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In today’s Mom Scoop:
❄ Family Day Fun @ Downtown Barrie
⛄ MId-Winter Social @ Discovery Harbour
🚂 Model Train Show @ Bradford Greenhouses Barrie
🍽 Recipe Of The Week: One-Pan Creamy Chicken & Gnocchi
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Let’s get to it!
❄⛄ Family Day Fun @ Downtown Barrie
Celebrate Family Day in downtown Barrie with indoor and outdoor fun at City Hall. Join us for a day full of free, family-friendly activities, including outdoor experiences at the Circle at the Centre Ice Rink. Activities at City Hall include:
DJ hosted party skate
Family-oriented games and activities
Crafts
Inflatables
Face painting
Food vendors
Inclusion zone
Free hot chocolate
Bonfire area for warming up
Barrie Recreation Centres are also having drop in programming. See the schedule here.
📆 Monday February 16th - times vary
📍 Downtown Barrie
❄ Mid-Winter Social @ Discovery Harbour
The Mid‑Winter Social transforms the historic grounds of Discovery Harbour into a lively mix of glowing firepits, heritage experiences, delicious comfort food, and hands‑on adventures. Add to your experience with a dynamic, kid-approved performance inside the King’s Wharf Theatre!
Saturday, February 14 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, February 15 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, February 16 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$12 per person, taxes included – children 5 and under are free
Get outside and enjoy historic winter fun at Discovery Harbour, from snow tubing to blacksmithing – live performances sold separately
📍 Discovery Harbour - 93 Jury Drive, Penetanguishene
🎟 Mom Scoop readers can use coupon code MWS26SCOOP to get 15% off online ticket purchases.
🚂 Check out the Model Trains @ Bradford Greenhouses
The 54th annual Barrie Allandale Railway Modellers show & sale is happening at Bradford Greenhouses this weekend, and it’s the largest in Ontario. There will be lots of displays and vendors.
📆 Saturday February 14th and Sunday February 15th - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
📍 Bradford Greenhouses Barrie
👩🍳 Recipe of the Week: Monster Meatballs
When looking for an easy, flavourful weeknight dinner, meatballs are hard to beat. They’re simple, easily customizable, and are great for meal prepping, but with all good things come a cost. With meatballs, the cost is the annoyance of forming each individual meatball, over and over again. Enter: these jumbo-sized meatballs. You only have to form 4 of them, cutting the recipe prep time down by at least a third. The large meatballs are then slow-roasted in marinara sauce to make them tender and oh-so-tasty.
🗞 Local Good News Stories
💘 Love is in the air downtown Barrie for Family Day weekend. Read more.
⏱ County announces Family Day closures, service changes. Read more.
⛄ Excitement building for Wasaga Beach’s annual SnowmanMania. Read more.
🚘 Auto thefts in Ontario decreased by 22% last year: report. Read more.
👩🏫 $100K lotto win puts ‘huge smile’ on Barrie teacher’s face. Read more.
👪 Family Day 2026: 3 Simcoe County events for a perfect winter long weekend. Read more.
💰 Budgeting in Barrie: The top grocery flyer savings on staples this week. Read more.
💵 Orillia gives $1M boost for new 115-unit affordable housing project. Here’s what you need to know. Read more.
🚦 New traffic safety initiative targets high-risk areas across Barrie. Read more.
🎵 Jonas Brothers saddle up as Friday night headliners at Boots and Hearts 2026. Read more.
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Friday
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library Holly Branch - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🎙 THRIVE: Our Voices in Motion @ The Barrie Library - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Learn more.
🎥 Friday Flicks @ The Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.
⛄ Moonlit Snowshoe @ Horseshoe Valley - 7 p.m. Learn more.
Saturday
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - various branches - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
⛷🏔️ Family Tubing Fun @ Snowshoe Valley Resort - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Learn more.
🥳 Family Day Winter Party @ The Barrie Library Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
⛸ Friday, I’m in Love! @ Friday Harbour - event times vary. Learn more.
🚂 Model Train Show @ Sale @ Bradford Greenhouses - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
⛄ Moonlit Snowshoe @ Horseshoe Valley - 7 p.m. Learn more.
🎭 Black History Month with Maestro Fresh Wes @ Five Points Theatre - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Learn more.
Sunday
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - Holly Branch - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
⛷🏔️ Family Tubing Fun @ Snowshoe Valley Resort 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Learn more.
🚂 Model Train Show @ Sale @ Bradford Greenhouses - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
🤎 Celebrating Black Brilliance: A Day of Culture, Connection and Heritage @ Allandale Recreation Centre - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.
🥳 Family Day Winter Party @ The Barrie Library Downtown Branch - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn more.
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