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  Five-vehicle crash in Barrie caused by impaired driver 4x over legal limit

  Police say a five-vehicle crash in Barrie Thursday evening was caused by an impaired driver who was almost four times over the legal limit.

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  This police service is offering a unique incentive to potential new recruits

  York Regional Police is taking a unique approach to attract potential recruits by offering a $500 savings opportunity for joining the force.

• It's game on at the Barrie Public Library as Comic Fest returns

  The popular Comic Fest returns to the Downtown Barrie Public Library this weekend.

• Painted Canoe Parade returns to Huntsville next month

  Canoes of different colours will soon be seen in Huntsville next month when the Painted Canoe Parade returns to the downtown core.

• City of Barrie to hold neighbourhood meeting about proposed development on Dunlop Street

  Residents in Ward 2 have the opportunity to attend an interactive neighbourhood meeting about a proposed development in Barrie.

• Rural Ontario mayors demand provincial action to address ER staffing crisis

  Frustration is mounting in three rural Ontario municipalities as chronic staffing shortages continue to force emergency room closures in Chesley, Walkerton, and Durham.

• Prohibited driver goes through R.I.D.E. check, gets charged with possessing drugs, bear spray

  Provincial police conducting a R.I.D.E. check in Kawartha Lakes wound up laying drug-related charges against a prohibited driver.

• A Ukrainian missile strikes the headquarters of Russia's navy in Crimea

  Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smouldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea.

• City of Barrie kicks off Culture Days with 3 weeks of events and activities

  Culture Days is back in Barrie to inspire public participation in arts and culture.

• OPP bust drug exchange in Orillia parking lot, 2 arrested

  Two people in Orillia face a slew of charges in connection with an OPP drug investigation.

• Police warn residents about bank scam circulating Simcoe County

  Police are warning the public about a bank investigator scam circulating local communities.

• Premier Doug Ford announces cabinet shuffle hours after 3rd minister resigns in a month

  Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet for the second time in recent weeks after Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced Friday he is stepping away from politics to move into the private sector.

• 2020 police interview with supervisor charged in dump truck driver's death plays in court

  A police interview from 2021 with Milton Urgiles, the man charged with criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers in 2020, played in a Barrie courtroom on Thursday as the two-week trial continued.

• Still no answers for family of missing Barrie woman who disappeared in June

  Autumn Shaganash of Barrie has been missing since June 10th, however, police and family have not given up hope of finding her.