Provincial police have released a photograph of a man wanted for dangerous driving, flight from police and failing to stop for police. The OPP believe Robert Potts, 33, of Simcoe may be in the Brant County area. Police issued the warrant after a Chatham-Kent OPP spotted a man [...]
From OPP in Brant County: The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment are investigating a Break and Enter to a Church in the Town of Paris on the 23rd of July 2008 at 7:35 P.M. A male attended the church and used the office phone and [...]
The Brantford Heat are in first place but head coach Al Staats sees plenty of room for improvement, especially with the Canadian midget boys fastpitch championships next month. "They're not where I'd like them to be right now, that's for sure," Staats said Wednesday. "But the good [...]
Fundraising firm will cost $470,000 A Brant County councillor is criticizing a council decision to spend almost half a million dollars to fundraise $3.5 million toward a new twin-pad arena in southwest Paris. "I believe it's totally unjustified," Coun. Roy Haggart said during an interview Wednesday. [...]
Brantford police constables Adam Hill and Mike Aasla are helping to clean up city streets -- even when they're not in uniform. On Wednesday, the two officers grabbed paint brushes and worked with five local teens to spruce up a filthy, graffiti- covered section of tunnel under the [...]
A Toronto business owner could face with a hefty cleanup bill after a chemical spill at an empty factory at Easton Road and Copernicus Boulevard. Emergency response crews blocked part of Easton Road for several hours Tuesday while they dealt with a spill of hydrogen peroxide. The [...]
LONG POINT — Signs warning beachgoers to stay out of the water here due to high bacterial counts have been removed. The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit posted the warning last week after regular weekly tests showed readings of e-coli above the acceptable limit. Glen Steen of the health unit [...]
Police have recovered a huge pile of stolen property including golf clubs, cameras and jewelry following the Monday morning arrest of two men during a Brock Street break and enter. “This is an excellent example of good police teamwork by the uniform division and the street crimes unit,” Insp. [...]
Builders and property owners may not like it, but Brant County has no choice but to rein in development, the municipality's director of development services says. David Johnston will present to county council tonight a recommenation to maintain urban settlement boundaries in the county, including in the Cainsville [...]
Police surrounded a Brock Street residence and arrested two men after being called to a break and enter early Monday. The incident occurred just after 6 a.m. when police were called to the home. They found a rear screen window had been cut open. The house remained dark [...]
The Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit has posted the beaches of Long Point, including Long Point Provincial Park's beach, as Unsafe for Bathing. High levels of bacteria have been found in recent beach sampling which may pose a risk to health. The beaches will be posted until further notice.
Turns out Padraig Harrington's wrist was strong enough to hit all the right shots in the British Open. Better yet, it was strong enough to lift the silver claret jug. Harrington became the first European in more than a century to win golf's oldest championship two [...]
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers and their allies gathered under a golden sunset sky to bid farewell to Cpl. James Hayward Arnal as he began his final journey home Sunday. A flag-draped coffin was lifted onto a military plane during a solemn ceremony at Kandahar Airfield for the 88th [...]
Brant's first Ecofest has room to grow. The festival drew more than 45 vendors to Syl Apps Park in Paris on Saturday, but not the crowds event organizers were hoping for. "Your first year is always your slow year," said organizer Penny Pickering. Pickering hopes the [...]
The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment are investigating a Motor Vehicle Collision on Powerline Road and King George Road that occurred on the 20th of July 2008 at 5:35 A.M. A vehicle traveling east bound on Powerline Road and was turning north bound onto King George Road struck [...]
The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment are investigating a Serious Motor Vehicle Collision that occurred on Powerline Road between Memorial Drive and Francis Street at 5:33 A.M. on the 20th of July 2008. A Pontiac Sunfire was west bound on Powerline Road and the driver entered the north [...]
(Dunnville, ON) The Ontario Provincial Police, Haldimand County Detachment along with Haldimand County EMS and Fire responded to a serious single car crash at the Dunnville Autodrome, Port Maitland Road, Dunnville, Haldimand County. Saturday, July 19th at approximately 10:40am, a 1991 green Mazda Miata operated by [...]
Native protesters in the city's north end moved down the road Friday morning. They set up a large teepee at the edge of the Hampton Inn hotel site on Fen Ridge Court after successfully halting construction of the nearby Kingspan Insulation warehouse and headquarters. "They can work [...]
Talks have broken off between the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and CAW, the union representing 700 striking workers. The OLG and the union had been meeting for the past two weeks. The two sides resolved about two-thirds of the 170 outstanding grievances, and were making progress on a [...]
Jennifer Kirby captured the Ontario junior girls' golf championship at Goderich Sunset Golf Club. The 17-year-old from Paris fired a final round two-over-par 72 for a 54- hole score of one-over 211 to win the tournament by a comfortable three shots over Brantford Golf and Country Club clubmate [...]