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• Indoor sports facility meeting draws large crowd

  13-08-2026 21:13 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An indoor sports field at Jaycee Sport Park would give Brantford’s athletes a chance to hone their skills year-round and keep money in the community, says the president of the Brantford Minor Baseball Association.“Right now, Brantford minor baseball has to rent facilities out-of-town to hold practices year round and we’re not the only ones doing that,” Randy Meggs said Wednesday.“Other organizations like Brantford Bisons (and) soccer are also spending money to rent
  
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• Brantford’s Quality of Life - Investment Benefit Highlight

  07-10-2026 16:24 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford’s Location - Investment Benefit Highlight

  07-10-2026 16:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford’s Community Support and Strength - Investment Benefit Highlight

  07-10-2026 16:18 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford’s Affordability - Investment Benefit Highlight

  07-10-2026 16:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford Business Highlight: Miura Canada

  07-10-2026 15:53 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford Business Highlight: Mitsui High-tec Canada Inc.

  07-10-2026 15:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford Business Highlight: Massilly North America

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• Brantford Business Highlight: Hilton Foods Canada

  07-10-2026 15:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford Business Highlight: Hartmann North America

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• Brantford Business Highlight: Grissin Bon Limited

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• Brantford Business Highlight: GIZEH Packaging NA Inc.

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• Brantford Business Highlight: Flora Food Group

  07-10-2026 15:07 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brantford Business Highlight: Casasanta Baking Solutions

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• Brantford Bulldogs goalie Vilmer Salen Forsberg continues his hot play

  03-10-2026 04:50 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Brantford Bulldogs and goaltender Vilmer Salen Fosberg remain undefeated.Hosting Brampton on Friday at the TD Civic Centre, the Bulldogs (6-0-0-0) needed a shootout to score a 5-4 win against the Steelheads (0-5-0-1).With the win, Sweden’s Salen Forsberg continued his hot start to the season with his fourth win against no losses.It’s easy to see why Salen Forsberg was able to make 44 saves, many with his glove hand, as the six-foot-six, 220-pound netminder has hands like bear pa
  
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• All aboard: Brantford groups call for GO bus express service

  02-10-2026 22:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant is among local groups climbing aboard efforts to improve Brantford’s connection to the Aldershot GO Station.David Prang, the chamber’s CEO, says an express GO Bus connecting Brantford to the Aldershot station is the single most impactful investment that could be made to improve regional transportation.“Brantford-Brant is at a pivotal moment in its economic development,” Prang said at a recent city council meeting. “As labour
  
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• Quadruple amputee on mission to inform about sepsis

  02-10-2026 22:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Amalie Henze says she’s halfway to becoming a true bionic woman after getting outfitted with prosthetics.The now 21-year-old had her hands and feet amputated in 2023 due to a little-understood condition and is now working to ensure every Canadian is aware of sepsis and the trauma and death it can cause.“My story is not unique,” said Henze.“Sepsis can happen to anyone and, for so many, the common denominator is that before it became part of their story, people were totall
  
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• Brantford company welcomes federal government support

  02-10-2026 21:30 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The president of TRUE Sports of Brantford is welcoming a new federal program that aims to help Canadian manufacturers grow their businesses.“This is an important announcement because it allows Canadian companies, Canadian-owned companies to compete with the best and to grow manufacturing in Canada for years to come,” Geoff Sarjeant said. “We’ve gone through so many fluctuations in feelings and emotions over the past couple of months, the support of the federal government
  
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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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• Oxford County approves new Reconciliation framework

  30-09-2026 16:12 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A week ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Oxford County adopted a new framework intended to embed reconciliation efforts into local governance.Oxford County council approved its first Indigenous Reconciliation Framework document, which requires employees across the organization to share responsibility and translate its suggestions into action, during its Sept. 23 meeting.In the spring, Oxford County staff hired NVision Insight Group Inc. to work with staff on the document.
  
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• 'It's been the honour of my life,' Kevin Davis says at final council meeting as Brantford's mayor

  30-09-2026 05:21 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford has grown rapidly under the leadership of Mayor Kevin Davis over the past eight years, says the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant.The city also confronted major challenges including housing, navigated a global pandemic and became a business-friendly community, David Prang said at Tuesday’s city council meeting.“During that time council advanced a new official plan, supported the development of hundreds of new affordable housing units, welcomed the Brantford Bu
  
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• Chamber CEO thanks Brantford Mayor Kevin Davis for his leadership

  30-09-2026 05:21 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford has grown rapidly under the leadership of Mayor Kevin Davis over the past eight years, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant, said Tuesday.David Prang said the city also confronted major challenges including housing, navigated a global pandemic and became a business-friendly community.“During that time council advanced a new official plan, supported the development of hundreds of new affordable housing units, welcomed the Brantford Bulldogs and moved forward with th
  
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