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Jeep stolen last night from Bayfield St. parking lot

Jeep stolen last night from Bayfield St. parking lot

Barrie police say green 2022 Jeep JJD, with Ontario licence plate PB1O37, was taken sometime between 10:15 p.m. and midnight
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Two Barrie men charged with murder in Georgina double shooting

Two Barrie men charged with murder in Georgina double shooting

York Regional Police have charged 19-year-old John McKay and 20-year-old Ethan Pashak-McNeil with first-degree murder
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'Everybody liked her': Dead man's 1994 interview with police shown at murder trial

'Everybody liked her': Dead man's 1994 interview with police shown at murder trial

'I never had such a shock in my life,' outlaw biker William 'Woody' Theakston told homicide detectives of seeing Katherine Janeiro's body
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Warrants issued in Ontario scam that defrauded people of their homes

Warrants issued in Ontario scam that defrauded people of their homes

OPP says multi-faceted scam involves door-to-door sales, secret remortgaging scheme and shoddy home renovations
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'It's really horrible': Rama family loses everything in fire

'It's really horrible': Rama family loses everything in fire

'We didn't have any private insurance, so all of our belongings are lost,' says resident of destroyed Rama home; family's cat also perished in Tuesday evening fire
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Grieving grandma says Penetang drowning victim didn't know how to swim

Grieving grandma says Penetang drowning victim didn't know how to swim

'I wish I was with my grandson and my son right now. I wouldn't have to feel all this pain and misery,' says grandmother of Isaac Coombs Howran
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Young man with 'big heart' mourned after deadly weekend crash

Young man with 'big heart' mourned after deadly weekend crash

'This is an unbelievable (and) tragic story that no family should face,' family friend says of Ethan Hayes-Laverdière
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Three people sent to hospital after truck slams into house

Three people sent to hospital after truck slams into house

Crash happened around lunchtime today near corner of Livingstone Street West and Ferndale Drive North in Barrie
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Pair found shot to death near Georgina park

Pair found shot to death near Georgina park

Schools placed in hold-and-secure after gunshots were fired in nearby park this morning
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Bandit steals furniture from Barrie home's front porch

Bandit steals furniture from Barrie home's front porch

Police say thief took bench, chair and small glass table from Wellington Street East home
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