Courtesy Barrie360.com By Newsroom,March 20, 2025 After several mild winters, Mother Nature delivered a true Canadian classic this season, with deep snow, icy winds, and lake effect storms. Climatologist David Phillips weighed in on this year’s winter, calling it a “good old-fashioned classic.” The season got off to a dramatic start with heavy snowfall at the end…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and The Associated Press By Hanna Arhirova, March 19, 2025 President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the path to a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. leader held similar talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump’s call with Zelenskyy was about half the length of his…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and Canadian Press By Liam Casey and Allison Jones, March 19, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces to tackle the challenges that a trade war with the United States will bring, though he did shuffle his housing, education and environment ministers. Ford focused much of his speech…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and Canadian Press By Paola Loriggio,March 20, 2025 A Delta Air Lines plane lies upside down at Toronto Pearson Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young; A preliminary report into a plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson airport last month says the aircraft’s alert system issued a warning about the descent rate less…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and Canadian Press By Dylan Robertson, March 20, 2025 Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday that China has executed four Canadians in recent months. The minister said all four were “dual citizens” and were all “facing charges linked to criminal activities according to China, linked to drugs.” “This is an issue that I’ve been…
Courtesy Barrie360, By Ian MacLennan, March 21, 2025 Blue toques handed out by the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka to guests who attended Friday’s groundbreaking for a new facility in Barrie were the right fit. A cold wind whipped through the chilled crowd warmed by the groundbreaking for the $70 million, 77,000 square-foot new YMCA at 535 Bayview…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and News Release By Town of Innisfil, March 19, 2025 The Town of Innisfil is expanding its automated speed enforcement (ASE) program to improve road safety in more community safety zones. The expansion includes the addition of four new cameras to enforce speed limits and a change to the way people dispute or pay a…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and The Associated Press By Lauran Neergaard And Shelby Lum, March 20, 2025 An experimental treatment appears to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s or 50s, according to new findings from ongoing research now caught up in Trump administration funding delays. The early results — a scientific first — were…
Courtesy Barrie360.com and Canadian Press By Allison Jones, March 20, 2025 Three major organizations representing Ontario’s colleges, universities and business community are urging the province to boost investment in the post-secondary sector, saying the economic threat from the United States underscores the need. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Ontario Universities and Colleges Ontario released…
1) Measles case confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, three possible exposure locations in Barrie Courtesy Barrie360.com and News Release By Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, March 19, 2025 The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has received confirmation that an unvaccinated resident of Simcoe Muskoka has tested positive for measles. Individuals who were present at the following locations…