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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"

discussions on enforcement, development and building departments review processes, and parking restrictions

Legacy Fund update, Barrie International Partnership website, regular updates

youth survey, youth event brainstorming

future of natural gas expansion in Ontario, highlights from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Board meeting

This Thursday, starting at 7am, OPSEU/SEFPO members, students, and allies will be holding a Day of Action at Georgian College’s Orillia campus. It’s part of a coordinated push across the province to show that it’s not business as usual while workers are on strike and Ford’s cuts are dismantling our colleges.

Engage Barrie contributing member Brandon Rhéal Amyot speaks to Brett Glover about the proposed Police budget increase, the city's proposed 0% property tax increase, and whether the public is being properly consulted about anything.

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.