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BEHIND THE SCENES: When a powerful tornado ripped through Barrie

Shawn Gibson, a reporter at BarrieToday, was one of the first journalists on scene after a huge twister tore through a south-end neighbourhood on July 15, 2021

Last summer, a powerful tornado touched down in Barrie, damaging dozens of homes in the south end of the city. Shawn Gibson, a reporter at BarrieToday, was one of the first journalists to reach the hardest-hit neighbourhood.

In a new feature from Village Media—Behind The Scenes—Gibson talks about what it was like to cover the chaos of that day.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Behind the Scenes, coming soon.