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• Brantford Bulldogs big moments lead to weekend win

  18-01-2026 01:07 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Teams chasing championships often have several season defining moments on their way to history. The Brantford Bulldogs want to be a team with a title and on Friday during a 4-3 comeback win against the Peterborough Petes they added a couple of footnotes to their season that shouldn’t go unnoticed. After newcomer Charlie Paquette tied the game against the Petes at 3-3 with his first goal as a Bulldog, exactly a minute later, the first moment of significance took place. With goaltender Ryers
  
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• Public health issues cold warning for Grand Erie area

  17-01-2026 22:17 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) has issued a cold-weather warning Saturday, Jan. 17 for Brantford, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk.Parts or all areas of the region are expected to reach temperatures below -15 ºC. The warning will remain in effect until a cancellation notice is issued.  “These conditions can pose serious health risks, especially for individuals who are outdoors for long periods or without appropriate clothing, shelter or heating,” a release stated.
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• Ronald CLARKE Obituary - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  17-01-2026 09:03 via news.google.com
  Ronald CLARKE Obituary  Brantford Expositor Obituaries
  
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• James Smith Obituary - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  17-01-2026 09:03 via news.google.com
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• OHL Highlights: Peterborough Petes @ Brantford Bulldogs Jan. 16, 2026 - Canadian Hockey League

  17-01-2026 05:28 via news.google.com
  OHL Highlights: Peterborough Petes @ Brantford Bulldogs Jan. 16, 2026  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• Malhotra stays hot in comeback win - Brantford Expositor

  17-01-2026 05:26 via news.google.com
  Malhotra stays hot in comeback win  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Novotný, Walton Combine for Six Points in Petes Road Loss to Brantford - Peterborough Petes - Canadian Hockey League

  17-01-2026 04:06 via news.google.com
  Novotný, Walton Combine for Six Points in Petes Road Loss to Brantford - Peterborough Petes  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• A Late Goal Costs The Petes In Brantford Friday Night - PTBO Today

  17-01-2026 03:52 via news.google.com
  A Late Goal Costs The Petes In Brantford Friday Night  PTBO Today
  
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• Raid on motel seizes drugs, charges three - Brantford Expositor

  17-01-2026 00:39 via news.google.com
  Raid on motel seizes drugs, charges three  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Raid on motel seizes drugs, charges three

  17-01-2026 00:36 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Six Nations Police found a variety of drugs, cash, cell phones and drug packaging materials and arrested three Brantford people at a Colborne Street motel this week. Investigators were looking into drugs being trafficked on Six Nations and traced them to the trio – a 51-year-old man and two women, 34 and 37. Each has been charged with six counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and possession of the proceeds of crime under $5,000. Each was held in custody for a formal
  
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• Police seize drugs in raid at motel; charge three Six Nations residents

  17-01-2026 00:36 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Six Nations Police found a variety of drugs, cash, cell phones and drug packaging materials and arrested three Brantford people at a Colborne Street motel this week. Investigators were looking into drugs being trafficked on Six Nations and traced them to the trio – a 51-year-old man and two women, 34 and 37. Each has been charged with six counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and possession of the proceeds of crime under $5,000. Each was held in custody for a formal
  
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• Local contraband tobacco conviction cost $35,000 - Brantford Expositor

  17-01-2026 00:19 via news.google.com
  Local contraband tobacco conviction cost $35,000  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Local contraband tobacco conviction cost $35,000

  17-01-2026 00:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A man was convicted in Brantford after being caught with more than five million unmarked cigarettes. Nadir Ali was levied a $35,000 fine for purchasing or receiving 5,140,000 individual unmarked cigarettes in order to resell them. That’s about 257,000 packs of smokes or about 26,000 cartons, according to Google. Ali’s conviction, and those of others in L’Orignal, near Ottawa, and in Ottawa itself, Toronto, Hamilton, Burlington and Sioux Lookout, took place in November, from the
  
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• Brantford contraband tobacco conviction cost man $35,000 fine

  17-01-2026 00:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A man was convicted in Brantford after being caught with more than five million unmarked cigarettes. Nadir Ali was levied a $35,000 fine for purchasing or receiving 5,140,000 individual unmarked cigarettes in order to resell them. That’s about 257,000 packs of smokes or about 26,000 cartons, according to Google. Ali’s conviction, and those of others in L’Orignal, near Ottawa, and in Ottawa itself, Toronto, Hamilton, Burlington and Sioux Lookout, took place in November, from the
  
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• NPC Trojans topple Simcoe for first boys hockey win - Brantford Expositor

