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Brant skaters shine at 73rd annual Flashing Blades

Brant Figure Skating Club (BFSC) held its...

National pairs champion fulfills goal of being an Olympian

Ever since he watched the Vancouver Winter...

Accomplished journalist looks back at multi-decade career

Before retiring in 2016, Allen Pizzey's career...

Local residents join province-wide Fight Ford protest

Nearly 40 people took part in a Fight Ford protest in Brantford on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The protest was one of around 30 taking place in municipalities across the province. From Thunder Bay to Ottawa, Timmins, London, Bowmanville, Toronto, Windsor, Niagara, Hamilton and more,...

Irish Millie delights audience at Glenhyrst Coach House

The Coach House Concert series welcomed artist Irish Millie to the Glenhyrst Art Gallery in Brantford on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Millie, who is a fiddler, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist from Peterborough, was accompanied...

Grand Erie Public Health issues suspension notices for students

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) has issued suspension notices under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) for students born in 2009, 2017, and 2018 in the City of Brantford, County of Brant,...

Province prepared for 2026 wildland fire season

Ontario is ready to protect people and communities this wildland fire season, which lasts from April 1 until October 31. To prepare for the 2026 fire season, the province has added an additional 68 permanent...

Six men arrested after Hamilton, Kitchener raids in load theft investigation

Waterloo police have arrested six men and executed search warrants in Kitchener and Hamilton as part of an ongoing load theft investigation. On March 23, officers completed search warrants in Kitchener and Hamilton as...

Brantford approves new rules requiring pigeon registration

Pigeon owners in Brantford will now have to register and have their birds banded under new rules approved by council. The move is meant to address complaints about bird droppings, but the Canadian Racing...

GRCA issues flood watch for Grand River watershed

Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) issued a flood watch for the entire Grand River watershed on Monday, March 30, 2026. Weather forecast Warm weather is expected today, with daytime highs just below 20 °C. This warming trend will continue into...

City launches community engagement campaign

In December 2024, City Council approved the next steps to explore the development of a City of Brantford Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Framework, beginning with a community engagement and stakeholder consultation process. This includes examining how the City can meaningfully respond to the Truth...

Scarborough driver facing Impaired Driving charges

A driver is facing impaired driving charges, following an investigation by members of the Brant County OPP. Officers conducted a traffic stop at Drumbo Road and Ninth Road in the County of Brant at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, March 30, 2026.  As a result of...

BPS arrest two people on drug trafficking, theft charges

Brantford Police have arrested two people on drug trafficking and theft charges after they were seen attempting to boost a vehicle that had been reported stolen in a neighbouring jurisdiction. Officers said at around...

Brantford Bulldogs take 2-0 series lead against Wolves

The Bulldogs carried a 1-0 series lead into Sunday afternoon as they hosted  Game 2 of their first-round matchup with the Sudbury Wolves.  The Bulldogs looked to carry over the momentum from their 6-2...

IPAA honours Inuk artist Susan Aglukark

The Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance (IPAA) hosted a luncheon to honour Susan Aglukark and celebrate her groundbreaking music career at Yogi’s Barn in Ohsweken on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The event, which featured a panel of...

MarketFest returns to Laurier Brantford campus

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus hosted the second-ever MarketFest: In Peace and Friendship event in the atrium of One Market on Thursday, March 26, 2026. The event, first held in September 2024, was designed...

Driver facing charges after collision with school bus

A driver is facing Careless Driving charges after police were called to a motor vehicle collision involving a school bus. Brant County OPP were called to Bishopsgate Road between Fifth Concession Road and Golf...

Brantford Sports Council announces 2026 award finalists

Brantford Sports Council announced the finalists for the 2026 Sports Awards on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Sports Awards will be presented at the 20th annual Sports Awards and Recognition Ceremonies, which will take place from 11:00...

