Electrifying an old VW, Barrie author launches first novel, changes to garbage collection and more ...

What Barrie's Talking About

Welcome to another edition of What Barrie's Talking About from Barrie 360! It's a big week with lots to talk about. What Barrie's Talking About is a weekly podcast that brings the local stories that impact you. News stories that you aren't used to hearing!

This week on the podcast, we talk about converting a classic VW into an EV, a local author about to release their first novel, the garbage collection and transit program, and more ...

What Barrie's Talking About This Week

1) Electrifying an old Volkswagen

They've been playing around with an old Volkswagen Westfalia at Georgian College, electrifying it, modifying it, and upgrading it. The project is partly for fun and partly to bring the college into the electric vehicle era.

Professor of Electric Engineering John McCluskey and Mechanical Engineering Technology student Hunter Moore spark some interest in Barrie 360's Will Konken ...

2) A First Time Author

He's a musician, a songwriter, a long-time Barrie resident and a soon to be published author. Richard Bullis joins Dan Blakeley to talk about A Blood Moon Between Friends, his first ever novel, and how he moved from music to books ...

3) The Mayor's update

Some big changes to garbage collection and public transit in Barrie in the last couple of months haven't had the smoothest transition. Mayor Alex Nuttall brings us up to speed through our Ian MacLennan ...

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