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New app will help OPP pinpoint your location

The OPP is going to start using a new app to locate where you’re calling from in an emergency.

The will help staff in the provincial communications centre tag your co-ordinates if you’re lost in a forest or waterway, or need assistance in a collision.

The app labels every three squared metres with an unique three-word location tag. Using that information, the call taker can use that to direct officers to your precise location.

If you don’t already have the what3words app downloaded on your mobile device, a link can be provided when you call for help. If you already have the app downloaded on your device, it works without internet or data.

“The what3words app offers precise location information when a caller cannot describe, or does not know, where they are,” Acting OPP Chief Karen Meyer said. “This exciting technology may help save precious time in an emergency and enable a more rapid front-line response.”


Barrie employers expect ‘modest’ hiring climate in early 2021: ManpowerGroup

It’ll be a bit of a mixed bag on Barrie’s employment front during the first quarter of the new year.

ManpowerGroup employment agency has release its latest outlook survey, which found businesses and organizations expect a “modest hiring climate” during the first three months of 2021.

According to the survey, nine per cent of employers plan to hire, while 26 per cent expect cutbacks. Another 57 per cent intend to keep the status quo on staffing levels, said Jennifer Scale, of Manpower’s Barrie office.

“With seasonal variations removed from the data, Barrie’s first quarter net employment outlook of zero per cent is a six-percentage-point decrease from … the same time last year,” she said. “This indicates a slow hiring pace for the upcoming months.”

Eight per cent of employers are unsure about staffing levels during the quarter, Scale said.

Statistics Canada says the Barrie census metropolitan area’s unemployment rate was 10.6 per cent in November, up from 9.2 in October. However, unemployment rates fell across the country and province last month — Canada’s moved to 8.5 per cent, Ontario dropped to 9.1.

Employers in nine Canadian sectors, ranging from public administration to retail, expect to hire people this winter, Manpower said.