WINTER STORM WARNING for: Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale ..SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EASTERLY WIND TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.[...]

The OPP is looking to the public for help after a teen was reported missing this morning. Fifteen-year-old John Eddie Gagnon of Courtice Crescent in Collingwood is described as a white male, approximately five-foot-nine and 130 lbs.[...]

COLLINGWOOD – The board of the Georgian Bay Animal Rescue has been dissolved amid allegations of neglect at two cat shelters maintained by the organization and a general lack of policies governing how the organization deals with animals in its care.[...]

WINTER STORM WARNING for: Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale ..SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EASTERLY WIND BEGINNING TONIGHT.. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.[...]

There's nothing that Ralphie wants more than a Red Ryder BB gun. He can think of nothing else and his whole life revolves around this one Christmas wish in the 1983 movie, A Christmas Story.[...]

Just in time for the snow. Senior technician Claude Huffa, at Krown Body Maintenance, prepares one of Barrie's city buses, located at 10 Cross St in Barrie. A winter storm watch is now in effect for this region and could dump as much as 15 centimetres of snow overnight.[...]

WINTER STORM WATCH for: Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale ..SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN ONTARIO....SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS.[...]

City council highlights: *The city will chip in $15,000 toward the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay celebration, which will be held in Barrie on Dec. 29. The provincial and federal governments are also each contributing $15,000 to the celebration, which makes the tab for taxpayers $45,000.[...]

(Staff) - Heather Hollingshead is the first winner of the Robert Kerr Accessiblity Award. She was presented with the award Monday night at Barrie City Hall, and said she was surprised with the honour.[...]

sug hed: Autistic boy found in N.S. woods dies in hospital A seven-year-old autistic boy who was found in the woods of Cape Breton on Monday has died in hospital.[...]

COLLINGWOOD — The board of Georgian Bay Animal Rescue has been dumped, after a raucous and sometimes emotional annual general meeting last night. The confusion started as attendees came in through the doors of the shelter on the 10th Line and were greeted by a security guard.[...]

Wasaga Beach Mayor Cal Patterson has been handed Simcoe County's top political job after Warden Tony Guergis declined the nomination. Guergis told those present he wanted a council that would work as a single unit and chose to decline the nomination.[...]

Debbie David's house has been targeted by the 'Grinch'. The Barrie woman takes pride in her home being one of the brightest and most decked out on her block, and so do her Hickling Trail neigbours.[...]

Engaging young minds in school-time lessons is Darlene Hintzen's calling. But after the desks empty and the last bell rings, her focus turns to clearing the minds of her clients. "I'm a full-time teacher at Johnson Street Public School.[...]

Canadians Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall) and Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) are among those lending their voices to the new animated holiday special Disney Prep & Landing, which debuts Tuesday on ABC. The half-hour special delves into the world of an elite unit of elves known as Prep & Landing.[...]

Dear Robin:I am so frustrated, I don't know what to do anymore. I work in a big office (about 100 people) and the people that I'm working with are constantly changing.[...]

An open letter to Barrie city councillors After due consideration, the Barrie Arts Council, formerly the Barrie Arts Advisory Committee, endorses the recommendations put forth in the Allandale Village development community consultation report.[...]

OHL HONOURS HUTCHINGS (STAFF) -- Barrie Colts forward Alex Hutchings has been named the Ontario Hockey League's player of the week.[...]

Debbie David's house has been targeted by "Grinches." The Barrie woman takes pride in her home being one of the brightest and most decked out on her block, and so do her Hickling Trail neigbours.[...]

Two people were killed on area highways, Monday. A male pedestrian was struck by a tractor-trailer on Highway 400 in the early morning hours, and a male driver was killed later in the day near Cookstown after his vehicle struck a truck and rolled several times into the ditch.[...]