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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.

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.

Key witness dodges testifying, delaying fatal dump truck crash trial

The trial of Milton Urgiles, accused of criminal negligence leading to the death of one of his workers in 2020, resumed Friday in a Barrie courtroom with the Crown alleging that a key witness was "holding her evidence hostage."

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.