AJAX, ONTARIO – A 36-year-old man has been apprehended in connection to a car bombing incident that shook the town of Barrie last autumn. William Ivan Downey was located and arrested by detectives from the Barrie Police Service Street Crime Unit on Monday, linking him to the explosion that rocked the parking lot of 108A … Read more
Barrie, Ontario – A 36-year-old man in Barrie, Ontario is facing multiple charges in connection to a car explosion that led to the evacuation of an apartment building, according to local police on Tuesday. The incident took place in the parking lot at 108A Anne St., near Edgehill Drive and northwest of Highway 400 on … Read more
In Big Bay Point, Ontario, before dawn on August 14, 1916, a fire broke out on the steamship Otonabee while it was moored at the docks of the Peninsular Hotel. As the fire rapidly grew out of control, the ship’s captain and crew had no choice but to abandon the vessel and escape the flames … Read more