Brantford News Archives

“In my Grade 3 class ... if there were 20 boys, every single one of them ... would have experienced what I experienced”

An aboriginal judge who has talked openly of his own struggles with racism will lead a long-awaited commission to hear "horrendous" accounts of abuse in native residential schools. via Orleans Star / Weekly Journal

“The Offeri... Grimsby Secondary School's Sears production, "The Offering”

Unknown Grimsby Secondary School's Sears production, "The Offering," competes for the regional crown in Brantford this week. via Niagara This Week

“We were attempting a rescue that turned into a recovery”

A construction worker fell to his death in a freak accident at a Halton construction site on Tuesday. via The Toronto Star

A Hamilton man is dead following a crash between a car and a motorcycle east of Brantford. via 900 CHML AM

“The community sees this as only another step before all the other provinces catch up with Ontario and Alberta. What happened in Ukraine is a tragedy of genocide that everyone needs to learn about because so little is known.”

Ontario could one day join Alberta as the second Canadian province to declare a Holodomor Memorial Day, marking a fabricated famine that caused as many as 10 million Ukrainians to die under Josef Stalin`s ... via UNIAN

“They are forward-thinking leaders in their sector and community.”

TORONTO, April 17 /CNW/ - Five Ontario employers were honoured on April 8, 2008 in Toronto with the Passport to Prosperity Employer Champion Award. via Canada NewsWire

- Darryl Laplante and Dwayne Hay scored twice each as the Bentley Generals beat the Lloydminster Border Kings 5-3 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Allan Cup.

Kent Beagle scored the other Bentley goal, while Ryan Rivett, Greg Brown and Craig Hartman tallied for Lloydminster.

The Brantford Blast and Whitby Dunlops played the other quarter-final later Thursday.

The Shawinigan Xtreme and Dundas Real McCoys, who finished first in their divisions, already booked places in Friday's semifinals, which will take place at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Read more

“My cat is now almost 17 years old. He has lived twice as long as my precious child. "And now my cat's welfare is more important to the McGuinty government than our province's children.”

Says bill passed after slaying should ensure inquest isn't 'piggybacked' Mom seeks justice in son's murder The mother of a murdered 8-year-old boy said they were failed by every government agency that was ... via Toronto Sun

“I was dealing with students with a huge range of issues beyond learning disabilities”

Karma Shtiya and Takoda Kasa are in the same grade but they're not your typical students. via Conestoga College Spoke

Forecast Inc., the company bringing west-end Alliston its first gas station, has sold the property to a major Canadian pension fund. via Alliston Herald

The town of Paris has a diverse history. It received the first-ever long distance telephone call, courtesy of Alexander Graham Bell, and more recently it was a filming location for the Oscar-nominated Away from ... via Globe and Mail

Rain There should be no mistaking or underestimating the importance of city hall's local growth management strategy, which was unveiled late last week and is set to be debated by a city council committee this ... via Guelph Tribune

“We think it will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers and those who, in turn, will go and further chronicle some of the really fascinating untold stories that need to be brought to light about this industry”

Chronicles project will safeguard treasure trove of historical materials It's being described as one of the greatest Canadian stories never told. via Business Edge

“It was really cost-effective, when it came to our budget.”

Ontario's city of Brantford can now count itself among the growing ranks of municipal governments making use of open source software. via The Industry Standard

“It has been difficult getting our foot in the door there. It is not a union culture. It will take time for us to build there”

Dana Corp. workers in the London-area have won salary and benefit improvements, just as its U.S. parent emerges from bankruptcy protection. via London Free Press

“Laurier does have successful experience in establishing satellite campuses We know how to do this and we have done it reasonably well.”

Wilfrid Laurier University, eager to make the most of the expected skyrocketing demand for higher education in the Toronto area, is working with the booming community of Milton, Ont., to put a full-sized campus ... via The Globe and Mail