The following includes discussion of death due to opioid toxicity, and severe mental health issues including addiction, depression and suicide. “Every time that there’s an
Arrival of new students and residents continues to divide the Ward 1 residents. While, the Ward 2 residents are more concerned about supervised consumption sites and affordable housing.
A conversation with Tourism Barrie’s executive director – Indigenous tourism needs same attention as sports tourism
Barrie Shelter provides a 24 hour crisis line, counseling, resources and shelter and completed 40 years of existence this year.
Barrie’s International Relations Committee has been doing a great job building bridges with the rest of the world but its memberships and programs do not reflect changing city demographics and the world.
Advisory committees are the best opportunities for Barrie residents to participate in council’s decision making. The inputs from advisory committees go to the city council.
Barrie’s discussion about a downtown Supervised Consumption Site has stretched on for years.
City Council’s multiple motions to wait on the decision of where to put a SCS site stretched from 2019 into 2020, with the pandemic causing a halt to the decision making process entirely.
