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• Firefit contest celebrates firefighter fitness and community

  22-07-2026 23:57 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Firefighters from across the province and beyond will be at Mohawk Park for a celebration of community and firefighter fitness this weekend.“We have about 200 firefighters registered so far including one – Matthew Crossman – who is coming from Iqaluit and others who are coming from Quebec included Montreal,” Josh Van Horne, president of the Brantford Professional Fire Fighters Association, said. “We’re also really proud of our local athletes like Meaghan Dunn
  
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• Three Brantford men arrested in major child exploitation investigation

  22-07-2026 23:56 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Three Brantford men are among 63 people who have been charged in a province-wide, multi-police agency initiative to identify and arrest people preying on children.On Wednesday, the Ontario Provincial Police, along with 25 other police services, including Brantford Police, said Project Time had targeted those making, possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.Along with the 63 people charged, police said 51 victims were identified and safeguarded “with appropriate support prov
  
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• New dates set for public meetings into Brantford airport boundary changes

  22-07-2026 23:03 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Public meetings to review an updated agreement to transfer airport lands to the City of Brantford from the County of Brant have been rescheduled.The city’s statutory public meeting will now take place Aug. 10 while the county’s meeting will take place Aug. 12. Both meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers of the two municipalities.The meetings were previously scheduled to take place July 27 and 29.“This decision was made jointly by both municipalities
  
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• Airport boundary meetings rescheduled

  22-07-2026 23:03 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Public meetings to review the updated agreement to transfer the airport to the City of Brantford from the County of Brant have been rescheduled.The city’s statutory public meeting will now take place Aug. 10 while the county’s meeting will take place Aug. 12. Both meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers of the two municipalities.The meetings were previously scheduled to take place July 27 and 29.However, in joint statement released Wednesday (July 22), city
  
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• Six Nations investigation after man strikes multiple police cruisers

  22-07-2026 22:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Six Nations man has been charged with nine offences after he struck multiple police vehicles on Tuesday in a melee that caused a Six Nations police officer to discharge a firearm.The 29-year-old was reported to police July 21 at about 3 p.m. for a driving incident on Six Nations and, when officers responded and tried to stop a vehicle on Sixth Line, near Onondaga Road, that vehicle struck a cruiser and the officer fired toward it.The vehicle tried to take off but collided with multiple police
  
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• Police discharges gun after vehicle strikes multiple police cruisers at Six Nations

  22-07-2026 22:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Six Nations man has been charged with nine offences after multiple police vehicles were struck on Tuesday in a melee that caused a Six Nations police officer to discharge a firearm.A driver was reported to police July 21 at about 3 p.m. for a driving incident on Six Nations. When officers responded and tried to stop a vehicle on Sixth Line, near Onondaga Road, the vehicle then struck a cruiser and the officer fired toward it.The vehicle tried to take off but collided with multiple police vehi
  
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• Officer discharges gun after vehicle strikes police cruiser at Six Nations

  22-07-2026 22:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Six Nations man has been charged with nine offences after multiple police vehicles were struck on Tuesday in a melee that caused a Six Nations police officer to discharge a firearm.A driver was reported to police July 21 at about 3 p.m. for a driving incident on Six Nations. When officers responded and tried to stop a vehicle on Sixth Line, near Onondaga Road, the vehicle then struck a cruiser and the officer fired toward it.The vehicle tried to take off but collided with multiple police vehi
  
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• Brantford Police launch Community Watch program in Ward 5

  22-07-2026 20:49 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Residents in Brantford’s Ward 5 can join a pilot program by Brantford Police aimed at improving neighbourhood safety.“Community Watch is built on a simple idea: neighbours looking out for neighbours,” said Crime Prevention Officer Cst. Saundra Glover. “When residents know one another, recognize what is normal in their neighbourhood and report suspicious activity promptly, communities become safer and more resilient.”Each participating neighbourhood appoints a Commu
  
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