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• Police blotter: Stunt driving, impaired charge, assault - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 18:54
  Police blotter: Stunt driving, impaired charge, assault  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Police blotter: Stunt driving, impaired charge, assault

  16-03-2026 18:51 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Brant County OPP on Monday charged a 43-year-old Woodstock man with stunt driving. Provincial police stopped a vehicle on Highway 403 west of Jerseyville Road just after 3 a.m. Police say the vehicle was travelling 170 km/h in a posted 110 km/h zone. The driver has been charged with stunt driving, excessive speed and driving more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit. Police say the driver’s license has been suspended for 30 days and the vehicle has been impounded for 14 days. The accus
  
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• Flood warning/watch terminated by Grand River Conservation Authority - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 18:48
  Flood warning/watch terminated by Grand River Conservation Authority  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Flood warning/watch terminated by Grand River Conservation Authority

  16-03-2026 18:42 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Local flood warning and flood watch messages issued over the past 10 days have been terminated by the Grand River Conservation Authority.
    A Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety is being issued for the entire Grand River watershed due to the continued higher river levels and unsafe conditions near local waterways.
    “High flows observed throughout the watershed because of warmer temperatures and rain
  
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• Brantford 99ers advance to U16 AAA Alliance final - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 18:42
  Brantford 99ers advance to U16 AAA Alliance final  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Coach House Concerts presents fiddler Irish Millie - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 16:48
  Coach House Concerts presents fiddler Irish Millie  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Coach House Concerts presents fiddler Irish Millie

  16-03-2026 16:47 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A young fiddling sensation is set to take the stage in Brantford in the next instalment of Coach House Concerts. Irish Millie, 19, is a fiddler, singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Peterborough whose style blends East Coast drive, bluegrass energy, and contemporary trad grit, according to Brian Gall, volunteer artistic director of the concert series. Millie is a seven-time Canadian Folk Music Awards nominee and has been recognized with two 2026 nominations for her late
  
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• Firefit championship returning to Brantford after more than 15 years - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 16:35
  Firefit championship returning to Brantford after more than 15 years  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Firefit championship returning to Brantford after more than 15 years

  16-03-2026 16:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Firefighters, families and fans will be gathering at Mohawk Park on July 25 and 26 for the South Western Ontario Regional Firefit Championships. “It’s not just a competition,” Josh Van Horne, president of the Brantford Professional Fire Fighters Association, told Brantford city councillors at a Tuesday committee-of-the-whole meeting. “It’s a community event that brings fire fighters and the community to support local causes. “The regional Firefit was held here
  
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• City investigating feasibility of vacant home tax - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 16:31
  City investigating feasibility of vacant home tax  Brantford Expositor
  
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• City investigating feasibility of vacant home tax

  16-03-2026 16:29 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The October 2024 fire that destroyed the Army, Navy, Air Force Club is a perfect example of what happens when buildings are left vacant, says a Brantford city councillor. Speaking at the March 10 city council committee-of-the-whole meeting, Brian Van Tilborg lamented the rinse and repeat cycle of fires and vandalism at vacant buildings causing the city nothing but grief. “We have seen what happens even with something as the old bowling alley – the Mohawk Bowl – which was left e
  
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• Apply now for conservation grants for community, school projects - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 16:22
  Apply now for conservation grants for community, school projects  Brantford Expositor
  
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• Apply now for conservation grants for community, school projects

  16-03-2026 16:18 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Community groups and elementary schools can now apply for funding through the Community Conservation Grants program offered by the Grand River Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Foundation.
    Grants are available to both community groups and elementary schools within the Grand River watershed. Community groups can receive up to $1,000 for conservation projects that benefit the entire community, and elementary schools can receive up to $750 to cover the c
  
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• Grand Erie Public Health issues cold notification effective Monday - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 15:46
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• Grand Erie Public Health issues cold notification effective Monday

