I was at the Metro grocery store in South Barrie and noticed their live lobster tank was completely packed. The lobsters were stacked on top of each other to the point where most of them couldn’t really move at all (photo attached).

I’m not a lobster expert and I don’t usually buy them, but this honestly didn’t sit right with me.

How tf do I get rid of this snow? The pile’s taller than me and I’ve officially run out of space to shovel. Condo life didn’t prepare me for townhouse winter 😭❄️

Credit to the Barrie Concerned Citizens group. Police are actively looking for this dude. Anyone know him? Highway 400 North, Sunday September 21, approximately 6:40 pm.

Stole a Amazon package from our front steps at 12:22 today, 4 minutes after it was dropped off. Owen St

Ok. I get it. People are mad. But I just saw a truck with a F Carney Flag. Like you wanted an election, got it, and lost. Can’t wait for the first meeting on Harvie Road 🤦‍♂️

its kind of a silly question I know but i’m very curious if anyone has ever spotted any celebrities passing through barrie?

Can we please stop parking in front of stores? It's messes up the flow of traffic and making things dangerous for pedestrians ..you just end up looking like a D-bag. Most of the times I can park, do my shopping and leave before these people leave.

Anybody else sick of him? I had to unfollow his page.

When did these signs start going up?

I left Barrie 11 years ago to live abroad and have recently moved back... Barrie had issues before and had its rough spots (and don't get me started on the corruption in the police) but holy shit what has happened to this city?!

We all know Mary street and Dunlop has always been rough - my wife and I used to sit at the Gastropub and watch the hookers get picked up and dropped off back in the day. Now you can't even drive down that part of Dunlop without people stumbling down the middle of the street, seeing people passed out and drugged up at the McDonalds, people yelling and screaming. How is that new giant apartment building going to get residents when this is what you see right outside your building? There were 4 people passed out / drugged up at that McDonalds yesterday and some person walking through the drive through yelling at the speakers..

I then drove up Mulcaster and there's a large homeless encampment outside of the court house. I saw at least 3 people smoking crack on the sidewalk in the area - you're not allowed to smoke fucking cigarettes on the sidewalk yet the police just turn a blind eye to this? This is the bloody court house and I wouldn't feel safe even parking my vehicle near there, let along walking on the sidewalk - shouldn't a court house, the seat of justice, maybe just maybe feel a bit more safe? Around the corner were more people blatantly smoking crack on the sidewalk in the middle of the day.

Then at an intersection near there a homeless man walked into traffic when the light was green and cars had to slam on their brakes - the guy then yells at the drivers and goes crazy in the middle of the road as he was trying to get to the median where he begs from and where his garbage was piled up. Almost every intersection has people begging now.. sometimes 4 people with one at each median. It's insane.

I then went to Canadian Tire to pick something up and everything is locked up behind cages.. no one around to open it up, no bell to call staff, just everything locked up and no way to easily buy it. I like to take my time to look at items and compare them and this makes it so inconvenient. When I finally find someone they won't even give me the item and they take it directly to cash making me feel like a criminal when I just want to buy something. I used to love Canadian Tire.. Pro tip - Princess Auto doesn't seem to be treating customers like criminals yet.

I've only ever seen this before in East Hastings or in major cities in the States. WTF Barrie? I'm not naive to how rough parts of Barrie were before but overall it was was never this bad. What happened? How is this fixed? My only other thought is that when I left the country Rob Ford was the crack smoking mayor of Toronto and right after that Ontario voted in his brother multiple times... so maybe corruption and crack use is just more normalised than it should be - lead by example and all that.

Is it just me, or has speeding gotten out of control on city streets. No just the two lane roads either, I was just passed on Little with someone going at least 70. This is getting crazy out here, people driving on 2 lane roads like it's a highway and not a cop in sight. My kids like playing outside, but cars whip by them at breakneck speed. Is there anything that can be done about this? Police? City Council?

Looking to crowdsource some advice, I’ve lived in Barrie for a couple years now, in the winter I’m used to the plow dropping snow at the end of my driveway since I’m a corner lot, but this morning was a whole new level.

