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Article content May 14 was officially proclaimed Apraxia Awareness Day in Brantford thanks to Aidan Forbes. The 17-year-old Brantford resident wants people to know about childhood apraxia of speech, a rare disorder that affects about one in 1,000 children, including Aidan and twin brother, Owen, robbing them of their ability to speak more than a few words throughout much of their childhood. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Teen raises awareness ab...

Author of the article: Michelle Ruby Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021  •  8 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Article content Variants of concern now make up more than half the weekly COVID-19 case count in Brantford and Brant County. Last week, 164 cases screened positive for a variant, said Dr. Elizabeth Urbantke, Brant’s acting medical officer of health. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. More than half of local COVID-19 cases are vari...

Brant’s COVID-19 case numbers are continuing to climb at a record-breaking pace. The Brant County Health Unit reported on Thursday 61 new confirmed cases of the virus in the past 24 hours. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Record number of COVID-19 patients at BGH Back to video That brings the total number of cases for the week that will end on Sunday to 160, with three days of data still to report. Last week there were a total of 194 cases. There...

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is adding extra staff this week to address a backlog of calls and emails from residents trying to book appointments to get…

Article content The city’s public works staff is recommending the continuation of a security program that’s helping curb nuisance and petty crime in the downtown. At an operations and administration committee meeting on Tuesday, city councillors will consider a report from Inderjit Hans, general manager of public works, to extend an expand the pilot project to January 2022 at a total cost of $722,000, with about $500,000 coming from a capital funding reserve and the rest from the annual Hom...

With 33 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Brant County Health Unit in the last 24 hours, the region has reached a record-breaking weekly case count.

Article content Prince Philip, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth, greets a local woman during a visit to Brantford. Brant Historical Society jpg, BR Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday at the age of 99, was supposed to visit Brantford in 1997. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. • Turn to Page B5 for more on Prince Philip. He accompanied the then Princess Elizabeth, two years prior to her coronation, on a visit to the city in 1951. T...

Article content Some residents of a Brantford neighbourhood that was the scene of a three-day standoff as police dealt with a man in crisis say the situation was mishandled. “I understand police are doing their job but I don’t agree with how it started,” said Melissa Cronk, who lives on Grey Street across from where the standoff took place. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Multi-day standoff ends Back to video The standoff ended at about 4 p....

Article content Retroactive pay and an extra pay period in 2020 skyrocketed the number of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board employees earning $100,000 or more by 187 per cent. The number of Catholic school board employees on the so-called Sunshine List increased to 428 last year from 149 in 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Extra pay nearly triples number of Catholic school board teachers on Sunshine List Back to video “...

Article content Brantford residents will be paying 2.77 per cent more than last year on their 2021 tax bill. That means about $90.88 for the average residential taxpayer with a home that has an assessed value of $284,000. The average multi-residential tax increase is 2.5 per cent; the average commercial tax increase is 0.59 per cent; and the average industrial tax increase is 1.59 per cent. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. City approves 2.77 per cen...