  16-03-2026 15:42 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The Medical Officer of Health for Grand Erie Public Health is issuing a Cold Notification for the Grand Erie Public Health region (Brantford-Brant and Haldimand-Norfolk), effective March 16.A Cold Notification is issued when parts or all areas of the region are expected to reach temperatures below -15 ºC, or when wind chill values reach -20 ºC. The forecast calls for temperatures to plummet Monday afternoon, with an overnight low of -10C, feeling like -21C with the windchill. Strong wi
  
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• Winds of up to 90 km/h expected in Hamilton, Niagara, Brantford areas, Environment Canada says - CBC

  16-03-2026 15:01
  Winds of up to 90 km/h expected in Hamilton, Niagara, Brantford areas, Environment Canada says  CBC
  
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• Spring in their step - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 14:40
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• Spring in their step

  16-03-2026 14:36 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Brilliant sunshine was deceiving on Saturday, inviting people toward the lighthouse on the Port Dover pier where the wind still chilled the bones, but Vittoria’s Kevin VanKessel and Tegan Meulemeester were happy to enjoy “a beautiful day for a walk” according to Meulemeester Saturday. Spring officially arrives Friday with a current high of 7C expected.
  
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• Highway 403 westbound Rest Acres Road ramps closed

  16-03-2026 13:30 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  All westbound Highway 403 on and off ramps at Rest Acres Road will be closed this week as the Ministry of Transportation conducts construction on the ramps. The work will be done between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and is scheduled to continue until Friday. Traffic travelling north and southbound on Rest Acres Road (Highway 24) will not be able to access these ramps. For more information and updates, motorists can visit the Ontario 511 website (511on.ca) to view the online map and legend to select options
  
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• Highway 403 westbound on and off ramps at Rest Acres Road closed

  16-03-2026 13:30 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  All westbound Highway 403 on and off ramps at Rest Acres Road will be closed today (Monday) as the Ministry of Transportation conducts construction on the ramps. The work will be done between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and is scheduled to continue until Friday (March 20). Traffic travelling north and southbound on Rest Acres Road (Highway 24) will not be able to access these ramps. For more information and updates, motorists can visit the Ontario 511 website and view the online map at 511on.ca – us
  
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• ‘You may be the mother’: Painful memories decades after ‘Baby Parker’ investigation - The Spec

  16-03-2026 11:00
  ‘You may be the mother’: Painful memories decades after ‘Baby Parker’ investigation  The Spec
  
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• Soo Greyhounds ‘deserve better’ in shutout loss to Brantford Bulldogs - Sault Star

  16-03-2026 00:40
  Soo Greyhounds ‘deserve better’ in shutout loss to Brantford Bulldogs  Sault Star
  
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• Olympic pair helped draw great crowd - Brantford Expositor

  16-03-2026 00:17
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• Olympic pair helps draw great crowd at Flashing Blades

  16-03-2026 00:14 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  It was easy to capture the flavour of the Olympic theme for the 73rd Flashing Blades event this weekend as Olympians Trennt Michaud and Lia Pereira performed, fresh from their Olympic debut in Italy last month where they finished eighth in pairs. The couple have trained through the winter at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and that even brought seniors, who walk regularly at the track there and have watched the skaters’ progress, to the skating carnival to watch them. “Today was defi
  
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• Olympic pair helped draw great crowd

  16-03-2026 00:14 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  It was easy to capture the flavour of the Olympic theme for the 73rd Flashing Blades event this weekend as Olympians Trennt Michaud and Lia Pereira performed, fresh from their Olympic debut where they took eighth place in pairs. The couple have trained through the winter at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and that even brought seniors, who walk regularly at the track there and have watched the skaters’ progress, to the skating carnival to watch them. “Today was definitely the best tu
  
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• OHL Highlights: Brantford Bulldogs @ Soo Greyhounds Mar. 15, 2026 - Canadian Hockey League

  16-03-2026 00:03
  OHL Highlights: Brantford Bulldogs @ Soo Greyhounds Mar. 15, 2026  Canadian Hockey League
  
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