Link tp Simcoe.com assessment January 22 2013...

By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner January 8, 2013  Barrie councillors received a staff report Monday detailing four opinion polls showing city residents don’t want a casino as part of a hotel/convention centre in the downtown, but took no action on it....

Why cold Canada is becoming a hot spot for data centresBy JONATHAN STOLLER Globe and Mail Dec. 20 2012Canadian winters are challenging for some, but they have their advantages. In addition to producing the world’s best hockey players, Canada has become host to a growing number of data centres that ta...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner December 7, 2012 Barrie gained 1,200 jobs in one month.The good news out of November’s Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada indicates that not only did a whole bunch of Barrie’s unemployed gain full-time employment, but unemployment rates have been steadily fal...

By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner December 7, 2012 The return on a China trip will come eventually, if not immediately, says Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman.“It only takes one Barrie company expanding, or one investment into a Barrie company or building by a Chinese group, to pay for the trade mission a hundre...

By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner December 4, 2012Arif Khan’s big blue signs came down Tuesday, just hours after his name went up in lights following Barrie’s Ward 8 byelection....

Phosphorous targets not met at sewage plant By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Oct 04, 2012 BARRIE - Barrie is appealing an Ontario order to flush another $100 million into the sewage treatment plant.Despite $85 million in upgrades finished last year, Barrie’s wastewater treatment facility isn’t meeting p...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Sep 28, 2012 BARRIE - Barrie still needs the help of business to help the city grow, Mayor Jeff Lehman told the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce....

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Sep 19, 2012  BARRIE – The state-of-the-art data centre on Bayview Drive is bringing Ontario’s economic development minister, IBM Canada president and IBM clients to Barrie Friday morning. Brad Duguid will join Barrie MP Patrick Brown and Mayor Jeff Lehman at 11 a....

By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Sep 11, 2012BARRIE - The City of Barrie has avoided scheduled dates to discuss an appeal to its Official Plan.In 2009, the City of Barrie adopted a new Official Plan, and sent it to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval April 23, 2010....