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• Brantford Downtown Revitalization Project update: Aug. 31 to Sept. 4

  27-08-2026 16:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The downtown revitalization project continues through the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 4.Underground infrastructure installation and road construction continue on Icomm Drive. Deep sanitary sewer installation is complete, with storm sewer and watermain work now underway. Temporary traffic changes will take effect Sept. 1 to support ongoing construction.The closure of Icomm Drive is expected to continue until the end of September. The following temporary traffic changes will be in place beginning Se
  
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• Grand Erie Public Health issues drug-alert for Brantford, Brant and Haldimand, Norfolk

  29-08-2026 15:05 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A drug alert has been issued by Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) following a spate of drug-related incidents and hospital emergency room visits in the area.Public health officials say there were 22 drug-related hospital department visits between Aug. 22 and Aug. 26 in Brantford, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk. There were also six suspected drug-related deaths across the region between Aug. 1 and Aug. 25.Many of the recent incidents and emergency department visits involved opioids or medetomidine,
  
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• 'It will remain Lake Ontario', says chief of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

  28-08-2026 21:16 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump can try to change the name of the American side of Lake Ontario but Margaret Sault says the Great Lake will remain Lake Ontario on this side of the waters.Sault, the elected chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, said the shared lake is older than either Canada or the United States and the Mississaugas have a vested interest in the lake through an official water claim.“For the Mississaugas of the Credit, it will remain Lake Ontario and, more impo
  
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• 'It will remain Lake Ontario': says chief of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

  28-08-2026 21:16 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump can try to change the name of the American side of Lake Ontario but Margaret Sault says the Great Lake will remain Lake Ontario on this side of the waters.Sault, the elected chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, said the shared lake is older than either Canada or the United States and the Mississaugas have a vested interest in the lake through an official water claim.“For the Mississaugas of the Credit, it will remain Lake Ontario and, more impo
  
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• Early morning shots fired on Powell Road in Brantford

  28-08-2026 20:51 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Multiple shots were fired into the garage area of a Powell Road residence early Friday morning.Brantford Police said no one was injured despite residents being inside the home, but there was plenty of property damage as a result of the many shots fired toward the building at around 4:15 a.m.Other sources say up to 14 rounds may have hit the home’s garage and at least two vehicles.Powell Road, which is just off Longboat Run, was closed in the early morning. A small section remained blocked
  
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• Prison cell phone led cops to Brantford drug dealer

  28-08-2026 20:24 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A criminal with a cell phone in Kingston’s Joyceville prison accidentally alerted Brantford Police to a local drug dealer back in 2024.Nolan E. Penfold, now-35, became the target for both other criminals and the cops after corrections officers found the cell phone and discovered texts from a prisoner directing someone outside the prison to “knock him (Penfold) out of the game”.The detailed instructions described Penfold’s white Mercedes Benz, how to crowbar his door, det
  
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• 'Pass the Puck' lets customers give an assist and pay it forward

  28-08-2026 20:22 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Pass the Puck Forward brings a Brantford twist to “paying it forward.” Developed by Brantford resident Steve Karalis and inspired by the city’s hockey heritage, the initiative invites residents to give an assist to someone who could use one. Five local businesses – Pace’s Take Out & Catering on Henry Street, Mercases Little Italy Eatery and Catering on Henry Street, Maria’s Pizza West on Colborne Street West, Sweet Bakery on Fairview Drive, and Altitude C
  
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• Brantford council candidate dealing with 2022 election charges

  27-08-2026 21:51 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Former Brantford city councillor and current council candidate Dave Wrobel is running as a Ward 2 councillor while still facing eight charges for allegedly breaching the Municipal Elections Act regarding finances during his last election run in 2022.But Wrobel’s lawyer said he has “grave concerns” about the timing of the case, which wrapped up the disclosure process two years ago.“We have not heard a reasonable explanation about why there has been a two-year delay,&rdquo
  
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• Brantford Police seek help to find missing woman

