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Sustainability Coordinator position, mixed recycling, sustainability in building

St. Mary's Parish has organized a protest of the City's anti-homeless bylaw, to show love and compassion over division and condemnation, in support of our most vulnerable neighbours

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

Ricochet Media has published a scathing piece about the Mayor's anti-homeless "State of Emergency"

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.

Sustainability Initiatives presentation, updates from working groups, committee mandate, sustainability coordinator

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

update on plans for Bayfield Street improvements, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, notice of Public Meeting re: Boundary Adjustment

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...

heritage designations, public feedback wanted for Transportation Master Plan update, concerns over size of multi-use sports facility pool

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

When it comes to homelessness, politicians and community leaders often toss out quick one-liners. On the surface, they sound like common sense. But look closer and you'll see they're actually logical fallacies - cheap shots that keep us from real solutions. If public debate had referees, here's what they'd be throwing flags on in a few of the housing and homelessness conversations happening in my area just in the last week.

presentation on the 2051 Transportation Master Plan, committee mandate discussion, updates from working groups Minutes: ...

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

full fire ban in effect, new waste collection and future recycling, call to artists, boundary review update Circulation List: ...

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. 

winter salt reduction, administrative review, regulations mapping update Minutes: http://agenda.nvca.on.ca/2025/07-25-BOD%20Minutes.pdf Agenda: http://agenda.nvca.on.ca/2025/07-25-BOD%20Agenda.pdf Watch Online:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyOCt-CGG5xDBiMTStYHp3A (direct link not yet available) More Information:   https://www.nvca.on.ca/about/governance/ Meeting Location:  Tiffin Conservation Area, 8195 8th Line, Utopia 🧑‍⚖️📑 Chair's Update Chair Scott 🧑‍💼�

summer beaches, West Nile Virus control, opposition to Bill 5, Seniors Month Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetai...

new Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, 2025 Asset Management Plan, zoning amendments in Wards 6, 7 & 10, speed cameras made permanent,...