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You can bare it all for a good cause on Skinny Dip Saturday

You can bare it all for a good cause on Skinny Dip Saturday

Bare Oaks Naturist Park invites you to expose yourself to 'a well-established Canadian activity' on Skinny Dip Day July 8 in support of the Fistula Foundation
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Night of laughs on tap this weekend

Night of laughs on tap this weekend

Collingwood comedian Daniel Shaw will be among the performers at the LiveBarrie event held at CW Coops Saturday, July 8
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Pet Valu re-opening dedicated to helping Street Cats Rescue

Pet Valu re-opening dedicated to helping Street Cats Rescue

Street Cats Rescue is still looking for new home for their cats , staff and volunteers after a May fire displaced them.
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Collingwood Music Fest will begin with grandeur on waterfront

Collingwood Music Fest will begin with grandeur on waterfront

A 65-piece orchestra and a Juno award-winning singer/composer will share a big outdoor stage set up in Millennium Park this Saturday for the first concert of the Collingwood Music Festival
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Police seek witnesses, suspects in attempted theft of motor vehicle

Police seek witnesses, suspects in attempted theft of motor vehicle

Innisfil owners had installed security device which requires password
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Firman Drive set to be closed to traffic for three days beginning next week

Firman Drive set to be closed to traffic for three days beginning next week

Firman Drive in Barrie will be closed to traffic while crews install a watermain connection for a new development.
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County seeks cooling center operators, city eyes former cop shop

County seeks cooling center operators, city eyes former cop shop

'I think when you underwrite something, saying it’s going to happen, others want to be part of it,' said Mayor Alex Nuttall
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Wanted federal offender known to frequent Barrie area

Wanted federal offender known to frequent Barrie area

In addition to a myriad of charges, he is also wanted by Nottawasaga OPP for an armed robbery in Alliston
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Impaired driving collision helps get cocaine and fentanyl off the streets

Impaired driving collision helps get cocaine and fentanyl off the streets

About $8,000 worth of illicit drugs plus break-in tools and stolen property seized by police from vehicle involved in Highway 400 crash last night
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West Nile virus defences in place: health unit

West Nile virus defences in place: health unit

'It’s not that the risk is zero early in the season, but it is lower,' said SMDHU official about West Nile virus.
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