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Local runner is committed to team and personal success    

For Kelly Mantel, track and field as...

Accomplished journalist looks back at multi-decade career

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

Hopes and dreams to fund new Sports Entertainment Centre

City of Brantford officially approved the construction...

Education

BCFA calling for scholarship applications and nominations

Post-secondary students will have until 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to submit their applications for scholarships offered by the Brant County Federation of Agriculture (BCFA Angela Leach, a...

BHNCDSB elects Carol Luciani as new Board Chair

Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB) elected Norfolk County Trustee Carol Luciani,...

WLU partners with Stratford Festival on new course

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Music is launching a new partnership with the Stratford...

Trustee could face removal over Italy trip expenses

Paul Calandra, Ontario’s Minister of Education, introduced a bill aimed at vacating the seat...

Chris Cowley elected president of Ontario Teachers’ Federation

Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) Board of Governors elected Brantford teacher, Chris Cowley, as the...

Provincial government building new school in Brantford

The Ontario government has provided the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board with approval to issue the tender for the new St. Padre Pio...

Six Nations Polytechnic and Laurier to explore academic alliance

Six Nations Polytechnic and Wilfrid Laurier University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen academic ties to better serve Indigenous peoples in Ontario...

GEDSB recognizes 2025 scholarship award winners

Grand Erie District School Board acknowledged the graduating students receiving significant scholarships, bursaries and awards this year on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. "There is so...

Grand Erie students win Schulich Leader scholarship

Not one but two Grand Erie students are recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader scholarship, valued at an incredible $100,000. Judy Gao, a Grade 12 student...

Local students honoured with James Hillier scholarships

Four local high school students were awarded the prestigious James Hillier Foundation Scholarship during an event on Thursday, June 12, 2025.  The Foundation first started...

Catholic school board trustee on leave after Italy trip fiasco

Rick Petrella, the former chair of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board, is on an unpaid leave of absence following a publicly funded...

Young minds harvest hands-on lessons at Bite of Brant

One-thousand Grade 5 students and teachers from various public, catholic and private schools across the City of Brantford and the County of Brant, descended...

Catholic School Board appoints new Superintendent

Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB) announced the appointment of Michael Lawlor as the new Superintendent of Education on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Lawlor,...

Indigenous Matters course receives positive feedback

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Campus, in partnership with the City of Brantford, announced the success of its Introduction to Indigenous Matters course. Since its...

Province makes investment to build new schools in Paris and Brantford

The Ontario government is investing $75.5 million to build three new elementary schools in the region, including two in Paris and another in Brantford,...

Ministry of Education appoints Aaron Shull to review local school board’s expenses

The Ontario government has appointed Aaron Shull to review the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board's (BHNCDSB) expenses, and its conflict of interest...

Brant-area trustees now being called on by their union to resign after lavish trip

The Brantford trustees that are under fire following a lavish international trip are now being called on by a union to resign from their...

Teachers’ union calls for trustees to resign after Italy trip

A lavish publicly-funded July trip to Italy to purchase artwork for high schools is not going away for four Brantford school trustees as their...

Brant Catholic trustees face backlash over art trip to Italy

Four trustees from the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board traveled to South Tyrol, a province in northeastern Italy known for its religious...

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