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What Trudeau is offering small businesses struggling amid COVID-19

What Trudeau is offering small businesses struggling amid COVID-19

Measures include wage subsidies, loans for small- and medium-sized businesses, and tax deferral
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Napoleon workers put grills on hold to make medical equipment

Napoleon workers put grills on hold to make medical equipment

Napoleon workers to focus primarily on assembling and packaging face shields after joining forces with Barrie-based medical equipment facility
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City council will be on YouTube Monday night

City council will be on YouTube Monday night

The public can watch the meeting live at the City of Barrie’s YouTube channel or on Rogers TV
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35 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, including 7 in Barrie

35 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, including 7 in Barrie

A new case reported today in Barrie involves a male in his 20s; The health unit has not specified his status nor how he got the virus
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RVH has taken 'emergency planning to a new level of preparedness'

RVH has taken 'emergency planning to a new level of preparedness'

'I have been in health care for almost 40 years and I have never seen anything like this,' Barrie hospital president Janice Skot says in message to the community
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Police seek assistance locating missing Victoria Harbour man

Police seek assistance locating missing Victoria Harbour man

Steven Strath was last seen on March 23
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Expect water supply disruption downtown starting Sunday

Expect water supply disruption downtown starting Sunday

This temporary shutdown is necessary for work on the watermains in relation to the Dunlop Street East corridor improvements
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Provincial COVID-19 cases near 1,000 with 135 more reported this morning

Provincial COVID-19 cases near 1,000 with 135 more reported this morning

There are now 18 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the province
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Barrie MPs say they'll donate raises to local charities

Barrie MPs say they'll donate raises to local charities

Doug Shipley, John Brassard will donate the net amount of the raise to the Women and Children’s Shelter and the Salvation Army
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Truck driven through store window in south end, causing structural concerns

Truck driven through store window in south end, causing structural concerns

'This business will have to be closed for the time being, which is going to be devastating,' says police official
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