BARRIE, ONT. Barrie is looking at making a permanent pandemic addition to the city s downtown a more permanent feature. Councillors will vote Monday on a proposal to convert up to eight on-street parking spaces to dedicated loading zones for pick up from nearby restaurants and shops. The plan would run as a one-year pilot project in partnership with the downtown BIA. Executive Director Kelly McKenna thinks the change would help businesses as they adjust to changing COVID-19 restrictions. We would really, clearly identify key spots on Dunlop where (for) 10 minutes, people could come in, run in, pick up the goods, get back in the car and continue without keeping a spot for a long time, McKenna says.
tragic and sad holiday season for chicago s bravest. will continue here this afternoon with the public visitation for corey ankum. the 34-year-old firefighter was killed in a building collapse exactly a week ago today. along with department veteran edward stringer. mayor daley is among the mourners expected. the two knew each other personally since aincome s widow works as mayor s personal secretary. stringer s funeral yesterday drew over 1,000 firefighters from all over north america and a similar scene is certain during the ankum funeral tomorrow. ahead of that, today s public visitation from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. here at the church of god at 63 and dorchester tomorrow s wake and funeral will start at 10:00 a.m. and will be providing live coverage on cltv as well as live streaming online at wgntv.com. inside workers are already preparing for the public visitation which again begins at 2:00. we are live in the woodlawn neighborhood. nancy loo, wgn news. an 18-year-old man was