  17-01-2026 00:10 via news.google.com
  NPC Trojans topple Simcoe for first boys hockey win  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Brantford residents get short reprieve from sub-zero temperatures - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 21:37 via news.google.com
  Brantford residents get short reprieve from sub-zero temperatures  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Brantford residents get short reprieve from sub-zero temperatures

  16-01-2026 21:33 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Grand River Public Health has cancelled the cold notification issued earlier this week – but the reprieve from the frosty temperatures may be short lived. The Environment Canada seven-day weather forecast is calling for a high of 1 C on Saturday. However, temperatures are expected to drop back down on Sunday with a daytime high of -6 C dropping to -12 C at night. Monday’s forecast calls for a daytime high of -10 C followed by a daytime high of -12 C on Tuesday. While the forecast doe
  
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• Brant County makes appeal to help solve community centre vandalism

  16-01-2026 21:25 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Brant County officials are hoping someone can help the solve a vandalism problem at its recreation centres. The county has spent $25,000 over the past two years replacing damaged rink glass at the Brant Sports Complex, Gaukel Memorial Community and the Burford Community Centres. The damage, called “glass chipping,” is likely being done with a glass breaking device. The chipping causes small marks and compromises the integrity of the rink glass, county officials say. In addition to th
  
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• Cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine seized during search at Brantford motel - CTV News

  16-01-2026 21:23 via news.google.com
  Cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine seized during search at Brantford motel  CTV News
  
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• UPDATE: SIU probes fatal shooting involving police - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 20:52 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: SIU probes fatal shooting involving police  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Police watchdog investigates after man shot dead by officers in Brantford, Ont. - unpublished.ca

  16-01-2026 20:46 via news.google.com
  Police watchdog investigates after man shot dead by officers in Brantford, Ont.  unpublished.ca
  
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• Indwell hopes to help address homelessness - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 20:21 via news.google.com
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• Indwell hopes to help address homelessness

  16-01-2026 20:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A Christian charity that has built affordable and supportive housing in several Ontario communities is coming to Brantford-Brant. Indwell is planning to build 200 units in Brantford and Brant Couinty over the next five years. The charity’s first project will be a 90 to 100 unit build at 452 Grey St. “We want to have a real impact on homelessness in the community,” Justin DeWaard, Indwell’s regional director Oxford Haldimand-Norfolk, told the social services committee on W
  
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• Man, 33, killed after being shot by police in Brantford, Ont., says SIU - CBC

  16-01-2026 19:55 via news.google.com
  Man, 33, killed after being shot by police in Brantford, Ont., says SIU  CBC
  
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• Deep fakes - How do we know what is real? - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 19:52 via news.google.com
  Deep fakes - How do we know what is real?  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Police watchdog investigates after man shot dead by officers in Brantford, Ont. - Global News

  16-01-2026 19:48 via news.google.com
  Police watchdog investigates after man shot dead by officers in Brantford, Ont.  Global News
  
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• Man, 33, killed after being shot by police in Brantford, Ont., says SIU - Yahoo News Canada

  16-01-2026 18:07 via news.google.com
  Man, 33, killed after being shot by police in Brantford, Ont., says SIU  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Man dead, woman injured in police-involved shooting in Brantford - Reddit

  16-01-2026 17:47 via news.google.com
  Man dead, woman injured in police-involved shooting in Brantford  Reddit
  
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• 'It was like a spiritual awakening' - A story of addiction and recovery

  16-01-2026 17:12 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Faith, fitness and family helped Shawn Watson embrace a life of sobriety after years of alcohol and drug abuse. “It was a huge, huge turning point for me,” Watson, 37, said of his visit to Freedom House, a day after leaving hospital. “I remember going to church and sitting at the back and they played the worship song, music and I cried the entire time. “I remember leaving church and I swear the sky was so blue, the trees were so green, everything was so vivid it was like
  
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• City council updating real estate policy - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 17:08 via news.google.com
  City council updating real estate policy  Brantford Expositor
  
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• City council updating real estate policy

  16-01-2026 17:04 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Brantford councillors are supporting an updated policy they say brings greater transparency to real estate transactions involving the city. Councillors recommended approval of the updated real estate policy at a Jan. 14 committee-of-the-whole meeting. Their decision will come before council for approval on Jan. 27. Under the new policy all communications relating to land transactions must be directed exclusively to the designated staff member of through a formal submission process. Council membe
  
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• Brantford Professional Firefighters Association calling for more firefighters - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 17:03 via news.google.com
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• Brantford Professional Firefighters Association calling for more firefighters

