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• Riding to be without MP starting Friday when Larry Brock officially leaves office

  16-09-2026 20:14 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford-Brant South will be without Member of Parliament as of Friday. Larry Brock, first elected in 2021, announced in early August he would be resigning from the role effective Sept. 18 to return to his role in the Crown Attorney’s Office in Brantford where he promised to “continue to be an advocate of change.” Brock’s resignation triggered a byelection which must be held by mid-April. A date has not yet been set.Brock is the third Conservative MP to resign this summ
  
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• Tackling social media regulations for teens

  17-09-2026 22:39 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The evidence is clear that young people are being harmed by the current state of social media and the federal government wants social media platforms to be more responsible and make their products safe, the MP for Hamilton Mountain says.“We hear from parents, teachers and lawmakers every day the harms that young people are facing, the anxiety, the things that they have to deal with from social media,” Lisa Hepfner said during a Tuesday visit to Brantford.“The calls to police f
  
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• Burning of flag in restaurant, 'Slap in the teeth'

  17-09-2026 22:26 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford Police are investigating an incident on Tuesday in which a fire was set inside a Brantford restaurant.Tom Mercante, owner of Mercasa Little Italy Eatery at Wayne Gretzky Parkway and Henry Street, said two men entered the restaurant at about 12:20 p.m.“When they came into the restaurant, they asked our staff if we had anything we could give them because they didn’t have any money,” he said, adding that female frontline servers asked the chef to prepare something.He sa
  
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• Police seek help to identify suspects in restaurant break-and-enter

  17-09-2026 22:23 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Police are asking for the public’s assistance to identify a person(s) who allegedly committed a break and enter at a Brantford restaurant.Brantford Police responded to a Grand River Avenue restaurant at about 7 a.m. on Thursda after it had been broken into during the overnight hours.Alcoholic beverages and a quantity of cash were removed from an outdoor sea can that is utilized by the business.The suspect(s) are reported to have fled the scene in an older-model dark coloured Honda Civic.A
  
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• Brantford looking to develop urban forestry plan

  17-09-2026 22:11 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Planting more trees to combat climate change will be part of the discussion when Brantford city councillors begin 2027 budget deliberations in the fall.“Like I often say, failing to plan is planning to fail,” Coun. Linda Hunt said at a Sept. 15 committee-of-the-whole meeting.“We have a tree canopy goal that was set in 2008 and here we are, 18 years later and we don’t have a plan to get there. Events like Earth Day and others throughout the year, when we go out and plant
  
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• City hall notebook: Mayoral debate, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  17-09-2026 22:05 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Candidates vying to be the next Mayor of Brantford will gather at the Brantford Mosque on Saturday to speak about a variety of issues, including housing.Richard Carpenter, Dan McCreary, Rose Sicoli, Mandy Samwell and Rick Willdy are expected to attend the event beginning at 3 p.m. The mosque is at 192 Greenwich St.Infrastructure, affordability, public safety and economic development are among the other issues that are expected to be raised during the discussion.“We are looking forward to
  
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• Second clinic location opens to serve city's vulnerable

  17-09-2026 21:59 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  There are cracks in the provincial healthcare system where people slip through but the Grand River Community Health Centre has been working on sealing the gaps since 2009.Now, it’s expanding to a West Brantford location that already serves some of the city’s vulnerable population.“We’ve run out of space at our main site,” said the centre’s executive director, Linda Kohler on Wednesday as dozens of visitors to the new space at 177 Colborne St. W. swirled aroun
  
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• Races raise money

  17-09-2026 19:23 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Code Blue Crew – made up of Nathan Zimmerman, Alana Rootes-Johnson, Olivia Boone and Paige Wildey – was the top fundraising team at the inaugural bed races hosted by the Brantford General Hospital Foundation in May. The blue teammates were one of 16 groups, many in wild costumes, who came out to compete in the event, raising more than $223,000 for 32 new patient beds at The Willett Hospital in Paris.
  
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• Finding sunlight in the darkness: Brantford woman shares story of battle with ovarian cancer

  17-09-2026 19:10 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Family, friends and faith are helping Renee Perssia fight an insidious disease.“I always try to see the sunlight in the darkness,” the Brantford woman said. “The darkness is ovarian cancer. The sunlight comes from all of the wonderful people who are supporting me on my journey.”A single mother of two grown daughters – Hailey, 25 and Samantha, 20, – Perssia has a long list of people who are walking beside her.“My family surrounded me with love and friend
  
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• Come together

  17-09-2026 18:52 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Sumedha Mongia (centre) leads participants in a Bollywood dance workshop that was held at Woodman Park Community Centre on Sept. 12. The workshop attracted more than 10 participants of all ages. Mongia is an Indo-Canadian dance artist who advocates for cultural connection through the arts. Using dance as a tool for empowerment, healing and connection Mongia believes the arts can bring people together and inspire lasting change. She participates in cultural events in cities across Ontario, inclu
  
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• Golden performance: Brantford firefighter wins firefit championship

  17-09-2026 11:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A couple of Brantford firefighters are heading to Las Vegas in October to compete in the World Firefighter Challenge championship after medal-winning performances at the Canadian championships held in Fredericton, NB, on the weekend.Meaghan Dunn won a gold medal in the women’s individual competition, gold in the women’s hybrid competition with Kelly Campbell, of Cambridge Fire, and bronze in the hybrid mixed relay. Capt. Paul Mitton won bronze in the over-55 men’s competition.
  