  27-08-2026 21:39 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Brantford Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance to locate a missing woman, 25-year-old, Chyaene. She is described as Indigenous, about five-foot-three, with dark hair, brown eyes and a medium build. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black shorts, and white slides. Police say Chyaene was last seen on North Park Street in Brantford on Aug. 25. Police are concerned for her well-being and seeking assistance from anyone with information that could help find her. Any
  
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• Dolly Parton's legacy remembered by Brantford residents

  27-08-2026 21:35 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An outpouring of grief has flooded social media platforms and conversations with the passing on Tuesday of the Dolly Parton, arguably the Queen of Country Music.“It is difficult to find the words to express what Dolly Parton’s passing means to me,” Brantford’s Jeanne Smitiuch wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday. “For the past 11 years, I have had the extraordinary privilege of helping bring Dolly’s dream to life for children and families across Canada. What be
  
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• Cancellation of Brantford night market event disappointing for organizer, city

  27-08-2026 20:16 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Both city staff and the organizer of the Downtown Brantford BIA’s The Garage: Urban Night Market say they are disappointed by the cancellation of this year’s event over complications with the venue.The second annual event, which was to include some 50 vendors, and a couple dozen performers and musicians, was to be held on Sept. 26 on the top level of the Market Street parkade.Ben Strasser, owner of local marketing company All Day Breakfast, was hired by the BIA to organize the event
  
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• Public quick to identify gas station robbery suspect

  27-08-2026 19:09 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  It took just hours on Thursday for Brantford police to identify a person now charged with robbing a local gas station Monday.Police put out a photo and a request to the community for help just before 1 p.m. on Thursday and four hours later said the man had been identified and charged.Those charges are from an incident at a Colborne Street West and Oak Street gas station where it was reported a man wearing a hoodie went in just before midnight and showed a knife.He robbed the store of a small am
  
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• Police ask for public's help to find gas station robbery suspect

  27-08-2026 19:09 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect involved in a gas station robbery.On Monday, Aug. 24 at about 11:45 p.m., officers were dispatched after receiving a report of a robbery at a gas station at Colborne Street West and Oak Street. It was reported that a male with a knife robbed the store for a small amount of cash, leaving the business before police arrived.The suspect is described as about five-foot-eight with an average build and blonde hair. He was we
  
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• Downtown Revitalization Project update: Aug. 31 to Sept. 4

  27-08-2026 16:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The downtown revitalization project continues through the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 4.Underground infrastructure installation and road construction continue on Icomm Drive. Deep sanitary sewer installation is complete, with storm sewer and watermain work now underway. Temporary traffic changes will take effect Sept. 1 to support ongoing construction. The closure of Icomm Drive is expected to continue until the end of September. The following temporary traffic changes will be in place beginning S
  
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• Group support can be 'lifesaver for those going through grief'

  27-08-2026 16:39 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Grief is challenging for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one. But there is help through GriefShare, a 13-week grief recovery course being offered at two churches in Brantford starting in September.The 2026 fall session of the course is being offered at Queensway Baptist Church (beginning Sept. 9), and Celebration Church (beginning Sept.8).“Grief can be totally overwhelming,” says Don Bernard, congregational care pastor at Celebration Church. “The emotional pain can
  
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• Players lace up skates for the Ice Man Cup in Brantford

  27-08-2026 00:31 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Hockey players — both professional and those on their way to the big leagues — laced up their skates on Saturday afternoon for the second Ice Man Memorial Cup game at the TD Civic Centre in Brantford.The charity game is a memorial to Jimmy “The Ice Man” MacNeil, the beloved Zamboni driver at the Civic Centre for many years, who died in 2023 at the age of 62.In 1999, MacNeil won the title Zamboni Driver of the Year in a promotion by the company that manufactures the ice-r
  
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• Tariffs are going to hurt us all: Brantford Chamber of Commerce CEO

  26-08-2026 22:17 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Virtually every local business — and eventually each person — is going to feel the effects of the tariffs promised earlier this week as trade talks between Canada and the USA collapsed.“From solo entrepreneurs to large corporations that rely on international trade, we’re all going to be in a situation where some part of the supply chain or transportation is going to be impacted,” said David Prang, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant.“Whether fu
  
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• Brantford Bulldogs coach Michael Babcock 'really happy' with camp

  26-08-2026 08:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford Bulldogs new head coach Michael Babcock and his staff were well prepared for the first day of training camp earlier this week.With prospective players arriving at the TD Civic Centre this past Monday, Babcock and his coaches had been meeting since Aug. 10 to ensure things ran smoothly once things started to roll.“Part of the reason we got here two weeks earlier was because we wanted to make sure that our video and drills were tight and we knew where everyone was going,” sa
  
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• London dad pushing daughter's wheelchair 200 km in fight for $493K surgery

  25-08-2026 21:03 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Every time Joe Gesualdi’s daughter watches him leave their London home to carry on the fight for her future, she gives him the same message.“I love you,” Sydney, 27, tells him. “Please be careful.”Those words of concern are coming from a young woman whose life changed in a split-second car crash three years ago.She is troubled that her parents have been pushed to the lengths they have to hopefully secure life-altering surgery that is only available in the United St
  
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• Mississaugas of the Credit pow wow attracts 2,500 despite rain

  25-08-2026 00:45 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Despite wet weather on the weekend, about 2,500 people attended the 38th annual Three Fires Pow Wow.Held on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Three Fires differs from the nearby Six Nations Champion of Champions Pow Wow in that it’s not a competition.“We draw a lot of people because they like the traditional pow wows, and the smaller venue,” explained Faith Rivers, chair of the New Credit Culture Committee, who noted that some dancers from Attawapiskat First Nation
  
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• Experienced bottle feeders needed for litter of abandoned newborn pups

  25-08-2026 00:22 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A local dog rescue operation is asking for help after taking in 11 newborn puppies left in a box in Brantford. Hillside Kennels Animal Control picked up the abandoned pups, which are just one or two days old, by a trail on Monday morning and transferred them to Sato Saved End of the Line Dog Rescue and Rehabilitation.“There is no excuse for dumping puppies,” said a social media post made by Hillside Kennels. “We worry about the mom who may be worried where they have gone, or t
  
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• Abandoned newborn pups in foster care; supplies, funding still needed

  25-08-2026 00:22 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Volunteers have stepped up to help care for a litter of 11 newborn puppies abandoned along a Brantford trail on Monday.In a Facebook post Sato Saved End of the Line Dog Rescue and Rehabilitation said they now have enough people to foster the pups, which are just a few days old and will require bottle feeding every three hours for the next four weeks.Hillside Kennels Animal Control picked up the pups Monday morning and transferred them to Sato Saved.“There is no excuse for dumping puppies,
  
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• Brant County has six candidates for mayor

  25-08-2026 00:01 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Two more mayoral candidates filed their nominations last week, bringing to six the number of people looking to lead Brant County Council.Kent Hollett and Stuart Braid have joined David Swanson, Graham Horner, Christine Garneau Bisaillon, and Jennifer Kyle in the race to become mayor.The following is a list of candidates seeking a position on county council:Ward 1 (two to be elected): Incumbent John MacAlpine, John Kemp, Denise Louise Dyment, Mary-Jane Brown, Steve Schmitt, and Mike Petrella.War
  
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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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• Poilievre takes aim at federal government taxes, fees during visit at Stubbe's Precast in Brant County

  23-08-2026 19:49 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Federal Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre offered major praise for the Stubbe’s Precast facility in Brant County on Saturday morning, telling employees “It’s an amazing business.”“It’s a true Canadian success story,” Poilievre said at the site near Harley, noting that the company manufactures six million square feet of housing each year with its precast concrete hollowcore floor systems and modular walls. “Because people like you are delivering f
  
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