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Fire Safety Week, Thanksgiving Day city services, updates on encampments and boundary discussions

St. Mary's Church is hosting another Symposium on Homelessness: Responding in our Community with Compassion and Hope on Monday, October 6 at 7pm. Speakers from various organizations in Barrie will be joining this panel discussion. Representatives from BHHJN, CMHA, Habitat for Humanity and others will be there to talk about this important issue and what steps forward look like from a perspective of care and dignity.

finalizing the proposed Municipal Boundary Restructuring a mere two days after the Public Meeting, changing the Use of City Property Bylaw to allow (belatedly) Encampment Evictions, funding Ice Storm clean-up

Housing CIP updates, Mattamy Salem Subdivision almost ready for construction, encampment "State of Emergency"

Rescheduled from September 30, in acknowledgement of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Our first Members Meeting since summer...

the Sam Cancilla Revitalization Concept Plan, nominations for Barrie Heritage Awards, water quality at Dyments Creek

Strategic Plan updates Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1331069&GUID=89818E29-C613-48FB-AE47-A29A7A329860 Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTE3ekyfh0U Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1330569&GUID=5CDE27A2-1140-42C6-88BE-64BCA651DA4A City's Legistar: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1330569&GUID=5CDE27A2-1140-42C6-88BE-64BCA651DA4A&Options=info|&Search= Meeting Location: Council Chambers COMM

When we look at the way cities today are treating people living in encampments, it’s easy to think this is a new, complex challenge. But it’s not new. Not really. There’s a long history of governments using criminal laws, bylaws, and public safety narratives to displace people who are seen as politically inconvenient, socially undesirable, or just no longer “welcome” in certain places.  Encampments are just the latest chapter in a longer story. 

it appears Executive Committee is becoming a venue to bypass the usual studies and process for traffic management, bypassing the...

Ontario-wide opposition to Bill 5, keeping public bike racks public, volunteer opportunities, and more! Our next Members Meeting is...

Encampment Justice Coalition holds rallies across Ontario to protest Bill 6, the "Safer Municipalities Act", which would essentially...

Draft Plan for 2025-2029 Minutes:    https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1256244&GUID=4C7A7720-3C74-4EE8-A391-E81C58906451 ...

"The approach of the Bill, which is based on failed U.S. policy, punishes encampment residents and deprioritizes housing as a solution in...

National Poetry Month, finalizing decisions made at General Committee Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1256288&GUI...

needle collection kiosks discontinued (except at H-block), pilot project for licensing motorized watersport operators, tax ratios set for...

Corporate Net-Zero Strategy, needle collection kiosks discontinued (except at H-block), pilot project for licensing motorized watersport...

Provincial election, (likely) federal election, Charter challenges, winter accessibility, and more! Our next Members Meeting is coming...

A day of action and vigil to commemorate the lives of those we have lost to the drug war. Posted on behalf of our partners Ryan's Hope ,...

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has put together this letter to your MPP and City Council Link to Letter introduction and...

Harm reduction worker and housing advocate Diana Chan McNally has created this petition at Change.org Link to Petition wording is...