You just gotta like rock in your chair for like 24 hours. So I mean, like I had books, I had like a cooler of food. – Rebecca and Jenny Laviolette tell the story of their high school fundraising event, the Rockathon.

I find in downtown Barrie it’s more family, and there’s more community there where you can gather. – Juliette Kingsley describe Barrie’s waterfront downtown with dad Rob and sister Stephanie.

He was so well known for standing on this corner at a certain time of day. Or walking the rest of the town, the rest of the time of the day. – Bob Doxey

He also volunteers for the soccer club… He runs it and he’s like known for being a big part of that. – Haydie wood

Independently owned community newspaper that’s flipped, English on one side, French on the other. – Isabel Mosseler