BARRIE, ONT. Despite pleas to stay off Lake Simcoe s fast-changing ice, emergency crews were called to rescue two people in Oro-Medonte Saturday afternoon. Staff with Ontario Provincial Police and fire departments in Oro-Medonte and Barrie rushed to an area near Line 9 and Lakeshore Drive as an ATV teetered on the edge of a broken sheet of ice. With rising temperatures, bright sunshine, and high winds, ice conditions have been deteriorating quickly. Barrie s deputy fire chief says it can spell danger for people who venture out, even a short distance. A little current, a little motion and some wind, and the ice floe takes off with them, and they can t get back to shore, said Carrie Clark.
BARRIE, ONT. A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 400 in Bradford Friday night. It happened in the southbound lanes near Highway 88 at about 7:45 p.m. The investigation closed southbound lanes of the 400 for several hours Friday night. OPP officers are still trying to determine why the man killed was walking on the 400.
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GEORGINA, ONT. Thousands of York Region residents received the COVID vaccine this week at various clinics across the region. Some residents, like Donald Norris, have been waiting for this for months. It means that I will be able to visit friends and family after a year of being locked down, Norris said. Five hundred Pfizer vaccines were administered to residents 80 years and older at Georgina Ice Palace Friday. York Region s medical officer of health, Dr. Karim Kurji, said over 84,000 doses had been administered, with over half to seniors 80 and older. Kurji said there is a lot of anticipation surrounding the week of March 23, with a large shipment of vaccinations expected.