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• Public invited to help make summer sweeter for local children by raising funds for camps, activities

  06-07-2026 23:25 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  As summer begins, families are planning camps, sports activities, vacations and all the moments that make the season memorable.But for many local children and young people, financial barriers mean those opportunities are out of reach.Child and Family Services of Grand Erie Foundation is inviting the community to help change that through LemonAID, a grassroots fundraising campaign that turns a classic summer tradition into life-changing opportunities for local children.The foundation, in partner
  
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• Grand Erie board cuts some positions, adds others for next school year

  06-07-2026 22:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Grand Erie District School Board has approved a balanced operating budget of $435 million for the 2026-27 school year, with an increase of about $10 million over the previous year.Classroom instruction represents about 70 per cent of total costs and has increased 2.1 per cent increase over the previous year.The board has about 1,770 teachers, 130 early childhood educators and 375 educational assistants. In a report to the board, Rafal Wyszynski, superintendent of business and treasurer, sai
  
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• Brantford looking to plant new weeping willow tree in Lorne Park

  06-07-2026 20:56 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Lorne Park may soon be home to a second weeping willow tree once again.Brantford city councillors, at a committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday, will consider a proposal to plant the tree to replace the one removed from the park three years ago.“Following the 2023 removal of a historic weeping willow due to safety concerns, and significant pruning of the remaining weeping willow in 2025, the public expressed interest regarding the preservation, replacement and commemoration of these landma
  
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• Youth charged with wielding imitation firearm after Brantford incident

  06-07-2026 18:34 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A 16-year-old male has been charged after police say he was pointing an imitation firearm at a person while a passenger in a moving vehicle. On July 4 just after 9 p.m., officers with Brantford Police Service were called to a housing complex on Tollgate Road about a person in possession of an offensive weapon.Witnesses reported seeing the accused in a vehicle holding what appeared to be a handgun and pointing it directly at a person. Police say the accused concealed his face by using a shirt as
  
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• Youth charged with wielding imitation firearm

  06-07-2026 18:34 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A 16-year-old male has been charged after police say he was pointing an imitation firearm at a person while a passenger in a moving vehicle. On July 4 just after 9 p.m., officers with Brantford Police Service were called to a housing complex on Tollgate Road about a person in possession of an offensive weapon.Witnesses reported seeing the accused in a vehicle holding what appeared to be a handgun and pointing it directly at a person. Police say the accused concealed his face by using a shirt as
  
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• Driver charged after traffic stop in Brant County

  06-07-2026 18:34 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A driver from Halton has been charged after being stopped by Brant OPP on July 3.At about 1:30 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop at Brant County Road 18 near Colborne Street East.The accused, 31, has been charged with driving while under suspension; and use plate not authorized for vehicle.Motorist charged with impaired drivingA driver is facing impaired charges after police were called to a collision on July 5. Brant OPP officer arrived at the scene on Highway 403 westbound at Rest Acr
  
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• Work ongoing to select site for new Brantford hospital

  06-07-2026 17:37 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Efforts to determine the best location for a new hospital are continuing, a spokesperson for the Brant Community Healthcare System says.“No site has been selected,” Michael Marini, the healthcare system’s manager, communications and public affairs, said.Marini said the independent site identification task force has provided a recommended ranked list of sites to the Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) board of directors and the board has authorized BCHS to proceed to the n
  
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• Grand Erie Public Health launches new website, a 'go-to resource for residents'

  06-07-2026 17:24 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Grand Erie Public Health has launched a new website providing residents across the counties of Haldimand, Norfolk and Brant, and the City of Brantford with a single destination for public health information, programs, services, and resources.The launch of geph.ca marks an important milestone in Grand Erie Public Health’s journey as a unified organization, said a news release from the organization.The new website brings together the former Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit and Brant County Hea
  
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• Glenhyrst Art Gallery announces return of Grand River Arts Festival

  06-07-2026 17:07 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Tickets are on sale for Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant’s 4th Annual Grand River Arts Festival.The two-day celebration and exposition of visual arts, live music, and theatre and performance art takes place Sept. 18 and 19 at the historic Glenhyrst Gardens in Brantford.The festival opens with an evening prelude on Friday – a ticketed, licensed event featuring Canadian award-winning performer Danny Michel on a candlelit outdoor stage with The Jesse Murphy Band opening.The evening will
  
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• Brantford man wins appeal of prison sentence for manslaughter

  06-07-2026 15:43 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Brantford man has won his appeal of a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence in the 2021 death of William “Billy” Smith but remains convicted of manslaughter.Connor Gibson, now 28, was charged with manslaughter after Smith, 37, died in hospital after being hit in the head with a wooden board, fracturing his skull.Convicted by a jury one morning in June 2024, Gibson immediately appealed the sentence that afternoon and was out on bail awaiting the appeal, which Smith’s father c
  
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