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Over one million batteries were diverted from landfill during a collection program in Barrie and Simcoe County.

Ontario boasts some of the most scenic driving for those who live in and visit the province’s vast rural communities, but it comes with a cost with more than 10,000 drivers a year being involved in wildlife collisions.

Simcoe County councillors support a 2 per cent tax hike for 2016.

To borrow a song title from the rock star, it's "complicated"

Update to poppy theft on November 1

Quantity of jewellery stolen

Nominations will be accepted for Barrie's Ward 7 byelection starting Tuesday, November 17 and closing on December 18. Advance polls will be held prior to voting day, expected to be February 1, 2016.

Council honoured this year's winners of the Order of the Spirt Catcher and Youth Spirit Catcher awards.

​The Ministry of Education announced that the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) will receive capital funding to build a new public elementary school in east Alliston including a two room childcare facility.

After one of her first-graders failed to make a single basket during a basketball shooting game, Alicia McCauley was ready to console the young girl and help her find a lesson in the experience.