With a significant winter storm system setting its sights on southern Ontario, the County of Simcoe is working to make sure nobody is without a roof over their head in the coming days.
The harsh reality of homelessness is unmistakable in Barrie as makeshift shelters and encampments pop up across the city for those with no place to call home as winter temperatures start to plummet.
The toxicity of the street supply of unregulated substances increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be a driving factor of the current drug toxicity crisis.