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Article content Rose Yerex said it’s hard to process the memories of early February 2020 when she and her husband were stuck in quarantine aboard a cruise ship in Japan with more than 3,700 passengers and crew. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one place besides China that became infamous as a hotbed of coronavirus — the Diamond Princess cruise ship. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Waiting for new normal Back to video On Fe...

Article content How many representatives should there be on city council? Should councillors continue to be elected in wards or city-wide? Should a city councillor’s job be part-time or full-time? Those are some of the questions being considered by the current council at a special meeting of the operations and administration committee on Wednesday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Report recommends no change to make up of city council, ward syste...

Article content Councillors voted in favour of the city’s 2021 operating budget of $167.3 million at a final meeting of council’s estimates committee on Monday. That translates into a tax increase of $93.76, or 2.86 per cent, for the average residential taxpayer with a home with an assessed value of $284,000. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Estimates committee backs citys $167.3-million operating budget for 2021 Back to video The average multi...

Article content As the funeral procession pulled out of St. Mark’s Anglican Church on Saturday, the sound of a hundred hockey sticks tapping the sidewalk filled the air. It was a final tribute to Walter Gretzky, the world’s most famous hockey dad, Lord Mayor of Brantford, community booster extraordinaire, and all-round great guy, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 82. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Community pays tribute to Walter Gret...

Article content Early reports show a security team posted downtown is helping curb nuisance and petty crime in and around the core. The Corporate Security Guard team, which started patrolling the city’s downtown properties on Jan. 11, “has demonstrated early success,” said Inderjit Hans, Brantford’s manager of public works. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Downtown security team showing early success, says report Back to video “According...

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Article content A third meeting was held Monday to discuss the city’s 2021 $167.8-million operating budget. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. City councillors to consider hiring new municipal workers Back to video Councillors have put off dealing with a list of “unmet needs,” most of which are new hires, until their meeting on March 8. There are 13 unmet needs, with a net municipal cost of just over $1 million for 2021 and an ongoing annual ...

Article content And 2021 began with a second wave of the virus. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. City has very ambitious agenda for 2021, says mayor Back to video “But this year won’t end book-ended by COVID,” Mayor Kevin Davis told city councillors and viewers of their virtual Zoom meeting on Tuesday. Davis’s annual address, more typically given in January, was delayed as the city continued to respond to the health crisis, which, so far, ...

Article content A group opposed to the city’s sale of Arrowdale golf course has taken the next step in its fight. Know Your City Inc. filed its documents on Friday for a leave to appeal an Ontario Divisional Court ruling in January that dismissed its judicial review application. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Group takes next step in fight to save Arrowdale Back to video Earlier this month, Know Your City was granted a stay of that court ruling...

Six Nations of the Grand River is poised to become a partner in the development of what could be one of the world’s largest energy storage facilities.