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Barrie
Barrie is a city in Central Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay. Although it is physically in the county, Barrie is politically independent. The city is part of the extended urban area in southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, Greater Golden Horseshoe. As of the 2021 Census of Population, 2021 census, the city's population was 147,829, while the Census metropolitan areas, census metropolitan area had a population of 212,856 residents. The area was first settled during the War of 1812 as a supply depot for British forces, and Barrie was named after Sir Robert Barrie. The city has grown significantly in recent decades due to the emergence of the technology industry. It is connected to the Greater Golden Horseshoe by Ontario Highway 400 and GO Transit. Significant sectors of the city's diversified economy include education, healthcare, information technology and manufacturing. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Nuttall
Alexander Nuttall (born August 10, 1985) is a Canadian politician who serves as the 47th and current mayor of Barrie. Previously, he served on Barrie City Council from 2006 until 2014, and as the member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte from 2015 to 2019. Nuttall won the 2022 Barrie municipal election. Early life and education Nuttall was born on August 10, 1985 in Liverpool, England. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1989, and grew up living in government-subsidized housing in Barrie, Ontario, with his mother and two older brothers after his parents divorced when he was eight. He attended Allandale Heights Public School, was elected student mayor while attending St. Peter's Catholic Secondary School in 2002, and went on to graduate from Innisdale Secondary School in 2004. Nuttall majored in Political Science while studying at Redeemer University and Laurentian University. Political career Barrie City C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Barrie
Sir Robert Barrie (5 May 1774 – 7 June 1841) was a British naval officer noted for his service in the War of 1812. He was helped early in his naval career by the patronage of his uncle, Sir Alan Gardner, who arranged for him to take part in the Vancouver Expedition. When the Pacific Coast was explored, he had served as a midshipman with Captain Vancouver in 1791. He attained the rank of Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. Career Barrie served in European waters from 1801 to 1811. He was mentioned in dispatches for his gallant conduct in a fight with a French squadron when, as First Lieutenant of ''Bourdelais'', "though dangerously wounded, he had disdained to quit the deck". Barrie then commanded a number of ships during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In 1804 he had been promoted Captain commanded ''Brilliant'' at 24-guns and in 1806 he went to ''Pomone'' at 38-guns. On 5 June 1807, he attacked a convoy of seventeen ships, sank three men-of-war, and captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simcoe County, Ontario
Simcoe County is a county and census division located in the central region of Ontario, Canada. The county is located north of the Greater Toronto Area, and forms the north western edge of the Golden Horseshoe. The county seat is located in Midhurst. The cities of Barrie and Orillia are geographically within Simcoe County, but are both politically independent single-tier municipalities. Geography Simcoe County stretches from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west. The land area of the county is . The Niagara Escarpment runs through sections of the western part of the county, and the Minesing Wetlands, a Ramsar Convention "Wetland of International Importance", is located in the centre of the county. Simcoe County is informally split into two subregions, “South Simcoe” and “North Simcoe”. The dividing line between these two areas is Simcoe County Road 90 (Mill St.). South Simcoe municipalities are situated at the northern boundary of the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadlon Arena
Sadlon Arena (formerly known as the Barrie Molson Centre) is a 4,195-seat multi-purpose arena in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily home to the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League. It is located in the south end of the city on Bayview Drive at Mapleview Drive, near Park Place. The arena hosted its first OHL game on December 31, 1995, when the Barrie Colts hosted the Sudbury Wolves. The Colts played the first half of their inaugural season at the old Dunlop Arena while the BMC was under construction. It is the former home of the Barrie Lakeshores of Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league with 7 teams based in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The league championship team each year goes on to play against the champions of the Western Lac .... The Molson Centre hosted the 2013 The Dominion Tankard, the provincial curling championship. The naming agreement for the Barrie Molson Centre end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrie City Council
Barrie City Council is the governing body for the City of Barrie, in Ontario, Canada. The council consists of the Mayor of Barrie and ten councillors, who represent the ten wards of the city. The council postagendasfor council meetings. There are four city departments: the Chief Administrators Office, the Community Operations Division, the Corporate Services Division, and the Infrastructure, Development & Culture Division. 2003–2006 Council 2006–2010 Council The city of Barrie had an election along with many other Ontario communities, including Toronto, on 13 November 2006. 2010–2014 Council The city of Barrie had an election along with many other Ontario communities, including Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ..., on 25 October 2010. 2014–201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Shipley
