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In today’s Mom Scoop:
🍂 Fall Pop-Up Market & Pumpkin Painting @ Bradford Greenhouses
💌 Run for the Cure @ Centennial Park
🍁 InnisFALL @ Innisfil Town Square
🍽 Recipe Of The Week: Chicken Stew
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Let’s get to it!
🍂 Bradford Fall Pop-Up Market with Free Pumpkin Painting @ Bradford Greenhouses
Discover the best of local artisans at our Fall Pop-Up Market in Bradford!
Shop a selection of handmade goods from talented artisans, featuring everything from unique jewelry and fashion to home decor and fresh food.
Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind shopping experience – perfect for finding special, locally-made treasures this fall!
Pumpkin Painting is at both locations (Barrie & Bradford) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (first come first served while supplies last for children under 12)
🎟 Free admission
📅 Sunday October 4th - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
📍 Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery - 3817 County Rd 4, Bradford
💌 Run for the Cure @ Centennial Park Barrie
Join on Sunday, October 4, 2026, for the Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure, a breast cancer fundraiser that brings together communities across the country. Whether you choose to run or walk, your participation helps support all Canadians impacted by breast cancer.
📅 Sunday October 4th - 8:30 a.m.
📍 Centennial Park, Barrie
🍁 InnisFALL @ Innisfil Town Square
InnisFALL offers a welcoming and engaging experience for the whole community.
Main Stage Performances
Storytime with the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library | 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Performance featuring The Juggling Chef | 11 to 11:45 a.m.
Live music featuring Murray Drive | 12 to 2 p.m.
Free Entertainment
Trackless train rides
Crafts and activities
Farm animals
Face painting and a caricature artist
Stilt-Walking Scarecrow
Pie pumpkin giveaways (while supplies last)
📆 Saturday October 3rd - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
📍Innisfil Town Square - 971 Innisfil Beach Road
👩🍳 Recipe of the Week: Chicken Stew
Not only is this one-pot meal easy to prepare, it also tastes like it’s been simmering on the stove for hours, even though it only takes 45 minutes from start to finish. Cooking the chicken in the stew means that it releases all its juices into the broth as it cooks, giving the stew a ton of extra flavor.
🗞 Local Good News Stories
💉 SMDHU reminds families to plan ahead for RSV season. Read more.
💰 Personal finance pros reveal one thing they wish they knew when they were younger. Read more.
🎒 EQAO standardized test success rates up slightly from previous year. Read more.
🥖 Behind the scenes at the Barrie Food Bank: I spent time helping alongside the engine that powers this valuable community organization. Read more.
💉 Free flu and COVID-19 shots start today in Ontario for high-risk groups, but roll out to other residents Oct 26. Read more.
🥇 Orillia woman brings home silver medal in international bike race. Read more.
🍰 Crumbl grand opening takes place Friday in Barrie. Read more.
💵 Local restauranteurs pledge $150K to Alliston hospital project. Read more.
😁 ‘We just laugh’: Improv crew gives Barrie somewhere to let go, find positivity. Read more.
🔧 Georgian College welcomes $800M investment in skilled trades. Read more.
🤠 Rodeo, live country music and free family festival set for Wasaga. Read more.
🩺 Local eye doctor turns focus to prostate cancer with book, website. Read more.
👰 Woman walking to courthouse in wedding dress to raise awareness of post-separation abuse. Read more.
🍂 County’s bi-weekly fall leaf, yard waste collection resumes Oct. 5. Read more.
☑ RBC directs $500,000 to YMCA for wayfinding measures. Read more.
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Friday
🎨 Messy! @ Barrie Library - Painswick Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Read more.
✂ Craft & Connect @ Barrie Library - Downtown Branch - 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Learn more.
🎈 Parachute Play @ Barrie Library - Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Learn more.
🎥 Friday Flicks @ the Barrie Library - Painswick Branch - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.
Saturday
🧑🌾 Barrie Farmer’s Market @ City Hall - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more.
📕 Creative Tales @ Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🎃 Pumpkin Mania @ Rounds Ranch - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learn more.
🍂 Fall Festival Weekend @ Chappell Farms - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ Barrie Library Downtown Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🤖 Robots, Robots, Robots @ Barrie Library Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🚲 Ride for Refuge Barrie @ Sunnidale Park - 10 a.m. Learn more.
🛩 Barrie Travel Show @ Liberty North - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.
🕷 Halloween & Harvest Village @ Drysdale’s - 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn more.
☪ Islamic Heritage Celebration @ Barrie Library Downtown - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.
👩🎨 40th Anniversary Open House @ MacLaren Art centre - 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
🟦 Lego Drop In @ the Barrie Library Downtown - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn more.
🧩 Board Games & Puzzles @ the Barrie Library Holly Branch - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn more.
Sunday
📕 Creative Tales @ the Barrie Library - Downtown Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - Painswick Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
📕 Creative Tales @ the Barrie Library - Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🕷 Halloween & Harvest Village @ Drysdale’s - 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn more.
🎃 Pumpkin Mania @ Rounds Ranch - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learn more.
🍂 Fall Festival Weekend @ Chappell Farms - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.
🧙♀ Bewitched Witches Market @ Lions Gate Banquet Centre - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
🌳 Family Fun: Fall Memory Race @ Friday Harbour Beach - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more.
👗 Hairspray & Grease Drag Brunch - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Get tickets.
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