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New COVID-19 testing clinic at site of former Barrie police station

Barrie’s former police headquarters will serve an important public health purpose for the foreseeable future.

To address overwhelming demand, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre opened a new COVID-19 testing clinic at Sept. 28. It currently offers pre-booked appointments.

Later this week, the Sperling site will allow drive-thru testing from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., letting the clinic at the RVH campus on Georgian Drive begin operating on shortened hours (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) seven days per week.

“Our on-site COVID-19 test clinic has seen an overwhelming spike in visits recently, going from an average 230 people per day to a staggering 500 or more,” chief nursing executive Liz Ferguson said. “In fact, we will soon surpass 25,000 swab tests completed since opening six months ago.”

The RVH campus clinic is expected to close and fully relocate to Sperling within the next two weeks. By November, the Sperling clinic will become a full COVID-19 assessment centre, offering similar services to the site at .

The Sperling site has sat vacant since earlier this year, when police moved into the new Barrie-Simcoe Emergency Services Campus on Fairview Road

COVID-19 appointments at Sperling can be booked at . 

‘My heart went out to them’: Students send messages of hope to seniors at Simcoe Manor in Beeton

Catholic school board trustee Janice Hutchison’s heart broke when she heard seniors at Simcoe Manor were back in isolation after a COVID-19 outbreak this month.

“Reading all of the reports and news articles and seeing our seniors — who are near and dear to our hearts — were quarantined to their rooms, my heart went out to them,” she said. “I thought how upsetting it must be that they aren’t even allowed to sit at a table and have a meal with somebody else.”

As a former volunteer at Simcoe Manor and a trustee, Hutchison came up with a solution.

“I have a school. All I did is sent a simple email to our principal, and she jumped all over it.”

Within days, students from all grades at Monsignor JE Ronan Catholic School in Beeton created a package of hundreds of cards and letters, with special messages to staff and seniors at Simcoe Manor.

“I didn’t expect that — it was jam-packed.”

The cards were stuffed into a large envelope and delivered to the residence, to be quarantined before being handed out to staff and residents.

Hutchison didn’t even peek inside to see the artwork.

“I didn’t want to compromise them.”