Brantford Police seeking witnesses to fatal collision

Brantford police are asking members of the public who may have witnessed a fatal two-vehicle collision to come forward with information. Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Charing Cross and North Park streets on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Investigators determined that one...

OPP charge Cambridge resident with Stunt Driving

A member of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Brant Road near Scenic Drive in the County of Brant after observing a vehicle travelling at an excessive rate of speed at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 26,...

Quarterback looking to start next chapter of career

As Griffin DeDominicis finishes out his final year at St. John’s College, the football standout can look back to a time with many highlights including earning MVP honours, overcoming a severe injury, and...

Brantford Aquatic Club receives grant from City

Brantford Aquatic Club (BAC) announce that the Brantford Tourism Development Corporation has awarded funding through the Activate Brantford Grant to support the Jeff and Sandy Lee Invitational, taking place at the Wayne Gretzky...

GrandBridge Energy receives culture excellence award

GrandBridge Energy received the 2025 Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) People and Culture Excellence Award at an awards gala on Monday, March 23, 2026. The award is a provincial industry honour that recognizes leadership in employee engagement,...

Farming legacy continues in the heart of Brant County

For the last century, Ashley Brown’s family has continued to build Browndale Farm into a respected and community-focused farm. Brown, who really hit her stride in farming as an adult, explained her family’s farming...

Honouring the Bach family and a fond farewell

Nearly 400 people attended the Brantford Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) Bachamania concert at the Sanderson Centre for Performing Arts on Sunday, March 22, 2026. The performance was designed to celebrate the many talented members of...

Entrepreneurs gather for third annual Success Summit

Many local entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners attended the third annual Success Summit Brantford on Monday, March 23, 2026. The event, which was started by Jeff Meiusi, Sherri Barna and Thomas Woodard, is designed to inspire...

Paris Lions prepare for annual Maple Syrup Festival

Paris Lions Club will be hosting its 13th annual Maple Syrup Festival at the Paris Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 11, 2026.  While the event has been held on the streets of downtown Paris since its inception, last year the Lions Club decided to relocate its...

Brantford Potters Guild preparing for upcoming sale

Brantford Potters Guild will host its annual spring pottery sale at the Woodman Park Community Centre from Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12, 2026. The Brantford Potters Guild is a community of people in the Brantford and surrounding area that are actively involved with...

Driver charged during RIDE stop in County of Brant

Members of the Brant County OPP were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on Highway 403 Wayne Gretzky Parkway at the eastbound off-ramp in the County of Brant at approximately 11:10...

City addresses appointment of provincial facilitator

Kevin Davis, Mayor for the City of Brantford, released a statement regarding the appointment of a provincial facilitator in regards to the land surrounding the Brantford Municipal Airport on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The...

County issues statement regarding Municipal Airport

County of Brant issued a statement regarding potential re-structuring options for the land surrounding the Municipal Airport on Tuesday, March 24, 2025. "At the Airport Board meeting on November 17, 2025, a resolution was introduced recommending...

Brant OPP Crime Wrap for Tuesday, March 24, 2026

59-year-old facing one count of Spousal Assault Members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one individual following an intimate partner violence investigation in Brant County. On March 20, 2026, at approximately 9:50...

Brantford Lions Club celebrates a century of service

Brantford Lions Club celebrated its 100th anniversary with an open house event on Saturday, March 21, 2026. Surrounded by members of nearby Lions Clubs, longtime supporters and local representatives, the milestone celebration featured a...

Blandford-Blenheim receives 2025 remuneration report

Township of Blandford-Blenheim Council received its 2025 report on council remuneration and expenses as information during its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Under the Municipal Act, the report is required to be submitted to...

County of Brant Fire holds recruitment information session

Around 40 people attended an information session on the County of Brant Fire Department’s 2026 recruitment at Cainsville Fire Station #4 on Saturday, March 21, 2026.  The session, which was the first of two, was all about the department and what’s involved in being a...

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