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Susan Gamble
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Just an old reporter trying to inform folks about what’s happening in the local criminal justice world in and around Brantford, ON. Also COVID, because.
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Hydro One is showing up to 100 little power outages all over Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk. and GrandBridge shows one large outage in Brant from West Brant up to Paris.
December 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A major barricade situation overnight in Brant County after man threatened police re firearms.
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Update: Brant County man arrested, shelter-in-place advisory lifted in Paris, Ontario
A 39-year-old Brant County man has been arrested after a multi-hour standoff with police in Paris.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Flu cases skyrocket across the U.S.
Nearly five million flu cases have been reported nationwide, the CDC estimates, and at least 1,900 people have died from the virus. "CBS Saturday Morning" has more on why this year's strain is breaking records.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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It was a tight squeeze just to get a photo of volunteers at Lonnie's on Market on Christmas Day but this restaurant showed you don't have to have size in order to think BIG, serving up several hundred free turkey dinners.
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Tiny restaurant in Brantford shows big heart on Christmas Day
About 200 Christmas dinners were turned out in the small quarters of Lonnie's on Market on Christmas Day.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Getting into a fight while holding a loaded handgun and a satchel full of drugs just steps away from the downtown courthouse resulted in a prison term for this guy: www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
Prison for man who had loaded handgun in downtown Brantford
A man with fentanyl, cocaine and 'one in the chamber' of his handgun represented danger to the busy downtown, said a judge.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The career of Austin Staats, a Six Nations lacrosse phenom who was a first US draft pick in 2018, may have been derailed by violent behaviour. Staats was convicted twice this year and has one further case in court next year.
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Lacrosse star jailed for criminal charges, placed on 'investigative leave' by league
Austin Staats, a powerhouse player for the San Diego Seals, is suspended by the National Lacrosse League and released by his team.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Niagara police officer shot in Welland, shelter in place order currently in effect
Niagara police officer shot in Welland, shelter in place order currently in effect – CP24
A police officer has been taken to hospital after they were shot while responding to a call in Welland on Friday morning.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You can tell respiratory season is here: the health unit lists 15 current outbreaks, five in Brant and 10 in Hald-Nor affecting a total of 126 people.
6 Influenza A
4 COVID-19
2 as yet unknown
1 rhinovirus
1 metapneumovirus
1 mixed of rhinovirus, enterovirus, Influenza A
December 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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2, 4, 6 years ... a look at how different drug dealers are treated, dependent on a variety of issues.
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Three drug dealers, three very different sentences
Different drug dealers received a variety of sentences recently in Brantford court.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Not your typical robber: 47-year-old woman said she was ready for prison.
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Female robber tells Brantford judge she's ready for prison
A Brantford woman who told two store clerks she had a gun as she robbed them said she needed "four walls" to deal with her addictions..
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December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Police investigation suspects there may be Brantford victims after arresting a Cambridge man for multiple sexual offences against children.
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Exploitation victims may be in Brantford: Police
Waterloo Regional Police say there may be Brantford victims of a man facing multiple charges for various forms of child abuse.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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More testimony about Robert Ballard's mental state before and after the violent killing of his friend in 2021.
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Psychotic episode led Delhi man into paranoia and violence, expert testifies at murder trial
Robert Lee Ballard became paranoid and illogical before he killed Michael Murray, testified a psychiatrist at trial on Wednesday.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Despite his lawyer imploring a judge that his almost-82-year-old client was too ill and old to even go to jail, the judge sent the man to prison for his fairly recent sex crimes, saying he remains a risk to the community.
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Brant County octogenarian imprisoned for recent sex crime
A judge agreed to send a senior to prison, saying he's still is a risk to children after being found guilty of sexual interference.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Norfolk OPP are reporting another body was found yesterday in a wooded area off Hwy 6 in connection with the Simcoe homicide investigation.
Police previously said they were concerned there was another victim.
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I am now I-forgot-to-go-to-work-Friday years old.
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I am now I-forgot-to-go-to-work-yesterday old.
October 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Horrible case: Six Nations man given identical sentences for the sexual abuse of two children.
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Two children, two trials, two prison terms for Six Nations sex offender
A man who sexually assaulted two of his step-children years ago was given two four-year prison sentences.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Nick Shipman, the violent man at the centre of a brutal triple homicide on Six Nations in 2018, has died in Millhaven maximum security prison.
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Six Nations man convicted in triple homicide dies in prison
The man at the centre of a brutal triple homicide on Six Nations in 2018 died last week at a maximum security prison.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Six Nations Police announced one of their own -- a former sergeant with the department -- has been charged with two offences.
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Six Nations former police sergeant charged
A Six Nations Police officer who is “no longer employed” by the service has been charged after an investigation by the Hamilton Police Service.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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In the never-ending and increasingly odd story of our public school board versus trustee Carol Ann Sloat, comes this odd demand from a GEDSB lawyer to a man uninvolved in the situation.
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Toronto man shocked to receive directive from GEDSB
A Toronto man was shocked to get an ominous legal letter from the local Catholic school board after he questioned its spending.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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In the never ending and increasingly odd story of our public school board versus trustee Carl Ann Sloat, comes this odd demand from a GEDSB lawyer to a man uninvolved in the situation.
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Toronto man shocked to receive directive from GEDSB
A Toronto man was shocked to get an ominous legal letter from the local Catholic school board after he questioned its spending.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Police were investigating a man suspected of fentanyl dealing but serious charges were dropped when a judge expressed reasonable doubt that it could have been one of 7 other people in the same house.
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Strong Crown case but judge's doubt sees gun, drug charges dropped against Brantford man
Evidence against a man targeted by a police warrant and acting suspiciously still left a judge with a reasonable doubt about his guilt.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley is paying a high cost for a decision made by the Haldimand integrity commissioner which, she says, is fully based on an assumption. She says taxpayers are also footing the bill.
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Bentley says cost is mounting to her and taxpayers after council approves penalties in document leak incident
Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley will lose thousands of her salary but continue to work as mayor of Haldimand County through a four-month penalty.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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The local tracking system for outbreaks and hospitalizations of patients with COVID, influenza and RSV is back in place for the season. Currently 6 outbreaks affecting 38 people.
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Outbreak and virus dashboard returns to Grand Erie Public Health
Outbreaks, respiratory illnesses and hospitalizations are being tracked again by the local health unit as virus season begins.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A huge Hilton Foods plant, housing-housing-housing and a few new restaurants are behind a busy construction year so far in Brantford. brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
Hilton Foods plant and housing driving building industry in Brantford
In the first half of 2025, Brantford issued 732 building permits, a big jump from the same time last year when 478 permits were issued.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM