Coronavirus: What’s open and closed in Barrie, surrounding area amid COVID-19 concerns

While the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Canada and Ontario, many services and businesses in and around Barrie have been closed or cancelled.

On March 17, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus, with many businesses required to close.

What’s legally required to close:

• All facilities providing indoor recreational programs
• All public libraries
• All private schools as defined in the Education Act
• All licenced child care centres
• All bars and restaurants, except to the extent that such facilities provide takeout food and delivery
• All theatres, including those offering live music performances, dance and other art forms, as well as movie cinemas
• Concert venues

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What’s closed locally:

• Barrie City Hall (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• Provincial Offences Act offices (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• Barrie’s operations centre (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• Landfill and environmental centre (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• Surface water treatment plant (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• Wastewater treatment facility (closed to the public but open to staff for essential service delivery)
• All Barrie community centres and arenas
• All City of Barrie theatres
• All City of Barrie library branches
• All casinos
• All Goodlife Fitness and Fit4Less locations
• All Cineplex locations
• All lift operations, base lodges, attractions and rental services at Blue Mountain
• In-person record checks with the Barrie Police Service
• Horseshoe Resort
• Snow Valley Resort, including all lift and snowtubing operations
• Barrie and Community Family Medicine walk-in clinics
• City of Barrie playground and waterfront fitness equipment

What’s open locally:

• Huronia Urgent Care Clinic (Available for all non-coronavirus needs. Patients with a fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea will be directed to a nearby COVID-19 assessment centre)
• LCBO store locations
• Beer Store locations
• Grocery stores
• Pharmacies
• Georgian Mall is open, but some stores are reducing hours or closing. Residents should call the store directly for more information.
• Upper Canada Mall is open, but many stores have closed or have reduced hours. A full list can be found here.
• One Plant Barrie

Other:

• The City of Barrie’s customer service centre, Service Barrie, can be reached by email or phone.
• City staff are continuing to take calls regarding by-law enforcement.
• Barrie Transit will be free until April 6
• Curbside collection is happening as scheduled.
• LINX transit is running on all routes.
• Overnight parking restrictions in Barrie are no longer enforced.
• If there’s a winter event, the City of Barrie will ask all residents to remove vehicles from the road to allow snow maintenance vehicles to clear the streets.
• Enforcement staff will continue to enforce parking too close to or blocking intersections, driveways, fire hydrants, accessibility spaces and sidewalks, as well as for vehicles facing the wrong direction on the road.
• Provisions in the noise by-law related to deliveries will not be enforced.
• There will be no new late fees or city-imposed non-sufficient funds charges for water and wastewater bills. No water shutoffs will be carried out until June 30.
• There will be no new late fees or city-imposed non-sufficient funds charges for tax bills until June 30.

This list will be updated as information becomes available. Affected businesses and services that have not been included on the list can contact GlobalBarrie@globalnews.ca to be added.

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