Kelly Desjardins is camping out this weekend — 32-feet in the air. For a third-straight year, the local resident is trying to raise money for local cancer care by staying perched in the air above the Bayfield Street Wal-Mart in the city's north end.[...]

What is on the agenda Monday at City Council: • Mikailey McLeod of St. John Vianney School and Nicholas Squires of St. Bernadette Elementary School will be sworn in as Barrie's next student mayors.[...]

(Re: "It's always important that you feel the love at work" in the Oct. 16 edition of the Examiner) I had cut out Nicki Cruickshank's column a couple of weeks ago on how some people love their work.[...]

Lord knows what to expect when Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's comedy special airs tomorrow night on Fox and Global.[...]

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit received an "unexpected" delivery of 10,000 H1N1 vaccines, yesterday, but Remembrance Day clinics have been cancelled That brings the total number of vaccines on hand to about 23,000, but local medical officer of health Dr.[...]

Wrapped in a blanket, little Makoa slept right through the noisiest high school basketball game of the year. Indeed, the Barrie Central Phoenix and St. Joseph's Jaguars senior girls basketball teams had the fans at St.[...]

The Furry Friends may be one of the largest safe havens in the region for cats in need, but lately the organization has found itself in great need of relief as well. "We have about 15 foster homes helping us out, but we're still full to the max here," said Marie Aldred, the group's president.[...]

He looks out from beneath a soldier's cap, clean-shaven with short hair, his uniform pressed yet unadorned by medals. Not a young man, but not an old soldier either. There's a keenness to his straight-ahead stare showing a sincerity that places him from a different time, and another war.[...]

Toronto will host the 2015 Pan Am Games after beating out two rival South American cities. The decision came down Friday in Guadalajara, Mexico, where a team including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller made their last pitch to host the games.[...]

TORONTO (CP) — The families of two men shot dead by Ontario Provincial Police officers this summer, including one in Elmvale, have asked a Superior Court judge to change the way police lawyers handle such cases.[...]

Due to a technical glitch, the Examiner's Escape The City publication was not inserted into Friday's edition. The publication will be in Saturday's paper. We apologize for any confusion.[...]

FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" - before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.[...]

FORT HOOD, Texas - A neighbour says an Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage. Neighbour Patricia Villa says Maj.[...]

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will open the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto today. The royal couple will then tour the exhibition, billed as the world's largest indoor agricultural show and international equestrian competition.[...]

TORONTO - A decision on whether Toronto will be the host city for the 2015 Pan Am Games comes down this afternoon. Bid adviser Bob Richardson says he's confident his team has done all that it can to sell the region which will share the games, and it's now up to the voters.[...]

SIMCOE MUSKOKA – Public H1N1 flu clinics continue to offer vaccine exclusively to the six high risk groups, the health unit says.[...]

Sharon Partridge, manager, employee engagement at Royal Victoria Hospital, accepted top honours at the 2009 Healthy Workplace Awards held Thursday at the RVH.[...]

Earlier this week, while getting gas at the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on Bayfield Street, I was accosted by a man who was obviously very high. He yelled obscenities at me and then proceeded to take a swing at me.[...]

There is only one question that remains to be answered about the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship: Will Brian France wait until after the final race at Homestead Miami Speedway to legislate Hendrick Motorsports back to the pack? It must be driving the bosses at 1801 W.[...]

A Christmas Carolhas survived Barbie, Mickey Mouse, Mr. Magoo and even Matthew McConaughey (if you countGhosts of Girlfriends Past).[...]