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• Proposed Brantford airport boundary adjustment map updated in response to public feedback

  13-07-2026 23:05 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The City of Brantford and the County of Brant have updated the proposed Brantford Municipal Airport boundary adjustment map in response to public feedback.Following extensive public engagement in May and June, both city and county councils have agreed to a revised map that removes 469 acres of agricultural land from the originally proposed transfer area.The updated map, now consisting of 848 acres versus the original 1,317 acres, also removes lands associated with a transportation corridor bein
  
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• Second heatwave to hit Brantford area bringing sweltering temperatures

  13-07-2026 15:36 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford and much of southwestern Ontario is bracing for the second heatwave of the summer with scorching hot weather this week. The Medical Officer of Health for Grand Erie Public Health issued a heat alert for the Grand Erie Public Health region (Brantford‑Brant and Haldimand‑Norfolk), effective Monday. A heat alert is issued by the MOH when Environment and Climate Change Canada issues a yellow‑level or higher heat alert for the region, indicating that conditions may pose h
  
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• Brantford's Pynx is part of Niagara's biggest watch party

  13-07-2026 14:46 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Brantford company got a “once in a lifetime” gig when it nabbed a contract to help run the Niagara Parks’ Fan Zone by the Falls – a huge watch party spot for World Cup games and more.“This is one of those really crazy things to be a part of,” says Mike D’Eri, owner of Pynx Productions.“This will never happen again for us.”The event includes showing the World Cup games on giant LED video walls in a huge viewing area at Queen Victoria Place
  
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• Fowl play: First-ever DuckFest in Brantford was a hit

  13-07-2026 14:12 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, a rubber duck race was held on the Grand River in downtown Brantford on Sunday.A whopping 3,000 yellow birds were dumped from the Lorne Bridge high above, with the top three finishers downstream underneath the Veterans Memorial Parkway earning cash for their sponsors. The festivities were hosted as part of Duckfest, a new Downtown Brantford BIA initiative, in support of Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services.“It’s part of the downt
  
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