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Bob Bruton

Bob Bruton

Bob Bruton began his newspaper career as a sports/news reporter and photographer in 1982 with the Strathroy Age-Dispatch, just outside of London, Ont. He came to Barrie in 1985, joining the Examiner’s sports department until 1988 before moving to the newsroom where he covered city hall, wrote editorials, columns and features until the paper closed in November 2017. He became a full-time member of the Barrie Today news team in December 2020.

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COLUMN: Timing of province's $200 cheques seems suspect

COLUMN: Timing of province's $200 cheques seems suspect

'Just about every government goes on a spending spree as an election campaign approaches,' says reporter Bob Bruton
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Time for province, feds to take encampments 'seriously,' says Barrie mayor

Time for province, feds to take encampments 'seriously,' says Barrie mayor

There have been problems with garbage and litter, as well as fires in the tents and enclosures where people live
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No Mow May? Barrie resident dinged with bylaw infraction

No Mow May? Barrie resident dinged with bylaw infraction

'I feel this particular bylaw should be challenged to support our local pollinator population. It's frustrating,' says Barrie woman
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Barrie city councillors want to be immortalized in street names

Barrie city councillors want to be immortalized in street names

'This would be a policy that we could honour the people who serve their community and something they could be proud of,' says deputy mayor
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'Shocked': Barrie councillors react to bus threats around homeless plan

'Shocked': Barrie councillors react to bus threats around homeless plan

Group would use public bus networks, private transportation and charter coach transportation to send the homeless directly to council members’ homes if there’s no policy change
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Ontario mayor received police protection due to threats

Ontario mayor received police protection due to threats

Lehman is not seeking re-election. 'Unfortunately, it seems to come with the territory these days, but that doesn’t make it OK. I think this stuff is part of the reason good people don't run for council.'
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Barrie busker saddled with 'ridiculous' insurance rates

Barrie busker saddled with 'ridiculous' insurance rates

'I’m just appalled. People drive cars and they don’t pay $30 a day,' says Barrie musician Dean Wiseman
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Barrie Police uncover new checkerboard look for some cruisers

Barrie Police uncover new checkerboard look for some cruisers

'They need to attract the attention of motorists, but they also need to be able to quickly be identified as a police vehicle,' Barrie police chief says of new design
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Toronto’s homeless are moving north, some to Barrie

Toronto’s homeless are moving north, some to Barrie

'The City of Toronto and partner agencies do not in any way encourage people to leave Toronto for other municipalities,' says spokesperson
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ONTARIO: Barrie tornado wasn't unique, says wind doctor, but devastation brought heightened attention

ONTARIO: Barrie tornado wasn't unique, says wind doctor, but devastation brought heightened attention

'These tornadoes happen often in Canada. I’d say we probably get 10-plus of them a year. This wasn’t like a once-in-a-hundred-years sort of event,' says Dr. Connell Miller
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