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In today’s Mom Scoop:
👩🍳 Locallicious Barrie begins @ varying locations
🐶 Pet Palooza Show @ Bradford Greenhouses
🏃 Bridget’s Run @ Centennial Beach Park
🗂 PokeKon-Fest All Pokemon Show @ Orillia Square Mall
🍽 Recipe Of The Week: Homemade Chicken Soup
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Let’s get to it!
👩🍳 Locallicious Barrie begins @ varying locations
Locallicious Barrie is a local food festival where participating independent restaurants offer special three-course meals at fixed prices, typically $35–$45 per person.
How it works:
Restaurants create special menus with an appetizer, main course and dessert.
Customers book directly with participating restaurants.
The goal is to encourage people to try new local restaurants while supporting independent businesses.
The event has been running for approximately 15 years.
📆 October 16th to November 1st, 2026
🐶 Barrie Pet Palooza @ Bradford Greenhouses
The Barrie Pet Palooza Show will feature guest speakers, live pet performances, pet food, pet accessories, pet care and so much more.
Enjoy shopping exclusive products from local vendors, and many of them are one of a kind.
🎟 Admission is $3+HST with 100% of NET proceeds going to Ontario SPCA. Children Under 12 get in for FREE.
📆 Saturday October 17th - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday October 18th - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
📍Bradford Greenhouses - 4346 Highway 90. Springwater.
🏃♀ Bridget’s Run @ Centennial Beach Park
Bridget's Run is a 1km or 5km fun run, walk, or hop in recognition of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, supporting Bridget's Bunnies Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support and those experiencing loss throughout Ontario.
Complete your 1km, 5km, or Bunny Hop surrounded by the love and support of your community at our live event at 10:00 a.m. or at your own pace anytime from your own location on October 17th. Be sure to attend or tune into the opening ceremony and high-energy warm-up to get you started.
📆 October 17th @ 10 a.m.
📍Centennial Beach Park
🗃 PokeKon-Fest - All Pokemon Show @ Orillia Square Mall
Calling all Pokemon fans! Join us for the ultimate All Pokemon Show where you can dive into everything Pokemon in person. Whether you're a trainer, collector, or just here for the fun, PokeKon-Fest has something for you. Meet fellow fans, check out cool Pokemon stuff, and enjoy an epic day celebrating your favourite creatures. Don’t miss out—let’s make some amazing memories together!
📆 Saturday October 17th - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
📍Orillia Square Mall, Orillia
I Almost Threw Out My Keurig. It Wasn't Broken.
Every cup from my Keurig started tasting weak, flat, stale — so I unplugged it and stuck it in a closet. Then I learned the dirty secret of grocery store K-Cups: by the time a pod reaches your kitchen, it's usually spent months going from factory to warehouse to truck to shelf. The flavor oils are long gone. Some brands even over-roast to hide it.
The fix wasn't a new machine. It was fresh pods from Angelino's, a family-owned L.A. roastery that roasts, packs, and ships within 3–5 days — straight to your door, from 39¢ a cup. Over 1,000,000 happy customers. 50+ flavors, no subscription required, and 15% off your first order, applied automatically at checkout.
👩🍳 Recipe of the Week: Homemade Chicken Soup
When it comes to classic comfort food, nothing quite soothes the soul like chicken soup. Many traditional recipes build their own broth by stewing a whole chicken in water, herbs, and aromatics—a process that can yield great results but is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In this recipe, you can achieve the same deep flavour and golden broth in a fraction of the time by starting with skin-on, bone-in chicken parts and browning them in a skillet before poaching them in store-bought stock.
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🎙 The beat goes on: Hawkestone SIngers ringing up 33rd season. Read more.
🏃 Grade 12 leadership class helps boost Maple Ridge Secondary Terry Fox Run fundraising. Read more.
📕 Wasaga mom writes battles and belly-laughs into book about raising daughter with autism. Read more.
🏞 Crews make progress turning Atherley Park into ‘field of dreams’. Read more.
🐟 Could lake sturgeon live 400 years? Local project aims to protect ancient fish. Read more.
🏎 Local driver steers for drag racing championship in Las Vegas. Read more.
💉 This new mRNA vaccine could better protect against the flu. Read more.
🏘 Barrie Police share fall checklist to protect property. Read more.
🎃 Pumpkinferno returning with 5,000 glowing pumpkin-style creations. Read more.
🏎 Need for speed puts local teen karter ahead of the pack. Read more.
🫲 Career expo coming to downtown Barrie. Read more.
🏆 Barrie sports hall of fame honours new inductees, award winners. Read more.
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Friday
✂ 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.
🎨 Messy! @ Barrie Library - Painswick 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.
🧸 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.
💅 Fall Into Wellness Beauty & Wellness Market @ Barrie Country Club - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.
🚂 Last Blast Fall Steam Up @ Simcoe County Museum - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
🟦 Lego Drop In @ the Barrie Library Downtown Branch - 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.
🍷 Singles Happy Hour (45+) @ Heritage Estate Winery and Events - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Learn more.
👻 Drysdale’s Nighttime Haunted Wagon Ride (recommended for kids 12+) @ Drysdale Tree Farm - 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Learn more.
👗 Back to Basics Drag Show @ 2 Marsellus Dr. - 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more.
Sunday
📙 Creative Tales @ Barrie Library Downtown Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ Barrie Library - Painswick Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
📙 Creative Tales @ Barrie Library Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
👻 Family Fun: A Spooky Relay Race @ Friday Harbour Beach - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more.
🎤 Dan Duvall: Live in Barrie @ CW Coops - 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.
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