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• Seven candidates vie to become mayor of Brantford

  24-08-2026 23:56 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford now has another candidate seeking the mayor’s seat on city council in the October municipal election.Richard Misura filed his papers last week and is now the seventh candidate to join the race for the top job in Brantford.“I sold real estate for the last 45 years,” Misura said in an interview. “Prior to that I got my licence as a sheet metal worker. I worked at the hydro plant in Nanticoke, the Texaco (now Esso) oil refinery, Massey’s, Worthington’s
  
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• Four Brantford-Brant trustees under fire for trip to Italy will not return to school board

  24-08-2026 23:06 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  There will be a new slate of Catholic school board trustees representing Brantford and Brant County after long-time trustee Dan Dignard withdrew his candidacy in the upcoming municipal election.Dignard was one of four trustees who travelled to Italy in July 2024 to purchase about $100,000 worth of custom art for a new high school under construction on Powerline Road in Brantford. The publicly-funded trip, which included travel costs of about $50,000, sparked outrage after details about lavish m
  
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• Brantford Bulldogs open training camp with a 'clean slate'

  24-08-2026 22:41 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Their names were on the jerseys but most of the faces were unrecognizable as the Brantford Bulldogs opened up training camp on Monday in preparation for the 2026-27 OHL season.Facing a massive exodus of players to the pro ranks, the Bulldogs invited 62 players to the start of camp at the TD Civic Centre. A few of those players are returnees, a lot are previously drafted players, some were acquired in trades and others arrived as free agents.“It’s a clean slate,” Bulldogs gener
  
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• Six Nations Rivermen heading to Presidents Cup

  24-08-2026 19:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Six Nations Rivermen will begin their quest for a Canadian senior B lacrosse championship on Sunday.Six Nations will open the Presidents Cup lacrosse tournament against TNSLL at 10 p.m. EDT.Six Nations then plays Fighting Sioux on Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. and Knights at 4 p.m. on Sept. 1. Playoffs begin on Sept. 2 with semifinals on Sept. 4 and the bronze and gold-medal games on Sept. 5.The Rivermen defeated the Brooklin Merchants 7-4 last week in Game 5 of the best-of-seven Ontario Series Lacross
  
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• Six Nations Chiefs rebound in MSL final

  24-08-2026 17:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  After dropping Game 2 in the best-of-seven Major Series Lacrosse championship series, the Six Nations Chiefs rebounded with a win in Game 3.Playing at home on Sunday, Six Nations defeated the Peterborough Lakers 12-9 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Game 4 was scheduled for Tuesday in Peterborough with Game 5 back at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Six Nations at 8 p.m. on Thursday.If necessary, Game 6 is in Peterborough on Sunday at 7 p.m. and Game 7 is at the ILA on Tuesday at 8 p.m.The resul
  
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• Brantford Red Sox miss playoffs

  24-08-2026 15:09 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Despite a late-season surge, the Brantford Red Sox have been eliminated from the Canadian Baseball League playoffs.Playing last week, Brantford went 5-0 and now own a seven-game win streak.The Red Sox are 19-24 but with only five games remaining in the regular season, they can’t catch the fifth-place Barrie Baycats (25-20) for the final playoff spot.Brantford defeated Hamilton 7-1, Toronto 22-18, Toronto 6-2, Barrie 12-8 and Barrie 9-5 last week.The Red Sox wrap up their season this week
  
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