Tecklenburg, who passed away this week at age 90, ran two restaurants in the city — Barrie Seafoods on Bradford Street and Frank's Seafood on Blake Street — as well as a fish-and-chips truck

City offers new ways to celebrate safely through the season

'A number of colleagues have been asked to isolate as added precaution,' says Loblaws spokesperson

'When I saw RVH calling, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up the phone, but I certainly didn’t expect this,' says Leo Bujold

Banting and Nantyr Shores have both been listed in outbreak as of Friday afternoon

Front-line health-care workers being told they cannot refuse work that might put them in danger

Ten of the new cases are in Barrie, followed by New Tecumseth with five, Springwater with four, Bradford with three, and Innisil with two

One of the employees had worked at the Hurotario Street store as recently as Thursday

'So far, Delta has donated frozen foods and fresh items to the David Busby Centre to support their kitchen program that is currently supplying meals to the homeless'