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Youth ball hockey team represents Canada internationally

While Team Canada (U-11 boys ball hockey team) lost in the semi-finals of the United World Games in June 2026, it gave the players time to bond, compete, build...

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Building a legacy across 50 years in the tire business

Since opening Cainsville Tire Discounter in 1987, Geoff Edge has successfully continued the family...

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Saving lives through carbon monoxide awareness

Since founding the Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education in 2010, John Gignac has been...

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Championing independence for the deafblind community

For over 35 years, the Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada (Sensity), a...

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Powwow celebrates culture, community and tradition

Thousands of people attended the annual Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow at the...

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Hometown legend reflects on his music and his local roots

Sonny Sinclair has enjoyed a career that many other musicians could only dream of: recording multiple albums, releasing an array of singles and playing...

Building a career on evolution and emerging technology

Across a career spanning concert promotion, retail sales, and digital entrepreneurship, Trevor Cherewka has always embraced and implemented new technologies to stay at the...

Local chef eyes top prize in culinary competition

For the last twenty years, Nick Armstrong has established himself as a creative and dedicated chef with a desire to teach and pass along...

Lacrosse champion inducted into Hall of Recognition

Across several decades, Tom Hawke has accomplished a storied career in lacrosse, capturing an array of championships, coaching several winning teams at Guelph University,...

Young rapper inspires with clean lyrics and catchy beats

For young rapper Felix Munce, music has always been a constant in his life, and with rap, it has elevated his creativity and a...

Offering Indigenous youth a chance to soar on the court

The Warriors basketball program had a chance to compete in the seventh annual Native American Junior Nationals held in Mesa, Arizona from June 26 through...

Canada Day celebration brings joy before storm

A severe storm put an abrupt end to Brantford’s annual Canada Day celebration on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. What started out as the hottest day...

A testament to hope, resiliency and the power of love

Since his first diagnosis in 2014, Naseeb Singh has battled cancer on six other occasions, overcoming it each time with faith, resiliency, the love...

Elevating the community through innovation and service

Since starting Alliance Elevator Ontario in 2019, Tony Pallo has continually leveraged his extensive experience in the elevator solutions business and passion for customer...

Surgeon helps transform maternal health in Angola

For close to 50 years, missionary-surgeon Stephen Foster has been instrumental in empowering local clinicians through training, advancing maternal health and fistula care and...

Building hope and community support through animal rescue

For close to a decade, Will Finch, the driving force behind Good Will Good Karma, a non-profit animal rescue, has been committed to helping...

Local restaurant helps less fortunate with soup kitchen

Over the past seven years, Lawrence Xurieb, owner of Lonnie’s on Market in Brantford, and founder of Lonnie’s Soup Kitchen, along with his dedicated...

National champion returns to form by reclaiming gold

After close to two years away from the boxing ring to recover from surgery, four-time national boxing champion Owen Paquette was ready to get back...

Entrepreneur aiming to rejuvenate the spa experience

For the last nine years, Corrie Gallant has successfully created an engaging experience for people at the Beauty Barn Spa, and along the way,...

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