  16-01-2026 16:58 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The Brantford Fire Department will need more firefighters to meet the city’s growth, the fire chief and president of the professional firefighters association say. But how many firefighters need to be added and how soon they should join the ranks is a matter for debate. “As Brantford continues to grow, the city recognizes the need to expand the fire department staffing to maintain high levels of service and public safety,” Chief Todd Binkley said. “Planning for this growt
  
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• Drug dealers running lucrative operations sent to prison - Brantford Expositor

  16-01-2026 16:57 via news.google.com
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• Drug dealers running lucrative operations sent to prison

  16-01-2026 16:53 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Two local men, both young first-offenders clearly running lucrative drug dealing businesses, were sentenced in Brantford court recently with five- and six-year sentences that reflected two critical differences in their cases. While Arie Hasan, 25, and Tyler Power, 32, were each arrested with substantial amounts of drugs and cash, together totalling more than $100,000, Hasan was peddling fentanyl while Power sold cocaine. “It was fast, easy money and he was supporting a young family,”
  
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• Brantford mayor speaks on 2026 budget - CHCH

  16-01-2026 16:51 via news.google.com
  Brantford mayor speaks on 2026 budget  CHCH
  
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• SIU investigating fatal shooting by police in Brantford, Ont. - CTV News

  16-01-2026 15:24 via news.google.com
  SIU investigating fatal shooting by police in Brantford, Ont.  CTV News
  
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• UPDATE: SIU probes fatal shooting involving police

  16-01-2026 15:21 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is probing a fatal shooting involving police in Brantford. During a noon-hour press conference Friday, SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette confirmed that a 33-year-old Brantford man was shot and killed by Brantford Police officers. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m. Friday morning, January 16, 2026, to a report of a dispute between a male and female in a home at 4 Palomino Drive in Brantford. “There were a number of E
  
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• SIU probes fatal shooting involving police

  16-01-2026 15:21 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a male was shot by Brantford Police. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m. Friday morning, January 16, 2026, to a report of a dispute between a male and female at a home on Palomino Drive in Brantford. Brantford Police issued a media release early Friday morning stating that “after an interaction, at approximately 4:30 a.m., shots were fire by police.” The male died of his injuries despite&n
  
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• SIU investigating after Brantford Police fatally shoot male in a dispute

  16-01-2026 15:21 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a male was shot by Brantford Police. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m. Friday morning, January 16, 2026, to a report of a dispute between a male and female at a home on Palomino Drive in Brantford. Brantford Police issued a media release early Friday morning stating that “after an interaction, at approximately 4:30 a.m., shots were fire by police.” The male died of his injuries despite&n
  
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• Man dead, woman injured in police-involved shooting in Brantford - CHCH

  16-01-2026 15:18 via news.google.com
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• Laurier Library launches Brantford campus location - Wilfrid Laurier University

  16-01-2026 15:18 via news.google.com
  Laurier Library launches Brantford campus location  Wilfrid Laurier University
  
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• Local junior hockey roundup - Brantford Expositor

  15-01-2026 22:43 via news.google.com
  Local junior hockey roundup  Brantford Expositor
  
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• THE ROAD AHEAD: JANUARY 16-18 - Brantford Bulldogs - Canadian Hockey League

  15-01-2026 22:27 via news.google.com
  THE ROAD AHEAD: JANUARY 16-18 - Brantford Bulldogs  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• 26-year-old Brantford man facing Stunt Driving charges - BrantBeacon

  15-01-2026 20:37 via news.google.com
  26-year-old Brantford man facing Stunt Driving charges  BrantBeacon
  
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• Winter weather causes closures, cancellations in Brantford, counties of Brant, Norfolk - Brantford Expositor

  15-01-2026 18:43 via news.google.com
  Winter weather causes closures, cancellations in Brantford, counties of Brant, Norfolk  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Winter weather causes closures, cancellations in Brantford, counties of Brant, Norfolk

  15-01-2026 18:38 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Winter delivered a wallop on Thursday, prompting school closures, cancellations and a tricky morning commute. 
    Environment Canada issued an orange snowfall warning for much of southern Ontario, including Brantford and the County of Brant. Norfolk County is under a less severe yellow warning.
    Snowfall amounts of 20 to 35 centimetres are forecast for the Brantford area causing reduced visibility at times in heavy s
  
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• Marjorie Hunt Obituary - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  15-01-2026 13:56 via news.google.com
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• Thomas McKay Obituary - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  15-01-2026 09:02 via news.google.com
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• Betty Elaine Piovesan Obituary - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  15-01-2026 09:02 via news.google.com
  Betty Elaine Piovesan Obituary  Brantford Expositor Obituaries
  
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