Longtime Councillor Richard Carpenter has been elected as the 51st Mayor of the City of Brantford following the municipal election held on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Carpenter will replace former Mayor Kevin Davis, who has held the position since 2018 and decided not to seek...
Jennifer Kyle was elected as the first female Mayor for the County of Brant following the Municipal Election, which was held on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Kyle captured over 60 per cent of the...
With polls closed on the 2026 Municipal Election, the Brant Beacon will provided up-to-date results from every race across the City of Brantford. The Beacon provided updates throughout the municipality, from the battle...
With polls closed on the 2026 Municipal Election, the Brant Beacon provided up-to-date results from every race across the County of Brant. The Beacon provided updates throughout the municipality, from the battle for Mayor to...
With polls closed on the 2026 Municipal Election, the Brant Beacon provided up-to-date results from every race across the Township of Blandford-Blenheim. The Beacon provided updates throughout the municipality, from the battle for...
With the Royal Canadian Legion marking its 100th anniversary this year, Burford-Cathcart-Harley Branch 543 welcomed the community to an open house on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
The event featured a wide range of exhibits...
Brantford’s Anytime Fitness teamed up with Cambridge Ontario Provincial Police for a First Responders Day event on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
Passersby were drawn to the activity outside the King George Road gym, where they had...
Sophie’s Surprise 29th, a circus and cabaret show, came to Brantford’s Sanderson Centre on Friday, October 23, 2026.
More than 50 people attended the show, performed by the United Kingdom-based Three-Legged Race Productions.
The show was staged as a surprise 29th birthday party. A member of...
The Great Canadian ButterTart Fest drew bakers, artisans and visitors to the Paris Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
Organizer Christine Ivany mentioned 80,000 butter tarts took over the fairgrounds for the weekend event.
“Most will sell by the end of the weekend,” said Ivany, founder...
Members of the Brantford Police Service are actively investigating a stabbing that occurred outside a Market Street bar on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
A 9-1-1 call was received to report a stabbing outside a...
Joshua Skidmore has had to face many challenges throughout his life, learning from them and rising to become a competitive bodybuilder, multifaceted tradesman and successful small business owner.
Skidmore, who was born in North...
More than a thousand people attended Brantwood Farms’ annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Farmer Andrew Pate said the multi-weekend event, which has been running since September, invites visitors to take their time and...
Over 40 people attended the County of Brant and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Hamilton Centre club’s Astronomy: The Sky Tonight event on Monday, October 19, 2026.
Typically held in Scotland, this was...
Brantford-Brant Chamber of Commerce hosted its 18th annual Trade Show and Business After Hours event on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
Just over 50 Chamber members representing a range of businesses and organizations gathered at...
Grand River Chorus will be teaming up with the Edison Singers for A Canadian Remembrance concert on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
Taking place at St. Andrew’s United Church, the concert will honour Remembrance and those who...
County of Brant Council officially finished its term with a final regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
With the 2026 municipal election just a few days away, Sue Morton, Executive Director for the County of Brant Chamber of Commerce spoke as a delegation, taking...
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) made its second quarter payment, totaling $1,121,176 to the City of Brantford for hosting Elements Casino Brantford.
During OLG’s fiscal year, Brantford received $2,300,711. Since the gaming site opened in November 1999, Brantford has received $113,174,758.
These payments to host...
Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus’ Law and Society Student Association hosted a Brantford mayoral candidates’ debate on Monday, October 19, 2026.
With online and advance voting already underway, the debate gave Laurier students and...
A member of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Hwy. 403 Highway East in the County of Brant after observing a vehicle travelling at an excessive rate...
A driver is facing impaired driving charges, following an investigation by Brant County OPP.
Officers responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 403 West at the Middletown Line Road Off Ramp in the County of...
Brant Men of Song hosted a charity concert in support of Harmony United Church’s Breakfast Club on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
The group, which is celebrating its 65th season this year, welcomed special guests...
Around 1,000 people attended the Six Nations Group’s Fall Festival at Chiefswood Park in Ohsweken on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
The event featured a host of free, family-friendly activities for all ages.
“We’ve got a...
The opening of Brantford’s annual “Memories of Immigrant Communities” project took place on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Held in partnership between the Brant Historical Society (BHS), Laurier Brantford, the Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre, the Brantford Public...
City of Brantford has been named the winner of the National Population – Over 50,000 category and awarded a prestigious 5 Blooms - Bronze rating at the 2026 Communities in Bloom National Symposium and Awards Ceremonies in Montréal, Quebec.
Brantford also received a special...
Construction on the North Paris Fire Station is ongoing and the project remains on schedule for anticipated completion in the Spring of 2027.
The pre-engineered steel frame has now been delivered to the site, and crews are continuing to assemble the structure. Primary and secondary...
Arcady is offering audiences a festive musical celebration with its acclaimed professional chorus, youth chorus, instrumental ensemble, and outstanding soloists with Christmas with Arcady, which will take place on Saturday, November 28, 2026.
The...
More than 200 women in costume gathered for the Witches Night Out event on Friday, October 16, 2026.
The sixth annual women-only Witches Night Out event was held at the Brantford Golf and Country...
Autism Dog Services (ADS) hosted its fourth annual Howl-O-Ween fundraiser at the Children’s Safety Village of Brant on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Over 300 people, including families and their pets attended the event, enjoying line-dancing, music,...
With the Brant County Riverhawks inaugural game played in early October 2026, it was the start of a new era of hockey in the county and the realization of a dream that local...
Nearly 900 high school students from Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk counties attended the 2026 Vision into the Future Conference at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
Made possible by Wilfrid...
Brantford Public Library’s new Shellard Lane Branch officially opened to the public on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Located in West Brant at the corner of Shellard Lane and Strickland Avenue, the 13,500-square-foot library is part of...
Township of Blandford-Blenheim Council received a notice regarding changes to its procedural by-law during the most recent Council meeting on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
The item comes as Council prepares to repeal and replace Procedure By-law 1916-2015 during its first meeting of the new term...
