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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...

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 capping it with a hard-fought championship. DeDominicis, who hails from Brantford, enjoyed...

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...

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 history. “I am...

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...

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,...

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 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. During the program, officers stopped a...

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...

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 a.m., Brant...

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...

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...

Township of Blandford-Blenheim Council Notes

Notes from the regular Council meeting, which was held on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Public Planning Meeting Zone change application submitted by Stott Farms Ltd.  The application follows the Oxford County Land Division Committee’s May 2025 approval to sever a surplus farm dwelling from the rest of...

Brantford police arrest two after industrial break-in

Police have arrested a man and woman from Brantford after an industrial break-in that led to the theft of copper wire. On March 21 at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers received information regarding a group of individuals who had broken into a fenced and locked compound...

Brant Community Foundation accepting applications

City of Brantford and the Brant Community Foundation are accepting applications for the City Grants Program until April 15, 2026. Since its launch in 2001, the City Grants program has helped shape the vitality...

Dogs win final regular season home game vs. Battalion

Finishing out their final home game of the regular season on Fan  Appreciation Night, the Brantford Bulldogs hosted the North Bay Battalion at the TD Civic Centre.   Prior to puck drop, the Bulldogs held...

Two dead, five injured after multi-vehicle crash in Brant County

Two people are dead and five others are in hospital following a serious three-vehicle crash in Brant County Friday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police were called around 12:30 p.m. to Colborne Street East between McBay and Langford...

Coach celebrates over four decades in artistic swimming

Since her earliest days around the pool, Julia Wheeler has fulfilled many roles at the Brant Artistic Swim Club (BASC), including youth member, mentor and coach with an eye on dedicating more time...

Local entrepreneur driven to taking brand national

For the last six years, Mariam Ayob has been dedicated to creating her brand Askaway Recipes into a premier ramen sauce by relentlessly building partnerships, as well as developing a product that is...

Inviting the community to experience egg-citing fun

Burford and District Optimist Club is inviting the community to attend its annual Easter Egg Hunt event at the Burford Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 4, 2026.  The event, which has been running for over 25 years,...

Applications for Samuel W. Stedman bursaries now open

The Samuel W. Stedman Foundation is now accepting applications for its bursary program. Samuel Stedman, who co-founded the Stedman variety stores with his brothers, created the foundation in the 1960s to support local charities and provide bursaries to local students residing in Brantford-Brant. Since publishing the...

Applications officially open for Camp Phoenix program

County of Brant Fire Department is officially accepting applications for Camp Phoenix from now until Friday, May 8, 2026. The free interactive day camp, which is running this year from Wednesday, July 22, to Sunday, July 26, started in 2022 and gives young women between...

Residents invited to help create anniversary mural

In preparation of Plattsville's 175th anniversary, the Plattsville and District Heritage Society is commemorating the occasion with the creation of a community mural mosaic.  Denise Tew, Chair of the Plattsville 175 committee, said the...

Blandford-Blenheim prepares to host Camp 85 information night

Blandford-Blenheim Fire Department will be hosting an information night for this year’s Camp 85 at the Plattsville Fire Station on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Drew Davidson, Director of Fire and Protective Services, said the...

BPS seek to identify suspects involved in weapons incident

Officers are seeking information from the public to help identify two suspects involved in a weapons incident where a firearm was discharged. On Friday, March 13, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers with the Brantford Police...

City issues artist call for water reservoir mural

City of Brantford is inviting artists to transform the east-facing wall of the City Water Reservoir facility with a new mural, visible from the Wayne Gretzky Parkway. Eligible artists are invited to submit...

Brant skaters shine at 73rd annual Flashing Blades

Brant Figure Skating Club (BFSC) held its 73rd annual Flashing Blades show on Saturday, March 14, 2026.  The show, which is held each year at the end of the season, featured well over 150...

Ella Haley wins Ward 5 by-election in Brant County

Ella Haley defeated four other candidates to become the newest Councillor for the County of Brant in the by-election, which was held on Monday, March 16, 2026. Haley won her seat with 568 votes while Gatopoulos...

Paris residents voice input on proposed subdivision

Several Paris residents expressed their concerns for a proposed subdivision plan at 69 Washington Street during a County of Brant Council meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.  The item was just one of the many planning applications up for discussion during a public hearing. The topic...

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