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• Golden performance. Brantford firefighter wins firefit championship

  17-09-2026 11:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A couple of Brantford firefighters are heading to Las Vegas in October to compete in the World Firefighter Challenge championship after medal-winning performances at the Canadian championships held in Fredericton, NB, on the weekend.Meaghan Dunn won a gold medal in the women’s individual competition, gold in the women’s hybrid competition with Kelly Campbell, of Cambridge Fire, and bronze in the hybrid mixed relay. Capt. Paul Mitton won bronze in the over-55 men’s competition.
  
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• Judges: Restitution orders in two cases unlikely to be paid

  17-09-2026 10:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Two local people in two substantial cases of fraud were sentenced to repay their victims $34,000 each in courts last month but the judges admitted there is little chance the funds will ever be paid.Anthony J. Powless, 56, and Trisha L. Ladd, 44, were convicted of fraud over $5,000 just days apart, receiving almost identical sentences.Each were sentenced to a year-long community sentence order with GPS monitoring, house arrest for the first six months, followed by six months of a tight curfew.An
  
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• Softball star Erika Polidori shines for Canada - and in cartoon

  17-09-2026 08:00 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Brantford’s Erika Polidori wasn’t only a softball superstar on the diamond this summer for Canada, she also starred away from the field when she was immortalized as a cartoon character.Polidori, an Olympian and veteran with Canada’s national women’s softball team, joined Buddy the Moose in a three-episode video campaign put together by Softball Canada and Kidzsmart Communications that helps teachers from pre-kindergarten through Grade 4 explain softball to their students
  
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• Brantford Police asking for public's help to locate stolen military medals

  16-09-2026 21:14 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  The Brantford Police Service is asking for the public’s help to find two historically significant military medals stolen from a Brantford home.Police say on Sept. 15 at about 8:30 p.m. suspects entered a Hardy Road home and stole several items, among them British Royal Marines medals of valour, which have significant personal and historical value to the victim. The stolen medals include: A British Royal Marines medal of valour featuring service bars; and another British Royal Marines meda
  
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• Woodstock motorist charged with stunt driving in Brant

  16-09-2026 20:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  A 17-year-old driver from Woodstock has been charged with stunt driving.On Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at about 1:30 a.m., a Brant OPP officer stopped a vehicle after it was seen traveling at a high rate of speed on King Edward Street, west of Dumfries Street in Brant County.The driver has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act with drive motor vehicle – perform stunt – excessive speed, and speeding 50+ km/h over the posted speed limit. The driver’s licence was suspended f
  
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• Two fentanyl dealers sentenced to prison terms

  16-09-2026 20:11 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Two mid-level Brantford fentanyl dealers – each with previous drug convictions — were sentenced in Superior court recently to multi-year sentences, both expressing their repentance and their commitment to change.Kaya Folland, 35, pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl for trafficking earlier this year in a Colborne Street motel, while she was out on bail for the same charge from 2024.Jonathan C. Ludwig, 39, pleaded guilty to having fentanyl and many other drugs stashed around his
  
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• Indigenous 'living classroom' brings culturally informed education to learners in long-term care

  16-09-2026 20:06 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  One of Ontario’s first Indigenous “living classrooms,” marrying education and hands-on care, is operating at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre.An official opening of the classroom, from which the first cohort of personal support worker students has graduated, was held Tuesday at the Brantford long-term care facility.“It’s a place where education is embedded within the care environment,” Dr. Azim Gangji, vice-president, academic at St. Joseph’s Health S
  
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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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• 80-year-old charged with assault in Brant County neighbour dispute 

  14-09-2026 20:24 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  An 80-year-old Brant County man has been charged in connection with a neighbour dispute that left one person injured. Brant OPP were called to a disturbance at a Paris residence on Sept. 11 at about 4:30 p.m. Police say an argument between two people turned into a physical altercation that caused minor injuries. The accused has been charged with assault. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at
  
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• Beats, eats and paint brushes part of downtown Brantford festival

  14-09-2026 19:54 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  When Oleksii Kryvoruchko was tasked with creating a Brantford-themed painting in 40 minutes a few thoughts came to mind.“Of course, I thought of Alexander Graham Bell, a telephone and Canada,” Kryvoruchko said Saturday. “So, I just had to find a way to put them all together.“Trying to get it done in 40 minutes, I felt a lot of pressure but it was a lot of fun.”Kryvoruchko was participating in a Battle of the Brushes competition at Brantford Beats and Eats on Saturd
  
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• Free hockey league gets underway

  14-09-2026 16:26 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Free Sport for Growth’s free, eight-week neighbourhood hockey league began on Sunday with 47 players in attendance at the TD Civic Centre. Players in Grades 7 and 8 are eligible to play and spaces are still available. Those interested in playing should be able to skate but if a lack of equipment is an issue, Free Sport for Growth can help. Email [email protected] for more information.
  
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• Walk and Roll

  14-09-2026 15:52 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  Rachelle Hest (foreground), who has received a lot of help from Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services over the years, led the way for the agency’s annual Walk and Roll for Woodview fundraising event held Saturday at T. B. Costain, S. C. Johnson Community Centre on Morrell St. She was joined by (left to right) Robin Sharpe, a counsellor at Woodview, Flora Ennis, the agency’s executive director, and Coun. Michael Sullivan representing the City of Brantford. Prior to the walk, Hes
  
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• Brantford Bulldogs wrap up pre-season with win over Guelph Storm

  12-09-2026 04:15 via brantfordexpositor.ca
  
  In one year, Jeremy Freeman has gone from one of the least experienced Brantford Bulldogs to the team’s most seasoned veteran.Facing Guelph on Friday at the TD Civic Centre in the final exhibition game before the start of the 2026-27 OHL season, Freeman helped lead the Bulldogs to an 8-6 win over a short-staffed Storm team.With an exodus of experienced players to the pro ranks, Freeman is ready to take on the roll of leader.“I’d love to take that role,” Freeman said. &ld
  
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