MINETT - Police have identified three Toronto men who died Thursday night when a car crashed into a river near Bracebridge. Provincial police say the car hit a guard rail, flipped through trees and plunged into Joseph River at about 7 p.m. [...]

Canada's senior women's basketball team won't be competing in this summer's Olympics, but they're not sitting around sulking about it. In fact, the team, currently ranked 11th in the world, is using the extra time to its advantage in the hopes of being better prepared to qualify for [...]

It's three-and-a-half hours before game time and a few groundskeepers are busy preparing the field at Barrie Metals Stadium. Otherwise, tumbleweed might as well roll through. The place is empty. But Angus Roy is at the Midhurst ball diamond with bells on, as he always seems to be, [...]

With $4 million over the next four years, Ontario's government is hoping to see more Ontario food in Ontario homes. The intent is good and the money is most welcome. But if there is a criticism to be had, it's that the effort doesn't go far enough. [...]

Bradford pilot Lyle Niemi was sentenced to 14 years in prison, yesterday, for importing a quarter-tonne of cocaine into Canada. Just before his sentencing, the Barrie courtroom filled with his family. Relatives remained dead silent as Niemi, 45, sat in the prisoner's box waiting. Last Saturday, a [...]

Development charges in town could double INNISFIL -- Development charges could be doubled in some of parts of Innisfil if a proposed bylaw is passed. With the town experiencing rapid growth, council and staff are attempting to ensure that the infrastructure gap is bridged and that growth [...]

Victor Slobodian says he can't keep scooters and motorbikes in stock. The owner of Cool Rides in Barrie says customers are downsizing their vehicles and fuel bills by using these alternatives. "I've seen a dramatic shift in sales this year," Slobodian said. "We are selling scooters and [...]

Gary Bartlett just returned from his third trip out in the family boat this year. In previous years, he has ventured out a lot more often, but he has cut back due to gas prices. "We used to go out every weekend after the ice thawed," Bartlett said. [...]

A Bradford man charged with importing a large quantity of cocaine into Canada has been sentenced to 14 years in jail. Lyle Niemi has been on trial before a jury for the past month in a Barrie court. He has admitted that he was the pilot who flew a [...]

TORONTO - New figures released by the Ontario government show the province's economy shrank in the first quarter. The report says Ontario's real GDP fell 0.3 per cent between January and March, due to continuing weakeness in exports, lower business investment and a significant run-down [...]

Barrie police are looking for man who tried to rob a variety store early Thursday morning. Police received a 911 call around 3 a.m. from the Mac's store at Bayfield and Wellington streets that a man had just tried to rob the store. Police responded, brought in a [...]

Two days after celebrating our birth as a nation, we today mark the seminal event that predestined Confederation. It was July 3, 1608, when French explorer Samuel de Champlain chose an old Indian settlement on the banksof theSt. LawrenceRiveras the location for a fur-trading post. That fortified [...]

They're going to Disney! The Barrie Sprit under-14 girls rep soccer team is headed to the sunny south to compete in the Disney Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament, July 14 to July 21. These 18 girls -- many who have never been to Walt Disney World before [...]

Seven of Barrie's eight nursing homes have been cited for not meeting some of the province's 400 standards of resident care. Provincial inspection reports show the seven Barrie homes were responsible for 19 violations last year. Thirteen of those infractions were directly related to how the homes care [...]

Attorney-General Chris Bentley should get involved in the growing shoreline dispute that escalated in Balm Beach last weekend and could spread to other parts of Tiny Township. That's the view of Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop, who, last December, asked Bentley to meet with concerned Balm Beach residents. [...]

City police played a crucial role in saving a man's life halfway around the world yesterday. Barrie police received a call from a concerned Toronto man who had received an e-mail from a friend living in Tokyo who said he was going to commit suicide by overdosing on medication. The [...]

Vanly Keov can't wait to be back in business. Six months after his restaurant, Royal Thai Cuisine, was burned out on Dunlop Street in the Five Points fire last December, he's only a week away from opening up shop again on July 11. "I'm just so excited [...]

Talk about a pounding headache. For the last several weeks, construction crews have been pulverizing hundreds of pilings deep into the ground for the expanded water pollution control plant on Bradford Street. That has some neighbourhood residents going through a bottle of Advil quicker than usual. Ron [...]

TORONTO - All but one of Barrie's nursing homes have been cited for not meeting some of the province's 400 standards of resident care. Provincial inspection reports analyzed by The Canadian Press show seven of the city's eight nursing homes were responsible for 19 violations [...]

A public meeting is being held this morning in Tiny Township regarding a private fence that has divided Balm Beach and outraged many residents. A chainsaw wielding beach lover recently took matters into his own hands by cutting down part of the fence. “It’s a shock [...]