CANCELLED: Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, December 5, 2024, 5:30pm
CANCELLED - no explanation made public Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1211199&GUID=8E0A0B5E-703F-4C12-8618-7F7797...
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Accountability Team
Jul 261 min read
Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee – Thursday, August 1, 2024, 5:30pm
This meeting was CANCELLED, no explanation made public Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1211354&GUID=CCE5C2BA-EE25-...
Engage Barrie
Jan 101 min read
Household Food Insecurity "Lunch & Learn", January 23
Posting on behalf of our partners at the Simcoe County Food Council Household Food Insecurity in Simcoe County / Muskoka January 23, 12...
Accountability Team
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Circulation List for December 13, 2023
A new "food forest" has been planted, there's a public meeting on the City's proposal to allow up to four units on a residential...
Accountability Team
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Community Safety Committee – Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 6pm - Public Meeting: HOMELESSNESS
This is "The Biggie" – the Public Meeting to discuss the anti-homeless motion and bills brought forward this spring. Please consider...
Engage Barrie
Jul 6, 202316 min read
Fact-Checking City & Council Communications re: "Homelessness" Motion & Bills
We made note of some incorrect information stated in the June 21 Council meeting, at which the controversial Bills 67 & 68 (the...
Engage Barrie
Jun 19, 20232 min read
JHSSM Response to Bills 67 & 68
Our colleagues at the John Howard Society of Simcoe & Muskoka has released a statement of their opposition to the Bylaw amendments. ...
Accountability Team
Jun 18, 202316 min read
City Council - Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 7:30pm – ACTION REQUESTED
The "homelessness" bylaws are being pushed through at this meeting. Visit https://www.engagebarrie.org/post/concerned-about-new-homeless...
Engage Barrie
Jun 16, 20231 min read
Concerned about the new homelessness bylaws? Contact your Councillor here
We've made it easy for you, with an email template you can customize and send! The bylaws directed by City Council's controversial Motion...
Engage Barrie
May 25, 20239 min read
EBO Response to Direct Motion Without Notice addressing Homelessness
Open Letter to Barrie City Council Mayor Nuttall, Councillors, CAO Prowse, We are writing in response to last Wednesday’s Direct Motion...
Christine Nayler
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go – response to today's Press Release
Editor's Note – for background, please visit last week's post regarding the Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go program moving to an indoor...
Christine Nayler
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Ryan's Hope Breakfast-To-Go Moves Indoors!
Editor's Note: We are not certain why Christine's name & photo don't appear properly in the "byline" for some – a technical issue we are...
Engage Barrie
Nov 24, 20221 min read
Celebration of Simcoe County Resistance to Bill 23 & Greenbelt Land Grabs
Virtual event hosted by Just Recovery Simcoe There’s been a lot of local action in Simcoe on Bill 23, protesting the threats to the...
Engage Barrie
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Fighting Bill 23 – Let's Unite to Rally for Change and Action!
Pop-up rallies to fight Bill 23 have been put together all across Simcoe County, including two in Barrie – November 19 (Barrie North) and...
Engage Barrie
Oct 1, 20222 min read
Simcoe County Food Council's "2002 Municipal Election Toolkit"
Engage Barrie is proud to have been one of the Simcoe County Food Council's community partners in helping to create this toolkit, along...
Accountability Team
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Finance and Corporate Services Committee – Monday, June 20, 2022, 6:15pm
This is a specially-called meeting, tucked in just before the regularly-scheduled City Council meeting – presumably, in order to bring...
Accountability Team
Mar 23, 20227 min read
City Council – Monday, March 28, 2022, 7pm
A cheque presentation by the Barrie Pickleball Club, a deputation regarding the grant to Cornerstone, the semi-annual update from the...
Accountability Team
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Seniors Advisory Committee – Monday, November 22, 2021, 10am
Watch Online: https://youtu.be/PfUWz0x1mxY Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=853254&GUID=95BF0A50-7454-46D5-94A5-454...
Engage Barrie
Nov 5, 20213 min read
Here's a Quick Way to Increase Safety
Nobody should be worried for their safety as they go about their day. But that's exactly what's happening to students across Simcoe County.
Accountability Team
Oct 21, 20214 min read
City Council, Monday, October 25, 2021, 7pm
Tonight's meeting includes a presentation from the Simcoe County Food Council, and another by Georgian College. Watch online: ...
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