Barrie news

• CBC says it is cutting 600 jobs, some programming as it slashes budget

  04-12-2023 21:37
  
  The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada will eliminate about 600 jobs and not fill an additional 200 vacancies. The cuts at CBC come days after the Liberal government suggested it may cap the amount of money CBC and Radio-Canada could get under a $100 million deal Ottawa recently signed with Google.
  
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• Crews demolish Highway 400 bridge over Essa Road

  04-12-2023 21:09
  
  Construction crews demolished the old Highway 400 overpass in the south end of Barrie, requiring the closure of a busy section of Essa Road over the weekend.
  
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• Health unit seeks public's help after man is bitten by dog

  04-12-2023 20:21
  
  A black dog bit a man working on his car on Sunday around 6 p.m. in Priceville, 46 kilometres south of Owen Sound.
  
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• Vandals target Barrie family, slashing tires, damaging four vehicles

  04-12-2023 19:54
  
  A Barrie man is speaking out after three of his family's vehicles and a neighbour's car were vandalized Saturday night.
  
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• Canadian military member faces unprecedented prosecution for alleged sexual assault at CFB Borden

  04-12-2023 19:31
  
  An unprecedented prosecution is underway in Barrie criminal court against an active member of the Canadian military accused of sexually assaulting a female soldier while at Canadian Forces Base Borden in 2018.
  
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• Attempted Muskoka cottage break-in foiled by cameras

  04-12-2023 19:15
  
  An attempted break-in in cottage country has police looking for two suspects.
  
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• Simcoe Muskoka health unit's new HealthSTATS data available to all

  04-12-2023 18:42
  The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has updated its HealthSTATS website to offer users a modern and efficient way to view local health data and information.
  
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• COVID-19 and flu set to peak over holiday season in Ontario; Moore urges vaccinations

  04-12-2023 18:03
  Ontario's top doctor says there is 'a lot' of COVID-19 circulating in the province right now, and levels of both that virus and influenza are on the rise.
  
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• 'A lot' of COVID-19, flu circulating in Ontario right now: Moore

  04-12-2023 18:03
  
  Ontario's top doctor says there is 'a lot' of COVID-19 circulating in the province right now, and levels of both that virus and influenza are on the rise.
  
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• Dog and several puppies die in shed fire, cause remains undetermined

  04-12-2023 17:42
  
  A dog and six puppies died when a fire broke out in Elmvale Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Dog and 6 puppies die in shed fire

  04-12-2023 17:42
  A dog and six puppies died when a fire broke out in Elmvale Sunday afternoon.
  
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• OPP officer assaulted while breaking up fight

  04-12-2023 15:58
  
  An officer was struck while breaking up a fistfight.
  
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• Grey Bruce officer struck while breaking up fight in Wiarton, Ont.

  04-12-2023 15:58
  
  An officer was struck while breaking up a fistfight.
  
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• Escaped kangaroo found safe after 3 days on the loose in Ontario

  04-12-2023 14:21
  
  A kangaroo that escaped the Oshawa Zoo during a one-night stay last week has been recaptured after more than three days on the loose, with one police officer sustaining minor injuries during the effort to apprehend the marsupial.
  
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• Winner announced: Orangeville reveals the name of its newest snowplow

  04-12-2023 13:43
  
  200 Orangeville residents voted for the name of the town's new snowplow.
  
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• Bradford West Gwillimbury's 'Light Up' Christmas light contest is on

  04-12-2023 13:24
  
  Bradford West Gwillimbury's 'Light Up' Christmas lights contest offers prizes to the lucky decorators.
  
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• Health care in Canada could be more like Norway's, with some improvements: study

  04-12-2023 13:00
  
  Canada is trailing behind other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries when it comes to both the number of physicians relative to the population, and its spending on primary care, according to a new analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
  
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• Schools closed, more than 100,000 without electricity as snow falls in Quebec

  04-12-2023 12:50
  
  More than 106,000 homes in Quebec are without electricity after Environment Canada reported nearly 25 cm of snow had fallen across the province.
  
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• Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year

  04-12-2023 12:38
  
  Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person.
  
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