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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Will Bouma to remain as MPP for Brantford-Brant

Will Bouma was re-elected as Member of...

Oxford Votes – 2025 Provincial Election Results

Ernie Hardeman was re-elected as Member of...

Introducing the representatives for Blandford-Blenheim Council 

As the Brant Beacon enters its fourth...

Healthcare

GEPH confirms five additional cases of measles

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) is investigating an additional five confirmed cases of measles in Norfolk County. There are currently 53 confirmed cases (eight adults and 45 children) in the...

Grand Erie Public Health issues cold weather alert

Medical Officer of Health for the Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) has issued a...

GEPH organizes measles community vaccination clinics

With measles cases on the rise across Ontario, including in the Grand Erie region,...

Grand Erie Public Health issues warning to parents

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH), formerly the Brant County Health Unit and the Haldimand...

Health officials confirm two more cases of measles

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) confirmed two additional cases of measles in the Haldimand-Norfolk...

GEPH investigating another case of measles in the region

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) is investigating an additional confirmed case of measles in the community.   The newly confirmed case is a child resident of...

GEPH investigating case of measles in Brantford-Brant

Grand Erie Public Health is alerting the public of a probable case of measles in the Brantford-Brant area and potential risk of exposure in...

Grand Erie Public Health issues severe cold alert

The Medical Officer of Health for the Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) has issued a cold alert, effective Sunday, January 19, 2025. A cold...

Grand Erie Public Health announces new board members

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) officially began operations following the merger of the Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) and the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU)...

BCHS Foundation launches Hope for Healthcare campaign

Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) Foundation launched its annual Hope for Healthcare holiday campaign on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. This year’s campaign is focusing...

Ministry of Health approves merger of local health units 

Councillor John Bell provided his fellow County of Brant Council members with an update in regards to the merging of the Brant County Health...

City of Brantford launches new hospital campaign

City of Brantford launched a "New Hospital Now" campaign on Monday, November 18, 2024. The campaign is designed to advocate and urge the Premier and...

Brantford Council discusses City-operated medical clinic

City of Brantford Council voted to refer the decision in regards to creating a City-owned medical clinic during its Committee of the Whole, Planning...

County Council declines Hospital Working Group invite

The County of Brant Council decided not to join a new City-led Hospital Working Group during its regular council meeting on Tuesday, October 22,...

Brant-Brantford paramedics to get new headquarters

County of Brant announced that plans are underway for the development of a new Brant-Brantford Paramedic Services Headquarters on Friday, October 25, 2024. The new...

Six Nations to build Canada’s first Indigenous-led hospice

The provincial government announced it will be investing $1.25 million towards the construction of Six Nations of the Grand River’s new five-bed hospice during...

Province breaks ground on new addition to John Noble Home

Construction is underway on a new building for John Noble Home in Brantford, which will add 40 new long-term care beds to an existing...

Brantford-Brant area child dies from rabies exposure

A child from the Brantford-Brant region who contracted rabies from exposure to a rabid bat has died. Health officials said the exposure to the viral...

BCHU investigating first human exposure to rabies

A bat found in Brantford has tested positive for rabies and health officials are investigating a potential human exposure. The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU)...

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