Stories covered by Rob Cooper

• Collingwood considers restricting development amid potential water shortage
• OPP investigating string of Alliston business break-ins
• Roberta Place resident celebrates 100th birthday after surviving COVID-19
• 'I've reinvented what we're doing' Orillia businesses pivot approach to stay afloat
• Barrie council expected to settle future of Wilkins Beach Monday
• Summery weather beckons on first Saturday of stay-at-home order
• Big box stores impacted by new restrictions as small businesses choose to defy rules
• 'I'm willing to comply' Defiant business owners swayed by stay-at-home order
• 'It's devastating,' Businesses caught in the revolving door of provincial shutdowns
• Catholic school board tells parents to prepare in case of a sudden temporary closure
• When is a beach not a beach? Barrie considers de-listing Wilkins Beach
• Cooks Bay Marina owner looking to develop, locals say not so fast
• 'We ran out of sea-doos this year in January,' Summer recreation rentals running on empty
• Brazen theft under investigation at the Roadshow's 400 Antiques Mall in Innisfil
• Dry conditions worry Simcoe County fire chiefs
• 'Game-changer': Barrie restaurants welcome more people inside
• Barrie, Ont. residence linked to OPP operation to dismantle criminal networks
• Investigators collect wreckage from deadly plane crash on Lake Simcoe in Ramara
• Security cameras capture would-be thieves in Barrie neighbourhood
• Alliston, Ont. PSWs spark outrage with online video mocking COVID-19 protocols