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100 years at the Homestead Weekend-long celebration marks Bell Homestead centennial
AUTO SERVICE CENTRE KEEPING YOUR WHEELS ON THE GO
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Michael Ignatieff visits Brant
Mayoral candidates square off in debate
Transformation through art Daniel James Hill is a master of transformations. As a teenager, he went through a turbulent time, dropping out of high school and living on the street. He spent his days travelling and creating sculptures, selling them to make money. Much has changed since then for the Six Nations painter, who will exhibit his latest works at the Brantford Arts Block from July 30 to Aug. 31.
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Brothers donate ‘death penny’ Ted, Bob, John and Norman Allen recently located their uncle’s “death penny,” a bronze plaque given to a fallen soldier’s next of kin during the First World War. On Tuesday, the brothers donated the penny to Brantford’s Canadian Military Heritage Museum.
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Federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and Brant Liberal candidate Lloyd St. Amand greet supporters at the Hungarian Hall on Park Road North on Sunday. Ignatieff spent about 90 minutes answering questions from members of the public during a town-hall style event, part of the Liberal leader’s national “Liberal Express” tour. Coverage is on Page 3 inside this week’s Brant News. Photo by Sean Allen, Brant News
Settlement avoids OMB hearing
Native tradition on display
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candidate for city council appealing plans for an apartment complex on Grand River Avenue is satisfied with changes the developer has made and the two
sides have agreed on a settlement to avoid an Ontario Municipal Board hearing. Mary Ellen Kaye, an advocate for the group Keep Our River Public and Ward 1 candidate in the municipal election, won over developers Salmona Tragunno and
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Napev Construction on key points that triggered her appeal. “It’s about public access to the trails and congestion from vehicular traffic,” Kaye said.
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or 31 years, people have gathered on the banks of the Grand River at Chiefswood Park on Six Nations to celebrate native culture. Thousands attended the
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31st annual Champion of Champions Pow-wow on Saturday and Sunday, taking in native arts, foods and, of course, colourful traditional dances. Coverage is inside this week’s Brant News.
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ith less than three months before the Oct. 25 municipal election, five of the nine candidates for mayor of Brantford squared off in a debate Wednesday night at the Knights of Columbus Hall. In attendance were Dianne Austin, James Calnan, Richard Casey, Mike Quattrociocchi and John Sless. Absent were Chris Friel, Mark Littel, Rob McDonald and Winston Ferguson. Moderator Andy Woodburn grilled the candidates on several topics, eliciting a range of responses when he asked how they would attract jobs to the community. “We have to start looking at ourselves as a region,” Sless said. “We have to talk to the county and we have to talk to Six Nations.” Calnan expanded on the point, saying the city can’t build relationships with its neighbours until it builds trust first.
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