Hundreds protest Barrie's homelessness plan outside city hall
Hundreds gathered outside Barrie city hall Wednesday night, protesting the city's plans to address its homelessness crisis.

Hundreds gathered outside Barrie city hall Wednesday night, protesting the city's plans to address its homelessness crisis.
Barrie city councillors approved several staff reports with just a few more weeks of meetings until taking a summer recess.
One person has been airlifted following a collision involving a scooter and truck near Shelburne.
A sentencing hearing got underway for the Georgian Bay man convicted of driving impaired and causing a collision on Highway 12 in 2020 that claimed the life of a 77-year-old Midland man.
Hundreds turned out to Barrie's waterfront Wednesday evening with a shared goal of making a difference in the community.
May 31, 1985, started like any other day in Barrie, but all that changed later that afternoon when the sky changed colour, suddenly and without warning, plunging the city into chaos.
Huntsville OPP has charged a third girl in connection to an alleged assault captured on video at a local high school and shared on social media earlier this month.
Police charged one man following a serious collision involving a dump truck and car in Barrie on Tuesday afternoon that sent both drivers to the hospital.
Following months of anticipation, numerous delays, and detours, the Anne Street bridge in Barrie is finally set to open this week.
The federal government is proclaiming a National Day Against Gun Violence, to be held annually on the first Friday of June. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and representatives of the Toronto Raptors basketball team are set to discuss the plans today at an event in Toronto.
Seventeen people – most of whom are young students – were hospitalized after a falling from a height during a field trip at Winnipeg's Fort Gibraltar. However, many of the children are now being discharged and sent home, according to an update from the hospital.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's efforts to assure Canadians that his government is adequately addressing the threat of foreign interference took a hit on Wednesday, when the majority of MPs in the House of Commons voted for special rapporteur David Johnston to 'step aside,' a call Johnston quickly rejected.
The latest pre-dawn Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed at least three people Thursday, including a 9-year-old child and her mother, Ukrainian officials said.
Issac Brown has stepped up to the challenge, and made his way to the semi-finals at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Joy Malbon reports.