Chris Simon Journalism

The sign is intended to be similar to the popular Toronto attraction built at Nathan Phillip Square for the Pan Am Games in 2015.

"Councillors fighting does zero to help. If you want, let's design investments that will promote a strong economic recovery."

The restrictions at Chelsea's Dance Pac are tighter than you’ll often find at malls and large retailers.

The deal paves the way for about 2,500 residential units in the Veterans Drive and McKay Road area.

But more than 41,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been administered locally.

Five residents of Bradford Valley Care Community have likely contracted the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19, the local health unit says.

The head of the company that operates Roberta Place has issued an open letter concerning the largest COVID-19 outbreak in the Simcoe-Muskoka region.

As of Jan. 28, 128 residents and 96 staff have been infected by the virus, with at least 51 deaths connected to the outbreak.

Jeremy Taggart says communication between Roberta Place and residents' families has been sorely lacking since an outbreak was declared at the long-term-care home nearly three weeks ago: "It was a little frustrating, especially when the numbers started piling up and then it got really scary."

More than 300 people connected to Roberta Place - from residents and their essential caregivers to staff and their household contacts - have tasted positive for COVID-19 since an outbreak was declared Jan. 8.

Is it possible a city-run program has been too successful for its own good? That, essentially, is what the City of Barrie is saying about its street sand recycling pilot program, which was shelved recently after three years because the municipality has run out of storage room.

Barrie won’t be looking to SmartCentres to meet its need for a downtown conference centre, apparently.

As Barrie heads into another round of budget deliberations, an online real estate brokerage has some decent news for city taxpayers.

Barrie council news: Barry Ward will be staying on as deputy mayor, and two houses are set to be added to the city's heritage register. https://www.simcoe.com//10268248-barrie-council-news-ward-

While numbers are typically higher on Mondays because they account for three days of reporting, this is by far the largest single-day jump in incidents confirmed by the health unit since the start of the pandemic.