Doug Shipley (born June 10, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He previously served on the Barrie City Council for Ward 3 from 2010 to 2019. Political career Municipal politics Shipley is a former city councillor for the Barrie City Council from 2010-2019. While serving as Councillor for Ward 3, Shipley served as Chair of Finance and Corporate Services, Chair of Infrastructure, Investment and Development Services Committee, and Deputy Chair of the Barrie Police Services Board. He also sat on several committees, including the Barrie and Area Physician Recruitment Task Force. Federal Politics Shipley was first elected to represent the riding of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte in the House of Commons in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Shipley was re-elected to represent the same riding at the 44th Canadian Parliament. On S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brassard
John Brassard (born May 11, 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Barrie—Innisfil in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Brassard is a former firefighter. Political career Barrie City Council (to 2015) Brassard is a former city councillor for the Barrie City Council. Federal Member of Parliament (2015-present) Brassard was re-elected to represent the same riding at the 43rd Canadian Parliament as well as the 44th Canadian Parliament. Brassard occupied the position Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition in the 42nd and 43rd Commons, in addition to various Committee roles. On February 5, 2022 he was appointed Opposition House Leader by new interim Leader of the Conservative Party Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on '' Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Khanjin
Andrea Daria Khanjin (born December 27, 1987) is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of the environment, conservation and parks since 2023 and the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Barrie—Innisfil since 2018. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party, Khanjin was previously her caucus' deputy house leader from 2020 to 2024 and deputy party whip from 2022 to 2023. She was also a parliamentary assistant from 2018 to 2023. Khanjin is the first Jewish woman to be a PC cabinet minister. Politics Khanjin ran as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the 2018 Ontario general election for the riding of Barrie-Innisfil, won with 22,121 votes, and defeated the Liberal incumbent by 16,576 votes. She was re-elected in 2022 Ontario general election The 2022 Ontario general election was held on June 2, 2022, to elect Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), Members of the Provincial Parliament to serve in the 43rd Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Downey
Douglas Richard Downey (born February 2, 1970) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Downey was named Parliamentary Assistant to Finance Minister Vic Fedeli shortly after the government was sworn in. He was appointed to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on July 26, 2018, vice-chair of the Select Committee on Financial Transparency on October 3, 2018; deputy government whip on November 5, 2018 and Attorney General on June 20, 2019. Background Raised in Bond Head, Ontario, Downey received a bachelor's degree in political science from Wilfrid Laurier University, an M.A. specializing in judicial administration from Brock University, a law degree from Dalhousie University and a master of laws in municipal and development law through Osgoode Hall Law School. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacLaren Art Centre
The MacLaren Art Centre is an art gallery and museum, located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is named in honour of Maurice MacLaren, who bequeathed his Victorian home, Maple Hill, to the Barrie Gallery Project in 1989. The MacLaren Art Centre later moved to the former City of Barrie library, a Carnegie building, and added to it; the new gallery opened in September 2001. The building was designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects. The first piece in the gallery's collection is the Spirit Catcher, a sculpture by Ron Baird, first displayed at Expo '86 in Vancouver, and donated by the Peacock Foundation. See also * List of art museums Africa Algeria * Algiers: Museum of Modern Art of Algiers, Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers * Oran: Ahmed Zabana National Museum Egypt * Cairo: Egyptian Museum, Museum of Islamic Ar ... * List of museums in Ontario References {{authority control Art museums and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempenfelt Bay
Kempenfelt Bay is a long bay that leads into the Canadian city of Barrie, Ontario. It is as deep as in places, and is connected to the larger Lake Simcoe. It is known for its ice fishing and legends of Kempenfelt Kelly, a Loch Ness monster style prehistoric creature. Kempenfelt Bay is home each year to Kempenfest, an outdoor arts and crafts festival. History Iroquoian peoples began migrating to the Simcoe County area by the late 13th century. Early Ontario Iroquoian sites in the area which have been identified by archaeologists tend to be situated near bodies of water, and at least six lie adjacent to Kempenfelt Bay or lie closely to its west. In particular, a number of these sites are in a low-lying area near the Minesing Wetlands, which drained into the bay. This area was not very suitable for the growing of crops, but instead provided opportunities for hunting and fishing. Excavated faunal remains from settlements show a predominance of fish, with evidence of intensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
