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- Barrie Police Service offers some safe-summer boating and travelling tips
- Fun-packed weekend in Barrie featuring air show, Promenade Days and Canada Day fireworks
- Lifeguards return to Barrie beaches, City reminds boaters of restrictions during airshow
- City offers free ride to watch airshow as Canada Day weekend impacts City services
- Power and sail squadron raise the safe-boating flag at City Hall
- Tubing, Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie
- Making waves – September days, Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie
- On The Water
- Staff report sees little traction in privatization of marina, but identifies ‘alternative operating’ strategy
- Market
- PensionBeat
- Risk sharing key to reintroducing defined benefit pensions to private sector: Fuller
- Feeling the benefit: the importance of companies regularly monitoring the retirement saving vehicle they select for their staff
- Benna laments 401(k) management, not the actual model itself
- Stakeholder engagement instrument of influence on climate change
- Canadians want a secure retirement funded by defined benefit model
- CLC’s Georgetti advocates for expansion of CPP
- Good or bad, trade pacts impact working people
- Unions provide an answer to lack of retirement security
- Pensions perform better than DC plans, fees a factor
- A tale of unintended consequences for retirement security
- On the surface, it would appear to be a conundrum
- Future without adequate retirement income not a promising one
- About Town
- Growth
- Environmentalists decry changes to Places to Grow they say encourage urban sprawl
- Environmentalists decry use of ministerial zoning orders (MZOs) to fast-track developments
- New infographic-style growth report presents highlights, but committee members want more information
- Province sets new 2051 growth targets for Barrie: population of 298,000 and 129,000 new jobs
- Intensification about how and where to develop, as Barrie grows under provincial direction: City planners
- Official Plan update to include details for intensification corridors
- As Barrie grows ‘up’ instead of ‘out’ the face of the city continues to change
- Report on requested zoning and OP amendments for four towers on Bradford expected in the fall
- City Hall asks for residents’ input on vision for Barrie over next 20 years
- COVID-19 news
- Partial lifting of restrictions comes not a moment too soon for local businesses and residents
- RVH patient connects with and family members after centre launches program for virtual visits
- Reports chronicle RVH’s focus on commitment to patients and region during challenging COVID-19
- Barrie Chamber of Commerce joins program to distribute free COVID-19 rapid tests to small and medium-sized businesses
- RVH’s front-line staffers cope with COVID-19 surge that fills ICU beds and spills into other units, battling stress, fatigue, and frustration along the way
- City files injunction against organizer of ongoing gatherings
- Stay-at-home COVID-19 realities a confusing mess of compliance and avoidance, advice taken and advice ignored
- Programs to provide COVID-19 relief include supports to help pay energy bills … here’s a look at options
- Minister of Health Elliott and media reports say Premier Ford and cabinet considering an extension of stay-at-home order to June 2 in face of stubbornly high COVID-19 numbers
- Police may shift focus to ensuring ‘freedom’ rally at Sadlon Centre remains peaceful
- Mayor signs emergency order closing and fencing Meridian Place to stop anti-lockdown ‘freedom’ rallies
- City says it is considering “all available actions” to stop Meridian Place protests
- Petition calls on police to enforce restrictions on large gatherings like the ongoing one at Meridian Place
- Playgrounds and dog off-leash parks remain open, but little else under stay-at-home order – signs saying Meridian Place closed to be posted
- Top pandemic researcher says COVID fatigue a daunting challenge; more than 400 anti-lockdown protesters pack Meridian Place
- Health unit declares workplace outbreak at Barrie Transit as three more drivers contract COVID-19
- Ford extends stay-at-home order to six weeks, says officers will have enhanced powers to enforce compliance
- Barrie police caution Meridian Place anti-lockdown protesters may face fines and court dates
- Mayor Jeff Lehman and council issue open letter calling on Meridian Place lockdown protests to end
- Third Barrie Transit driver tests positive for COVID-19 – health unit not declaring workplace outbreak
- Support local restaurants and have parking tickets cancelled
- Citing ‘wildfire’ spread of COVID-19 variants, Ford closes schools and moves students back to online-only learning
- As single-day new COVID-19 cases remain near second highs, Ontario hospitals begin to ramp down non-essential surgeries
- Second Barrie Transit driver tests positive for COVID-19
- Barrie Transit driver tests positive for COVID-19, no workplace transmission apparent
- Police advise against large public protests against COVID-19 restrictions, say they are monitoring events
- Stay-at-home order and how it impacts Barrie residents and City services
- As single-day new COVID-19 cases surge past 4,000, Ontario hospitals told to “ramp down” non-essential surgeries
- Barrie Marina intends to open on time, unless told otherwise; golfers and some others can continue to enjoy their pastimes
- Province expected to move back to a stay-at-home order; health unit reports a 44 percent jump in Simcoe/Muskoka COVID-19 cases
- Health unit declares COVID-19 ‘workplace outbreak’ at the Barrie Police Service
- COVID-19 experience goes under the microscope at Georgian College’s RISE event
- As another shutdown looms, the race is on between vaccinations and infections … with new variants more contagious and deadly
- COVID-19 cases climb, along with provincial positivity rate which hits 6.1 percent … WHO says it should be below five percent for two consecutive weeks
- Barrie chamber joins with other business groups urging Province to revisit “blunt tool” of current COVID-19 colour-coded framework
- Province eases capacity limits for bars and restaurants in Red-Control zones, but urges continued vigilance
- Third wave is upon us, says Ontario’s top doc … new cases continue to trend upwards, with 1,700 reported today, but still lower than peak of second wave
- Georgian College paramedic students to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations to Indigenous communities
- COVID-19 continues to take its toll on businesses and people, 12 months after the first lockdown
- Physicians in Simcoe Muskoka to begin booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments as Province ramps up delivery channels
- Barrie Transit driver tests positive for COVID-19, City says no workplace transmission seen at this time
- Lehman pushes for revised Grey-Lockdown restrictions to allow more small businesses, including bars/restaurants, to reopen
- Hospitality sector at the low end of the COVID-19 outbreak spectrum
- Police warn of scam operating in Barrie that uses COVID-19 to pry bank cards and PINs from victims
- Welcome to the Red-Control zone of COVID-19 management … we have been here before
- Lehman urges residents to stay home one more week as Province signals it will ease COVID-19 restrictions
- Province signals an easing of COVID-19 measures, including limited reopening of non-essential retailers
- Work on Dunlop Street makeover rumbled on as COVID-19 worries locked down much of the province
- Delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery prompt Province to set new timeline for vaccination of most vulnerable people
- Wastewater monitoring program will help detect presence of COVID-19, including new variant of the virus
- Growth rate of COVID-19 continues to decline as preventive measures remain in place – new variant present in the region
- COVID-19 prevention measures do appear to be bending the curve
- Are COVID-19 prevention measures starting to bend the curve?
