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• Staff at new Blanche E. Williams Public School welcome more than 600 students for first day of class

  08-09-2026 21:26 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Back to the classroom on Tuesday was extra momentous for the first group of students to walk through the doors of Blanche E. Williams Public School.Teachers with clipboards stood outside the brand-new $34-million school at Shellard’s Lane and Strickland Avenue in Brantford where they corralled more than 600 students with first day jitters.Parents snapped photos and teachers called out their grades in the organized chaos.None of it fazed Zidan Zia, who transferred from Walter Gretzky Eleme
  
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• Police: Charges laid in separate intimate partner violence incidents in Brant County

  08-09-2026 20:52 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A Brant County resident has been charged in connection with an intimate partner violence incident.Brant OPP officers responded to an incident involving two people at a Brant County home on Sept. 6.A 52-year-old has been charged with spousal assault and operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs.In a separate incident, a Haldimand County resident was charged after Brant OPP officers were called to a Brant County residence on Sept. 7 to investigate an incident involving two people.A 47-ye
  
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• Federal government announces funding for two Brantford, Brant County events

  08-09-2026 20:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An event that encourages people to learn more about Indigenous history and culture is getting a boost from the federal government.Brantford Native Housing’s upcoming Truth and Reconciliation commemoration event is getting $37,000 from the Ministry of Canadian Identity and Culture. The funding was announced by Hamilton Mountain MP Lisa Hepfner during a Sept. 8 visit to Brantford.“Brantford Native Housing plays an important role in supporting Indigenous people and families while promo
  
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• Man convicted of having sawed-off rifle in violin case in Brantford

  08-09-2026 17:54 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A local man avoided a prison term despite being found with a sawed-off rifle in a violin case, like a 1920s gangster.Gary James Hixon, 43, was headed for a much longer sentence, the Crown prosecutor admitted in court in Brantford , but a witness in the case backed off and appeared ready to change his story.That last minute change would have meant court time to grill the witness on inconsistencies in what he was saying and a lot more court time, said assistant Crown attorney Janice Kim.“Ev
  
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• Festival celebrates African/Caribbean culture in Brant County

  08-09-2026 05:35 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  If you’re looking for ways to experience African/Caribbean culture, an emerging Paris event has all the bases covered.Authentic music, food, fashion and fun were front and centre at Lions Park for the fourth annual Afro CariBrant Festival this past weekend.Even with the town’s agricultural fair taking place at the same time, organizers were looking to welcome more than 9,000 people to the two-day gathering.The schedule was jam-packed with activities such as Afro Zumba, a dance compe
  
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• Brantford youngsters burn up the track at 70th annual soapbox derby

  08-09-2026 05:17 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A smile races across the face of Michael Carson as he discusses the Brantford & District Labour Council soapbox derby.Held each Labour Day Monday for 70 years, the derby still involves Carson and his father, Rick, long after they first entered the proceedings.“My brother and I raced here in town. It’s exciting – it brings back old memories too,” said Carson, standing alongside his daughter Kinslee, who rode in this year’s event. “It’s exciting for h
  
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