Soapbox soars to high art in Barrie
By Pat Conroy/conairenews.com
​February 13, 2020
BARRIE, Ont.- Crate or great?
The debate over high art has hit a new low as residents take to soapboxes to sound off on the city’s latest art controversy.

Soapboxes on display at Barrie city hall. (Photo by Pat Conroy/conairenews.com)
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​Underage teens busted on dilapidated snowmobile
By Pat Conroy/conairenews.com
​Jan. 16, 2019
BARRIE, Ont. - This is  definitely not one  for the road.
Police are shaking their heads in disbelief after stopping  a 13-year-old operator and a 14-year-old passenger travelling on a "decrepit" snowmobile along a Muskoka road...

Chimney for the birds in naturalist rescue
By Pat Conroy/conairenews.com
Jan. 15, 2019
BARRIE, Ont. – The swallows may not be coming back to Capistrano but a group of naturalists is making sure chimney swifts come back to Barrie ...

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Site of demolished Barrie high school where chimney swift habitat preserved. 
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Apartment fire in Barrie leaves dozens homeless
​April 23, 2018
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Police chase over vacuum theft
By Pat Conroy/conairenews.com
​April 9, 2018

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Police investigate scene after stolen car abandoned.