Barrie News

Cookstown girl wins $100,000 scholarship

Esha Mahmood, a student at Banting Memorial High School in Alliston, was one of 5,000 candidates who applied for the Loran Scholars Foundation prize

Feb 18, 2019 1:30 PM Read more >

Salad kits recalled due to potential Listeria contamination

Product pulled from marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination

Feb 18, 2019 12:50 PM Read more >

LETTER: Disregard for human life and dignity 'deserve strong condemnation'

Area activist says news about human trafficking in the area is heartbreaking; 'Workers are under attack the world over'

Feb 18, 2019 12:00 PM Read more >

Local senior injured after being hit by snowmobiler

Woman was walking her dog in Oro-Medonte last night; 'Snowmobilers should not be driving there ... it was awful'

Feb 18, 2019 11:10 AM Read more >

Are you a Gilmore Girls fan? This festival may be for you

Tickets went on sale this week for the Gilmore Girls Fan Fest's first international fan festival Oct. 4-6 on historic Main Street Unionville, where the original pilot was filmed

Feb 18, 2019 10:30 AM Read more >

Touring performance troupe hopes to bring awareness to East African plight

The Subbi Fusion Troupe is gearing up for their Ontario African Heritage Tour in hopes of educating Canadian youth about struggles in East Africa while using entertainment to do so.

Feb 18, 2019 7:30 AM Read more >

Good morning, Barrie!

Overcast today with a high of -7C but will feel like -15C with the windchill

Feb 18, 2019 6:00 AM Read more >

<b>Movie Review:</b> The Lego Movie 2 - The Second Part

Movie Review: The Lego Movie 2 - The Second Part

February got a little more bearable with The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Feb 17, 2019 9:42 PM Read more >

Looking to put a bounce in your step on Family Day? Might as well jump!

Monday's event on Family Day will be the fifth Barrie Bouncefest in three years and this year the proceeds will be going to Starlight Canada

Feb 17, 2019 7:00 PM Read more >

Your old cellphone could dial up much-needed assistance

CNIB offers program to provide life-changing technology to blind and partially-sighted Canadians

Feb 17, 2019 5:30 PM Read more >