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'The idea of hiring someone local is also a limiter on language and skill,' says company president

Calling discussion at the Simcoe County District School Board table on Oct. 23 ‘a witch-hunt,’ Barrie trustee Lisa-Marie Wilson says she informed the chair of her one-year temporary move

'I just don’t think they looked at the big picture,' says Marta Crescent resident; neighbours reporting progress on consistently wet conditions

'I learned how to be a leader which could be very important in a work setting,' says Lily Montague, a graduate of the 99 Lynx Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron of Orillia

Jack Sutherland boarded a ship for Britain in early May 1917; he'd be dead within the month

Retired Major Stephen Boyne spent seven months in Croatia as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force

Barrie-based organization goes national 'to achieve the greatest possible outcomes from coast to coast to coast'

'To prejudge the outcome of an election already is something that I don’t think people would be too wise in doing' — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to our Inside the Village podcast

New contract removes bonus payment and puts wages in line with other Ontario employees, says official