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  Tips to protect your packages from porch pirates this holiday season

  Police urge residents to protect their packages by taking some precautions and erring on the side of caution as porch pirates target holiday deliveries.

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  Driver escapes crash that split vehicle in half with minor injuries

  One person managed to escape a serious collision near the border of Barrie and Oro-Medonte Thursday evening relatively unscathed.

• Draws for Paws 50/50 draw jackpot nears $40,000

  The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society 50/50 Draws for Paws lottery is on just in time for the holidays, with a jackpot rapidly approaching $40,000.

• Here's when to expect Essa Road under Highway 400 to be closed for bridge demolition

  A section of Essa Road under Highway 400 from Fairview Road to Ardagh Road will be temporarily closed to complete the Essa Road bridge demolition.

• 'Burnt to the ground': Blue Mountains new townhouses destroyed by fire

  An early morning fire raged through and destroyed four new townhouses in the Blue Mountains

• Wasaga Beach CAO makes allegations of a cover-up by the previous administration

  Wasaga Beach's chief administration officer dropped a political bombshell in council on Thursday, with allegations the previous administration engaged in questionable behaviour.

• Record-setting RVH 50/50 win brings joy to Barrie family coping with unimaginable loss

  More than two years after a loss no parent should face, a Barrie family is starting the holiday season off with a glimmer of hope after winning the RVH Auxiliary's record-setting November 50/50 draw worth $266,908.

• Winner of this town's snow plow naming contest will delight Star Wars fans

  After more than 200 submissions, the Town of Orangeville has revealed the winner of its snow plow naming contest, and if you're a Star Wars fan, you will approve.

• Free parking offered in downtown Barrie to support local this holiday season

  The City of Barrie wants residents to support local when shopping for the holidays, so it's offering free downtown parking on all on-street spaces throughout December.

• Suspect believed to be behind bogus bomb threats in Ontario arrested in Morocco: OPP

  A person believed to be responsible for bomb threats across much of Ontario in early November was arrested in Morocco.

• Jaw-dropping video shows collapse at Coquitlam, B.C., construction site

  Emergency work is underway after a collapse at a Coquitlam, B.C., construction site that was caught on camera this week.

• Cracks in job market grow as BoC succeeds at slowing economy to a near halt

  Canada's unemployment rate continues to trend higher as the Bank of Canada's steep interest rate hikes weigh down the economy leaves workers with fewer options in the job market.

• Chinstrap penguins nod off more than 10,000 times per day in seconds-long 'microsleeps,' study finds

  A new study has documented the peculiar sleeping habits of this species of penguin. Instead of taking one long continuous period of sleep, chinstrap penguins prefer to sleep in seconds-long intervals, more than 10,000 times a day.

• Ottawa family doctor denied permanent residency over marital status, age

  An Ottawa family physician won't get to stay in Canada after she did not meet the threshold due to factors outside her control.