🔥 Barrie Fire Takeover & Kids Workshop @ Home Depot

Join Barrie Fire at Home Depot Barrie for a special community event with Barrie Fire & Emergency Service! Families are invited to take part in the Home Depot kids’ building workshop and stop by the Ask Barrie Fire table to chat with our fire prevention team. Pick up free resources, ask safety questions, and learn more about this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home.”

Don’t miss the chance to see a real fire truck up close when it stops by for a visit* - A highlight for kids of all ages!

📆 Saturday October 11th - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

📍 Home Depot - 10 Barrie View Drive.

🍁 Elmvale Fall Fair @ Elmvale Fairgrounds

Visit the 163rd edition of the Elmvale Fall Fair this Thanksgiving Weekend. The fair offers something for everyone, from lively midway rides and games to exciting truck & tractor pulls, livestock and heavy horse shows, parades, and live entertainment including performances by the Northern Jewels Cloggers and Graham Scott Fleming. 

Inside the exhibit halls, you’ll find competitions in crafts, photography, home-cooking, agriculture, and more, all under this year’s theme, “Canadian Made.” Tickets are $13 for adults and $8 for kids.

📆 Saturday October 11th & Sunday October 12 - 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

📍 Elmvale Fairgrounds

🎃 Camp Spooky @ Canada’s Wonderland

Camp Spooky at Canada's Wonderland is a family-friendly, daytime Halloween event for children, featuring scare-free attractions like trick-or-treating, a kids' costume parade, live PEANUTS gang shows, character meet-and-greets, and available park rides, all included with regular park admission. The event runs on select weekends in the fall, offering fun Halloween activities without the frightening elements of the park's nighttime Haunt event.  

Key Features

• Trick-or-Treat Adventure: Kids can collect candy and treats by following a map to different stations in KidZville and Planet Snoopy. 

• Kids' Halloween Costume Parade: A special parade for children to show off their costumes. 

• Live PEANUTS Shows: Enjoy live shows featuring Snoopy and the PEANUTS gang. 

• Meet-and-Greets: Opportunities to meet friendly Halloween characters. 

• Rides: Many of the park's favourite rides are open during Camp Spooky. 

• Included with Admission: All Camp Spooky activities are included with your general park admission ticket. 

📆 Select Dates until November 2.

📍 Canada’s Wonderland - Vaughan

🥘 Recipe of the Week: Burger Bowls

Craving a cheeseburger without the carb-coma? This burger bowl—with all of the toppings, not the bun—is the solution. In this recipe, I’m skipping the potato bun for a bed of fresh romaine lettuce topped with everything you’d find on a classic American diner cheeseburger: tangy dill pickles, thinly sliced red onion, juicy tomatoes, smoky bacon, cheddar cheesy ground beef, a drizzle of burger sauce, and of course a few golden crispy fries.

The best part? These bowls are just as versatile as your favorite burger, meaning you can get as creative as you want with the toppings

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🥇 READERS’ CHOICE 2025: Vote for your favourite Simcoe County businesses today. Read more.

 🌆 What’s Happenin’

Friday

📕 Baby Bookworms @ Varying Locations & Times - Learn more.

👩‍🌾 Oro-Medonte Farmers Market @ Chappell Farms - 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.

🎬️ Friday Flicks @ The Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.

🎹 DJ & Live Music at CIBC Pier @ Friday Harbour - 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more.

🤣 Comedy Night under the Big Tent @ Quayles Brewery - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Get tickets.

Saturday

👩‍🌾 Barrie Farmers’ Market @ City Hall - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more.

🎹 DJ & Live Music at CIBC Pier @ Friday Harbour - 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more.

🎤 Poetry Night - Open Mic & Guests @ Brud Bar + Bottle Shop - 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Learn more.

🎸 Practically Hip @ Rec Room Barrie - 7:30 p.m. Learn more.

🏒 Barrie Colts vs. Brampton Steelheads @ Sadlon Arena - 7:30 p.m. Get tickets.

Sunday 

🧑‍🎨 Open House @ The Barrie Art Club - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.

🧒 Family Sundays @ The MacLaren Art Centre - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn more.

🐴 Wagon Rides @ Quayles Brewery - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.

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