3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (132+ words) TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's open to the idea of involuntary addiction treatment. Ontario's Big City Mayors group recently repeated a request to the province to review existing mental health laws with the idea of expanding involuntary treatment....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (134+ words) Special thank you to Barrie Harley-Davidson, as location sponsor hosted this year's event and contributed a $1,000 donation on behalf of our residents. We also thank the Huronia HOG Chapter and its members for their support, and everyone who attended this…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (753+ words) A resident at Lake Simcoe Retirement Residence in Orillia has seen more of the world than most. Known at the retirement home as Ken, he's spent more than 30 years in the skies, flying with Air Canada, Canadian Pacific and Air…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (276+ words) As the only Parkinson Canada SuperWalk taking place in Simcoe County, the Barrie event is an important opportunity for people from across the region to come together, raise awareness, and show their support for individuals living with Parkinson’s disease and…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (395+ words) Simcoe County’s community paramedicine program is seeing surging demand and clear drops in unnecessary 911 use as expanded clinics, home‑visit teams and mental‑health response partnerships help vulnerable residents get care earlier and avoid emergency departments. Council learned Tuesday that…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (608+ words) Barrie is set to receive two new paramedic posts as part of a broader plan to expand emergency response capacity across the city and the county. A staff report presented during today’s County of Simcoe committee of the whole meeting…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (599+ words) “I’m a Barrie boy all the way,” he says. “There’s not a day that goes by when I’m not grateful to be from here.” That connection to his community was at the heart of his transformational $1-million gift to Royal…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (331+ words) Editor's note: BarrieToday has contacted local candidates in the upcoming municipal elections and asked them to provide a profile on themselves and some of their top issues. These profiles will be published in the coming days leading up to the…...