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• Brantford councillors pay tribute to retiring colleagues

  01-10-2026 21:30 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford city councillors said farewell to a couple of long-service colleagues who are retiring after decades of service.Councillors, at their final meeting before the Oct. 26 municipal election, paid tribute to Ward 3 Coun. Greg Martin and Ward 2 Coun. John Sless.“When I was new to council John was generous with his time, experience and his advice,” Coun. Gino Caputo (Ward 2) said. “He has been a mentor and I know I’m not the only person to have benefitted from his kno
  
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• Brantford resident killed in crash on Highway 24 North

  01-10-2026 21:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A 71-year-old Brantford resident has died following a three-vehicle collision on Highway 24 North (Brant Road) on Wednesday.Brant County OPP say emergency services were dispatched to the scene at about 11:10 p.m. Upon arrival, officers determined that a vehicle attempting to make a left turn from a private driveway was struck by a northbound vehicle.The impact from the collision resulted in a third vehicle becoming involved in the collision, Brant OPP say.The driver exiting the private driveway
  
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• Brant OPP investigating Wednesday fatal collision

  01-10-2026 21:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A 71-year-old Brantford resident has died following a three-vehicle collision on Highway 24 North (Brant Road) on Wednesday.Brant County OPP say emergency services were dispatched to the scene at about 11:10 p.m. upon arrival, officers determined that a vehicle entering the road from a private driveway and was attempting to make a left turn when it was struck by a north bound vehicle.The impact from the collision resulted in a third vehicle becoming involved in the collision, Brant OPP say.The
  
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• Kindergarten registration at local Catholic schools moves from January to October

  01-10-2026 21:09 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  If your child was born in 2023, this month is the time to register them for kindergarten at local Catholic schools for classes beginning September 2027.By moving registration from January to October, the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board is giving families an earlier opportunity to learn about kindergarten, connect with their future school community and access information and resources that will help prepare children for school, said a news release from the board.“The
  
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• Brantford's Mohawk Institute Residential School a moving experience

  01-10-2026 17:50 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Sherlene Bomberry spent much of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday sitting on a chair watching a sea of people in orange shirts walk freely up the laneway to the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford.“I remember when I first came here when I was ten, it was a lifetime of prison going up these steps and staying here. The separation; all kinds of not good stuff,” recalled the 70-year-old Six Nations woman who attended the Mush Hole
  
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• 'All kinds of not good stuff', says survivor of Brantford's Mohawk Institute

  01-10-2026 17:50 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Sherlene Bomberry spent much of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday sitting on a chair watching a sea of people in orange shirts walk freely up the laneway to the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford.“I remember when I first came here when I was 10, it was a lifetime of prison going up these steps and staying here. The separation; all kinds of not good stuff,” recalled the 70-year-old Six Nations woman who attended the Mush Hole &
  
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• Employers will learn about 'Growing Your Workforce' at conference in Brantford

  01-10-2026 04:36 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  For the first time, one of Southwestern Ontario’s leading workforce conferences is coming to the Grand Erie region. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie will host the Growing Your Workforce 2026 Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Six Nations Polytechnic in Brantford, bringing together employers, educators, workforce professionals, service providers, community leaders, and policymakers from across the region. As labour shortages, skills gaps, and changing workforce expectations cont
  
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• Canada accused of violating international law over Indigenous people

  01-10-2026 00:51 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An indictment of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools has been a long time coming and the government needs to make things right, says a survivor of the Mohawk Institute.“It has been a long time since I was in a residential school and to think that it has taken this long,” Roberta Hill said Wednesday after the International Permanent Peoples Tribunal determined that Canada is violating international law by failing to investigate and prosecute crimes against Indigenous people. &l
  
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• 'Goo-covered' eagle rescued from Brantford landfill set free

  01-10-2026 00:41 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A goo-covered bald eagle whose wings were bound by a stinking sticky muck when rescued from Brantford’s landfill site in late August has been returned to the wild.Chantal Theijn, operator of Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge in Nanticoke, posted on social media that the bird has been set free.“After four washes her plumage was clean and she spent a considerable amount of time preening to return her plumage to flighted status,” said the post. “It was a delight to see her go free
  
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