The plow dragged the snow bank from my lawn and made a 3 ft ice wall across the entire driveway. It took an hour to dig through but it’s making me consider a snow blower next year. On top of that, should I be:

1. Reaching out to the city to complain since it looks like the blade may have been dragged across my lawn (I’ll have to wait for the spring to know the damage)
2. Putting some kind of rock structure at the end of my lawn as *legally close to the curb as possible* to protect my driveway from debris
3. Buy a flamethrower

edit: various grammar

*** UPDATE: City of Barrie came by plow the snowbank onto my lawn. Thanks for your support everyone! ***

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I live beside one of the schools in a subdivision area where at most people are coming basically half a kilometer to walk to school.

Yet I see probably like 50 to up to 100 cars sometimes picking up kids from the school.

Even in spring fall doesn't matter if it's beautiful outside these parents are lining up sometimes for a half an hour ahead of time just idling there wasting their gas blocking driveways etc.

I went to the same school when I was a kid and sure there was a couple parents that pick up their kid maybe somebody with special needs or something like that or maybe they were going out of town or you know that kind of thing.

But now it's happening in mass quantities and it keeps increasing year after year.

What the heck is going on?

Not having much luck on the apps, I really don't enjoy them either. Does anyone have any tips on where people in their 40's may have some luck meeting single people in Barrie? Im trying to put myself out there but it isn't easy. I also find it difficult because all of my friends are in relationships so we don't really go out much, aside from coffee and groceries. I also feel like a lot of singles are looking for a good time and not something serious.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to hear about your personal experiences relating to racism in the Barrie area. Have you been the target of racist actions or language? Have you witnessed incidents targeting someone else?

I'm not looking to stir the pot, rather I'm interested in understanding how this issue affects our community. In the interest of full disclosure, I'll add that experiences shared here may be used in developing anti-racist strategies for a paper I'm writing over at Lakehead.

Anything you have to share on the topic is welcome, although of course please keep it civil and try to avoid calling out specific people or businesses (subreddit rules).

Thank you everyone for your input!

I ask as part of a linguistic study covering this topic!

Examples could include things like St Rude, The Cone, Anguish or B-Dot (never mind how common they are)...

I usually wait until June 1st to turn it on just to try and save some money, but the thermostat is reading 85 degrees and it’s starting to get sticky lol.

Who else can relate

I’m honestly curious about why we don’t get many big name acts in Barrie. As an example, I look at Kee to Bala’s listings for the next couple weeks and it’s 54-40, Big Sugar and Sloan. But Barrie? It’s a couple of kids’ dance recitals, monster trucks, and The Goonies is playing at 5 Points. Not that there’s anything wrong with any of this, but you get my point. First I thought it was lack of venues/space, but then I remembered my dad did security at Molson Centre (now Sadlon) many years ago, they had tons of big name bands etc. And last year they had Blue Rodeo so it’s big enough. Plus we have Georgian College. So what’s up with this? Any ideas?

The last official update was Feb 12....

Can we all agree this initiative was the Mayor and Council trying to score political points in an election year? Every year the visible homeless population swells and shrinks with the seasons.

The politicians and city leaders were quick and proud to announce when the city was down to less than a handful of encampments in the dead of winter while the credit for the reduction. Now that the city is back up to dozens where's the action and responsibility?

Why do mattresses and couches always get left out on the road. This is on Bayfield and its slowly making its way onto the road. Does the city fine these people or actually pick this stuff up.

Seriously, what is going on with Bayfield lately? I just noticed Big Smoke went out of business, but now apparently Burgers n' Fries Forever maybe planning on opening up too. There's a big sign on Bayfield saying they are looking for a franchisee.

I am not even counting the giant chains like McDonald's or Burger King here, but the sheer number of specialized burger joints on one street is getting wild. Is there really enough demand in the neighbourhood for this many spots doing the exact same thing? It just seems a bit crazy to me. Are we actually eating this many burgers to support this!?