Jeff Lehman

The central Ontario city of Barrie will turn its attention to clean-up today, July 16, 2021, after a twister tore through a neighbourhood, damaging homes and injuring several people.

On June 12, Barrie city council voted unanimously to reprimand Coun. Keenan Aylwin for calling out two Tory MPs for "playing footsies" with white supremacy. The reprimand was the first the council had delivered to one of its own, and in delivering it Barrie, Ontario, has become a microcosmic study in how difficult it can be for governments to effectively tackle the increasingly troubling issue.