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• Mayoral candidates make their pitch

  15-09-2026 20:26 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Candidates seeking to be the next Mayor of Brantford made their pitch to voters during an Sept. 14 all-candidates meeting held by the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant and the Brantford Home Builders Association.Rick Willdy, Rose Sicoli, Mandy Samwell, Richard Carpenter and Dan McCreary spoke about the kind of leadership they would provide if elected to lead council on Oct. 26. Willdy, a teacher and professional wrestler is a newcomer to municipal politics.“I’m not a big fan of th
  
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• Logan Forman has fabulous summer with Canadian women's softball team

  15-09-2026 20:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Aside from making sure Canada’s national women’s softball team made it to next year’s Olympic qualifier, Brantford’s Logan Forman had one big goal during her second season with the squad.“I kind of had the expectation that I was going to be on the team but my goal was to be a starting player this year and get more playing time than I did last year,” Forman said.For the 21-year-old, it was mission accomplished on both fronts as Canada will play in next year&rs
  
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• Spook-tacular Scare in the Square Halloween event returns Oct. 2-3

  15-09-2026 17:35 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford’s Scare in the Square returns on Friday, Oct. 2 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 3 from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.A wide variety of family-friendly Halloween-themed activities, inflatables and costume contests will take place at Harmony Square (89 Dalhousie St.).Spookier activities geared to teens 13 and older and adults will be happening at Mohawk Park (51 Lynwood Dr.).Free accessible shuttles will be available to move attendees between the two locations. Cast a vote for your f
  
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• Kidney transplant recipient gets new lease on life -- and sweet tooth

  15-09-2026 17:27 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Ryan Patterson has a new lease on life – and a mysterious craving for chocolate and coffee – since receiving a life-saving kidney transplant two years ago. But before that the 47-year-old Brantford resident, who had no idea he was born with a single kidney until he was 40, suffered years of pain and dialysis treatments until a suitable organ donation was found.About seven years ago, Patterson began feeling out of sorts, lethargic. Bloodwork showed a high level of protein, which set
  
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• Probe into alleged altercation between Brantford councillors put on hold

  15-09-2026 16:38 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An investigation into an alleged June 19 physical altercation between councillors Richard Carpenter and Dan McCreary, both of whom are campaigning to be Brantford’s next mayor, has been temporarily put on hold.Justice Sandra Antoniani of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice on Friday (Sept. 11), endorsed an interim agreement that brings the investigation to a halt. The agreement was reached through discussions between legal counsel for the city and Carpenter.Under the agreement, whic
  
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• All in the family

  15-09-2026 16:08 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Kristian Jamieson (right) of the Running with Rick club recently finished third at the annual Longboat Toronto Island Run.Competing against 840 finishers, Jamieson finished in a personal best time of 33 minutes, 10 seconds over the 10-kilometre distance. He improved on his personal best by 1:26. Last year at the race he placed fifth.Jamieson is the great, great grandson of Tom Longboat, whose name is attached to the race. Longboat, from Six Nations, dominated distance running in the early 1900s
  
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• Six Nations Chiefs one win away from lacrosse history

  15-09-2026 04:11 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Six Nations Chiefs are one win away from putting themselves in the history books.Facing the Coquitlam Adanacs on Monday in Game 3 of the best-of-seven Mann Cup Canadian senior men’s box lacrosse championship, the Chiefs were 13-9 winners at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.Six Nations, up 3-0 in the final, are three-time defending Mann Cup champions. When the two teams meet again on Tuesday at the ILA at 8 p.m. for Game 4, Six Nations can join the Peterborough Trailermen (1951-54) and Pete
  
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