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SUNDAY SEVEN: BarrieToday's top stories of the past week

A search at Sunnidale Park for missing Barrie woman Autumn Shaganash, a fatal motorcyle crash and a high school soccer game that got physical among this week's top stories
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Emergency crews tend to a driver at the scene of a serious motorcycle crash on Mapleview Drive West on Tuesday afternoon.

Editor's note: The following were some of BarrieToday's most widely read stories from the past week.

'What we need': Three-day search of Sunnidale Park for missing woman begins

Barrie police and ISN Maskwa, an Indigenous-led organization, has been brought in to assist with search for 26-year-old Autumn Shaganash, last seen near the park before she vanished on June 10, 2023

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'It was rape': Military member describes Base Borden incident at trial

Cpl. Oleksii Silin, 44, was charged after Elvira Jaszberenyi, 60, came forward to military police in May 2018 claiming she had been sexually assaulted

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Serious motorcycle crash closes Mapleview Drive

A motorcycle collided with a car pulling out of a restaurant parking lot just east of Veteran’s Drive in Barrie at around 3:30 p.m. Bystanders tended to the driver of the motorcycle, who suffered serious injuries, before paramedics arrived

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Court orders mental health assessment for woman accused of killing 3 people in 3 days

A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.

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High school soccer game turns physical, on and off field

'Aggressive, harassing, disrespectful, threatening or violent behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated,' said letter to families.

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Springwater puts off request to move forward on community hub

Township council won't make a decision to move forward with project until the new year

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Barrie fire crews douse Vespra Street encampment fire 

Vespra Street encampment fire contained to 'mostly wooden skids' says Barrie fire chief

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