- Health unit reports more than 11,000 doses of vaccine administered; growth rate of COVID-19 continues to expand
- COVID-19 numbers in the region rising at a concerning rate, hospitals face urgent situation: Mayor Lehman
- COVID-19 costs lead to County seeking 7.7 per cent more from City for services provided
- City partners with regional municipalities to offer local small businesses funds to help cope with COVID-19
- Health unit forecasts 600 new cases of COVID-19 for week of Jan. 24-30 if current growth trends continue
- Shutdown needed to keep ICU beds from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, says Premier while giving ‘honest assessment’
- City reports two Barrie Transit drivers tested positive for COVID-19
- Don’t count your chickens, says mayor, suggesting there may be a year-end COVID-19 financial reckoning
- City and Georgian partner on pilot project in aid of COVID-19 economic recovery
- Thanksgiving gatherings tied to almost 50 new COVID-19 cases, rates of infection continue to spike
- Police investigate act of mischief at COVID-19 testing centre
- Residents asked to honour veterans from ‘home or virtually’ as COVID-19 worries derail Remembrance Day ceremonies
- Catholic school board moves to hybrid learning mode for all schools, citing COVID-19 lessons learned
- Thanksgiving gatherings may have contributed to spike in COVID-19 cases: health unit
- COVID-19 protocols and process ‘working well’ – families urged to get flu shot and install tracking app
- Province to spend more than $1 billion to expand COVID-19 testing, contact management, and local testing locations
- Canada’s COVID-19 death rate in long-term care homes more than double OECD average … solutions seem obvious, and it will be costly
- Select transit routes return to normal 30-minute schedules, COVID-19 measures remain in place
- Catholic school board closes door to outside lunches for high school students due to COVID-19 measures
- Service Barrie reopens, with COVID-related restrictions
- United Way distributes $1.2 million to help people impacted by COVID-19
- YMCA centres close in Barrie, Orillia, Parry Sound – CEO cites COVID-19 impact
- Province launches commission to investigate COVID-19’s spread in long-term homes, including impact of measures to contain the virus
- Rising costs and declining COVID-related gatherings push Fisher project to the sidelines
- Second phase of City’s COVID-19 recovery plan focuses on the three Cs
- Digital Service Squad helped local businesses cope with COVID-19 crisis: report
- Flags in downtown and along the waterfront honour COVID-19 community heroes
- Financial analysis of COVID-19 impact on Barrie foresees possible year-end deficit, offset by reserves
- Patios Everywhere program structured to increase dine-in capacity reduced by COVID-19 restrictions
- City moves to support 2020 buskers program with a COVID-19 plan to deliver online performances
- City considers COVID-19 relief request from the Barrie Colts
- United Way expands Urgent Needs Fund to assist low-income households and others impacted by COVID-19
- Barrie bylaw enforcement active in investigating COVID-19 related incidents, says Prowse in update
- Health unit confirms 15 COVID-19 deaths, 259 confirmed cases, and outbreak in group home
- Search for supervised consumption site on hold as agencies redirect resources to COVID-19 crisis
- Health unit reports outbreak of COVID-19 in long-term care facility in the region
- City sets up report line for noncompliance of COVID-19 distancing measures
- City offers three free garbage bag tags to deal with spike in household waste during COVID-19 distancing
- Health unit advises evidence of community spread of COVID-19 in the region – most cases in people 35-64
- Off-leash areas, other facilities close to public in response to COVID-19 crisis
- As of March 23, 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in region, two deaths
- Barrie reduces bylaw enforcement amid continuing COVID-19 worries
- Most City services and facilities closed or cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions
- City’s emergency control group meets to review COVID-19 contingency plans and impacts on local service
- Death of man at RVH ‘potentially related’ to COVID-19
- COVID-19 assessment centre opens in Barrie
- RVH ‘moralized and well-prepared’ to handle COVID-19: Janice Skot
- Health unit reports two new confirmed COVID-19 cases
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