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Susan Gamble
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Just an old reporter trying to inform folks about what’s happening in the local criminal justice world in and around Brantford, ON. Also COVID, because.
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Dog dead and resident injured in an apartment fire this afternoon in Delhi.
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Delhi resident suffers serious injuries, dog dies in fire
Norfolk County Fire said one person was badly injured and a dog died when a serious apartment fire occurred Friday afternoon.
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September 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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A second location for a health clinic serving Brantford's most vulnerable and marginalized folks opens next week, offering medical exams, mental health counselling, baby advice and more.
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Second clinic location opens to serve city's vulnerable
A new West Brant branch of the Grand River Community Health Centre opens next week with programs and services for the vulnerable.
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September 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Drugs in a Ritz Crackers box and a user-addict who has affected her own brain through drug use: two local fentanyl dealers got similar sentences recently.
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Two fentanyl dealers sentenced to prison terms
Two repentant fentanyl dealers were sentenced recently to eight and seven-and-a-half years in prison for selling the deadly drug.
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September 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Low- and mid-level fraud generally doesn't send someone to prison. The courts prefer house arrest, GPS monitoring and repayment plans. But what happens when people steal money because they have no money and can't repay the funds?
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Judges: Restitution orders in two cases unlikely to be paid
Two cases of fraud over $5,000 resulted in similar sentences but the restitution orders of $34,000 are unlikely to be paid, admitted judges.
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September 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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A complicated dangerous driving case that included unproven accusations of drinking and the tragic death of young Sierra Beverly has finally ended after 4.5 years.
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GPS bracelet and house arrest for driver who killed 12-year-old
Darris Wilson of Brantford will have to remain under house arrest for two years but avoided a prison term during his sentencing last week.
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September 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Three years ago, Michael Sayles drove at police officers and then led them on a chase from Paris to a closed intersection at Tollgate Road in Brantford, despite bleeding from gunshot wounds.
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Brant County man shot by police sentenced to prison term
A Paris drug dealer who led police on a 2023 chase after being shot in the arm recently was sentenced on a total of nine offences.
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September 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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A Calgary woman was assaulted in Caledonia after flying in for a date with a man she met on a dating app.
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Woman assaulted after flying to Ontario for date with Caledonia man
A Calgary woman who flew to Ontario was sexually assaulted by a man she met on a dating app.
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September 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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A plea deal ensured a guy toting a sawed-off rifle in a violin case was convicted despite the fact the main witness in the case backed away from participating.
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Man convicted of having sawed-off rifle in violin case in Brantford
A man with a sawed-off rifle in a violin case was sentenced to jail rather than prison, only because the firearm wasn't usable.
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September 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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When 15/16 cats are kept in one small apartment, soon everybody smells something going on.
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Cats re-homed but odour lingers in Brantford apartment building, resident says
An apartment resident stunk up his entire floor with the aroma of cat urine after having 16 felines in his apartment.
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September 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Judge miffed after he gave a driver a chance to serve a sentence at home and that driver cut off his GPS bracelet and drove again.
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'Society is fed up with people who look at losing a licence as an inconvenience'
A man who kept driving despite many chances to change his ways was sent to prison when he appeared again before Justice Gethin Edward.
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September 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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A court story that offers a frightening window into how a drug dealer continued to control things from inside Joyceville prison.
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Prison cell phone led cops to Brantford drug dealer
A Brantford man was targeted by other drug dealers and the police, according to texts on a contraband cell phone in Joyceville prison.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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A somewhat bemused Chief Margaret Sault, of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, says Lake Ontario's name will certainly stay put, at least on this side of the water.
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'It will remain Lake Ontario', says chief of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Margaret Sault, Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, says US president Donald Trump shouldn't change things 'on a whim'.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Police say multiple shots fired at a Powell Road home early this morning were "targeted" and not random. In other words, likely people who knew each other.
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Early morning shots fired on Powell Road in Brantford
Police say shots fired at a Powell Road home early Friday were not random.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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I misspoke here .. the shooting was on Powell Road, just off Longboat Run.
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Brantford Police are on the scene of a reported shooting on Longboat Road.
August 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Brantford Police are on the scene of a reported shooting on Longboat Road.
August 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Municipal Election Act charges from 2022's campaign still dog council candidate Dave Wrobel as he heads into this year's election.
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Brantford council candidate dealing with 2022 election charges
Dave Wrobel, running for council in Ward 2, faces charges under the Municipal Elections Act about his finances during the last election.
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August 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Hamilton Police are warning venues in and around that city that 'DomCom' or the Dominion Society of Canada (described by Wiki as an anti-immigration, far-right Canadian ethno-nationalist group) is trying to book a conference meeting spot and may be going "out of town".
August 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Chamber of Commerce CEO says we're all going to take a hit as the tariff war settles in.
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Tariffs are going to hurt us all: Brantford Chamber of Commerce CEO
There will be no business or shopper untouched if the promised tariff war is implemented says the CEO of the local Chamber of Commerce.
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August 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Dolly Parton lived a life of incredible privilege and showed others who came into money just how to be wonderful: to help others, to share the wealth, to be kind and concerned for all and to live so that no one could speak poorly about you.
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Dolly Parton has died.

A video published today to her social media by her head of security, Bryan Seaver, on behalf of her family announced her passing:
August 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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A man who came to court arguing he had spent enough time in jail for a series of dangerous driving offences had the 'hammer' dropped by a judge who described him as 'violent and extremely dangerous'.
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'Hammer' drops on 'extremely dangerous' driver
A local man got little sympathy for horrendous conditions in jail after repeatedly breaking court orders so he returned there.
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August 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Years after being charged with a serious sexual assault, a man has been sentenced, but with a lighter-than-normal punishment due to his mental capacity.
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Mental capacity of sexual offender reduced sentence
A man who was 19 in 2020 was sentenced this year for a sexual assault of a woman whom he choked.
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August 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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A man who was charged two years after a violent shooting on Hampton Street in 2023, saw the charges withdrawn earlier this year.
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Charges withdrawn against man in Hampton Road shooting
A Waterloo man appearing on Zoom from jail saw his attempted murder charges withdrawn in a Brantford court earlier this year.
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August 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Long-time educator and Catholic school trustee Bill Chopp says he's not going to run for re-election.
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Long-serving educator and trustee opts not to run again
After 55 years in Catholic education, trustee Bill Chopp has said he will not run again in the upcoming election.
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August 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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A man who thought he should just be able to apologize for sexually abusing his three young daughters for years was handed down a 14-year sentence in Simcoe court recently.
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Norfolk man guilty of multiple sexual offences involving daughters
A 14-year sentence was handed down for a man who sexually abused his three daughters from 2010 to 2015.
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August 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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The former principal at Bellview school in Brantford saw four criminal charges dismissed in Simcoe court Tuesday in favour of a peace bond.
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Former Brantford principal placed on peace bond
Jill Hughes, the former principal of Bellview elementary school, made restitution and entered a peace bond to resolve four criminal charges.
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August 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM