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• Grand Erie health unit issues cold alert notification - Brantford Expositor

  05-12-2025 00:06 via news.google.com
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• New Arrowdale Community Park set to open soon

  11-12-2025 02:20 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The new Arrowdale Community Park will be opening soon, city officials say. Maria Visocchi, the city’s director, communications, community engagement and customer service, confirmed Wednesday that park will open this winter. “Engineering staff met at the park today (Dec. 10) to assess the hills for sledding,” Visocchi said in response to questions from The Expositor. .”Once that evaluation is complete, we’ll let the community know when the fencing will come down and
  
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• BSO conductor Philip Sarabura to retire after 17 years

  10-12-2025 20:57 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  After 17 years as conductor of the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, Philip Sarabura will be handing off the baton to a yet-to-be-determined successor. Sarabura is also a violinist, playing with the Hamilton Philharmonic and a host of other orchestras – including regular appearances with the BSO – prior to being hired as conductor in 2008. “The orchestra was trying to get by without somebody as their conductor/artistic director but trying to go by committee and hire conductors when
  
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• Second edition of savings booklet promotes shopping in Brantford and area

  10-12-2025 19:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  Brantford residents and visitors have another reason to explore the city with the launch of the second edition of the Buy Canadian Support Local Savings & Tourism Book.
    The 80-page booklet, which offers coupons and deals from dozens of businesses in Brantford and the surrounding area, was created by Stacey Bester, owner of Sweet Bakery on Fairview Drive, in collaboration with the City of Brantford.
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• Inside BCHS: Physicians share tips on how to stay safe this holiday season

  10-12-2025 19:20 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  As families prepare to gather for the holidays and the new year ahead, health experts at Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) are reminding residents that prevention is the best gift you can give yourself and your loved ones this festive season.While taking steps to stay healthy is the priority, BCHS also wants the community to know that care is close at hand – whether through the emergency department or other local health services should illness or injury occur.
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• BCHS Insider: Physicians share tips on how to stay safe this holiday season

  10-12-2025 19:20 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  As families prepare to gather for the holidays and the new year ahead, health experts at Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) are reminding residents that prevention is the best gift you can give yourself and your loved ones this festive season.While taking steps to stay healthy is the priority, BCHS also wants the community to know that care is close at hand – whether through the emergency department or other local health services should illness or injury occur.
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• New Brantford hospital task force issues 'call for land'

  10-12-2025 18:16 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  If you have a large parcel of land suitable for a modern hospital, Brantford’s new hospital site identification task force would like to hear about it. The task force on Tuesday issued a ‘call for land’ to landowners who think their property could be the future home of the community’s new hospital. “We’re asking landowners across Brantford-Brant who have sites that meet the criteria we’re looking for to put forward their sites for consideration,” D
  
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• Man charged in connection with damaging air conditioning units at Brantford church

  10-12-2025 17:33 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A Brantford man has been charged with mischief after police say he was found crouching behind a large air conditioner on the roof of a city church.
    Police received a report on Dec. 9 at about 1 p.m. about a suspicious man seen on the roof of a West Street church near the building’s air conditioning units.
    Police say a padlock securing an enclosure to the units had been cut and a man was using bolt cutters to remove copper wires on an air conditioner.
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• Councillors say "no" to elected deputy mayor proposal

  10-12-2025 05:31 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The deputy mayor debate is dead. Brantford city councillors have rejected a proposal to create an elected deputy mayor position in time for the next municipal election. “Structural governance changes to government shouldn’t be reactionary, they shouldn’t come out of a moment or feeling,” Coun. Mandy Samwell said at a Tuesday city council committee-of-the-whole meeting. “They should come from long term planning, community conversations and a very clear need and I don
  
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• Brantford councillors say 'no' to elected deputy mayor proposal

  10-12-2025 05:31 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The deputy mayor debate is dead. Brantford city councillors have rejected a proposal to create an elected deputy mayor position in time for the next municipal election. “Structural governance changes to government shouldn’t be reactionary, they shouldn’t come out of a moment or feeling,” Coun. Mandy Samwell said at a Tuesday city council committee-of-the-whole meeting. “They should come from long-term planning, community conversations and a very clear need and I don
  
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• From health scare to restaurant owner: One man’s journey to create a café for diabetics

  09-12-2025 15:07 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  In June, John Joseph was unwell. “I was about 70 pounds overweight” with diabetes, and high cholesterol and blood pressure. His liver was in rough shape, and he had “no ambition, no drive, no energy,” he told The Hamilton Spectator. The doctor told him he was at risk of having a stroke or heart attack. Joseph had already seen the toll diabetes can have on someone — his father ended up needing a leg amputation. So following Joseph’s grim checkup, he committed h
  
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• Female robber tells Brantford judge she's ready for prison

  09-12-2025 14:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A Brantford woman dealing with long-term addictions agreed she needed to go to prison in order to turn her life around. Amanda Witham, 47, told a provincial judge recently she wanted to get treatment to help stop a cycle of crimes she’s been committing for years. “I need four walls to get clean,” Witham told Justice Brett Moodie, who agreed with her. “Sometimes you can do it and sometimes the government is required to intervene to force you to get help because when you ar
  
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• Carbon monoxide alarm requirements take effect January 1st - Brantford Expositor

  09-12-2025 14:29 via news.google.com
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• Carbon monoxide alarm requirements take effect January 1st

  09-12-2025 14:24 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  New requirements under the Ontario Fire Code go into effect on January 1, 2026, regarding the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, prompting the Brantford Fire Department to launch a campaign to educate homeowners and landlords. Starting New Year’s Day, a CO alarm is required on every storey of a building, including those levels that do not have bedrooms. Additionally, a CO alarm is required next to every sleeping area, such as in a hallway outside of bedrooms. “Carbon monoxi
  
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• Police ask Ontario homeowner to remove anti-Santa posters - CTV News

  09-12-2025 12:13 via news.google.com
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• Brantford police are giving tickets for good deeds this December - The Spec

  09-12-2025 12:00 via news.google.com
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• Ann Crawford Obituary | 1960 - 2025 - Brantford Expositor Obituaries

  09-12-2025 09:04 via news.google.com
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• Jolly Old St. Nick touches down at Brantford Airport - BrantBeacon

  09-12-2025 01:38 via news.google.com
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• PDHS Panthers hoping for championship repeat in girls hockey - Brantford Expositor

  08-12-2025 22:59 via news.google.com
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• City of Brantford to host annual New Year’s Eve party - BrantBeacon

  08-12-2025 20:45 via news.google.com
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• City of Brantford budget deliberations resume this week - Brantford Expositor

  08-12-2025 20:37 via news.google.com
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• City of Brantford budget deliberations resume this week

  08-12-2025 20:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The chair of the city’s estimates committee is hoping Brantford councillors can find a way to lower the projected property tax increase when budget deliberations resume Wednesday. “I’d like to see us get below 5 per cent,” Coun. Michael Sullivan said. “We want to make sure that we’re properly funding our requirements and at the same time not overstepping our spending on non-requirements. “We want to be fiscally responsible and keep our increase as low as
  
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• Indigenous Student Association at Brantford's Pauline Johnson Collegiate awarded 2025 YMCA Peace Medal - Brantford Expositor

  08-12-2025 20:17 via news.google.com
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• Indigenous Student Association at Brantford's Pauline Johnson Collegiate awarded 2025 YMCA Peace Medal

  08-12-2025 20:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A student-led group rooted in Truth and Reconciliation at Brantford’s Pauline Johnson Collegiate has been honoured with a 2025 YMCA Peace Medal. 
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   annual YMCA Peace Medal Breakfast, recognize individuals and groups who, “without any special resources, status, wealth, or position, demonstrate a commitment to the values of peace through contributions made within t
  
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• SIU investigating circumstances surrounding man's serious injuries in Haldimandincident - Brantford Expositor

  08-12-2025 19:37 via news.google.com
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• SIU investigating circumstances surrounding man's serious injuries in Haldimandincident

  08-12-2025 19:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is continuing its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the serious injuries suffered by a 67-year-old man last week in Haldimand County.  The SIU said Haldimand OPP officers were attempting to locate the man who is the subject of the investigation on Dec. 5. 
    Police overtook a vehicle in the area of North Shore Drive and Rymer Road near Dunnville.
    According to the SIU, as officers approached the vehicl
  
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• SIU investigating circumstances surrounding man's serious injuries in Haldimand incident

  08-12-2025 19:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is continuing its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the serious injuries suffered by a 67-year-old man last week in Haldimand County.  The SIU said Haldimand OPP officers were attempting to locate the man who is the subject of the investigation on Dec. 5. 
    Police overtook a vehicle in the area of North Shore Drive and Rymer Road near Dunnville.
    According to the SIU, as officers approached the vehicl
  
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• SIU investigating circumstances surrounding man's serious injuries in Dunnville incident

  08-12-2025 19:32 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit is continuing its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the serious injuries suffered by a 67-year-old man last week in Haldimand County.  The SIU said Haldimand OPP officers were attempting to locate the man who is the subject of the investigation on Dec. 5. 
    Police overtook a vehicle in the area of North Shore Drive and Rymer Road near Dunnville.
    According to the SIU, as officers approached the vehicl
  
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• Brant County byelection to fill vacant Ward 5 seat to be held March 16

  08-12-2025 19:25 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  A byelection to fill a vacant seat on the County of Brant council will be held on March 16.
    Nominations close on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.
    The byelection will fill the Ward 5 seat left vacant when former councillor Christine Garneau resigned in October, citing “an irreconcilable conflict” between her municipal duty and her business’s “best interests.”
    Voting for the byelection will be done exclusively online. 
  
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• Three Brantford Bulldogs named to Team Canada's WJHC training camp roster - Brantford Expositor

  08-12-2025 17:57 via news.google.com
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