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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Education is truly timeless for all of usShare
Updated 13 hours ago

School bells ring. For more than 14 years, I've worked in a wide variety of teaching situations. Education, in all forms, is key to any[MORE]
Driver gives chase, charged with impairedShare
Posted 16 hours ago

Barrie police received a call from someone who reported seeing a driver pour alcohol out of his vehicle. Police located the driver and tried to get[MORE]
Long-gun registry debate has taken up too much timeShare
Posted 18 hours ago

Watching the NDP try to figure out what to do come Sept. 22 -- when a vote to scrap the long-gun registry comes to the[MORE]
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Unearthing some memorable, meaningful quotesShare
Updated 1 day ago

Many years ago in the good old Barrie Banner (which really had a feisty voice in this town, quite often giving The Barrie Examiner a[MORE]
Police find crack, weed in raidShare
Posted 1 day ago

Police raided a Wellington Street house yesterday and found drugs worth about $1,000. Crack cocaine and cannabis marijuana were seized from the east-end home. A man[MORE]
Guess what: Canada is looking hotShare
Posted 1 day ago

How often do you hear anyone make the obvious point global warming will be good for Canada? Arctic scientist Laurence C. Smith makes this logical argument[MORE]
Thanks for almost nothing, McGuintyShare
Posted 1 day ago

Hey, $50 is $50. Since Premier Dalton McGuinty, out of the goodness of his, uh, heart, is prepared to give parents up to $50 through a[MORE]
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Skater leaps into political ringShare
Updated 2 days ago

Six-time Canadian figure skating champion Jennifer Robinson is running for Barrie council. Robinson filed her nomination papers to run in Barrie's Ward 8 in this fall's[MORE]
Polygamy test case ramping upShare
Posted 2 days ago

The unusual test case on the constitutional validity of Canada's anti-polygamy law hasn't even begun but the pre-trial jousting suggests it will be quite a[MORE]
Time to rethink how Order of Canada is awardedShare
Posted 2 days ago

I t's time to redefine the Order of Canada-- how it's awarded and how it's perceived. Reform is needed. Or this country's highest civilian honuor should[MORE]