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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This Brantford girl -- a quadruple amputee -- is on a mission to inform the public about sepsis, one of the country's biggest cause of preventable death. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Quadruple amputee on mission to inform about sepsis

Amalie Henze was 18 when she was told doctors would have to amputate her hands and feet due to sepsis.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

49 charges, 20 convictions and a year of committing crimes around southern Ontario gives a Norfolk man an almost-time-served sentence. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #SimcoeCourt

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Norfolk man pleads to 20 crimes out of 49 charges

Travis Anderson was facing 49 charges in court but pleaded guilty to 20 offences recently.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A woman pleaded guilty in the death of 'Baby Parker' in court today as more details about the case were revealed, including how police zeroed in on her days after the tiny body was found. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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Woman pleads guilty in death of 'Baby Parker'

A now-40-year-old woman pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to concealing the body of a newborn dubbed Baby Parker, in 2005.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Kaitlyn Braun, who drew the attention of media outlets around the world with her bizarre fraud of multiple doulas, is the focus of a true crime documentary and has been reprimanded by the college of social workers, surrendering her registration. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Brantford's doula-duper topic of true crime show

Brantford's Kaitlyn Braun's odd compulsion to interact with doulas is the subject of an Oct. 7 CBC production.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourts

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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? www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourts

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A court story that offers a frightening window into how a drug dealer continued to control things from inside Joyceville prison. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I misspoke here .. the shooting was on Powell Road, just off Longboat Run.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Brantford Police are on the scene of a reported shooting on Longboat Road.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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".

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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'. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A man who was charged two years after a violent shooting on Hampton Street in 2023, saw the charges withdrawn earlier this year. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #SimcoeCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The former principal at Bellview school in Brantford saw four criminal charges dismissed in Simcoe court Tuesday in favour of a peace bond. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #SimcoeCourt

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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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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

One of two Norfolk men charged in the 11-property arson spree that set the county on edge in 2024/25 was sentenced this week, getting a surprising community sentence order for being the driver in the crimes. www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-n... #SimcoeCourt

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Port Rowan man sentenced for role in 11 fire arson spree in Norfolk

A Port Rowan man was given a community sentence for the role he played in 11 arson fires in Norfolk County in 2024 and 2025.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Legendary motorcycle racer Jordan Szoke, originally of Brantford, has paused his racing exploits amid criminal charges in Hamilton. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Superbike racer Jordan Szoke charged twice in Hamilton

Racer Jordan Szoke, 47, faces criminal charges in a Hamilton court and has parted ways with Kawasaki due to an “ongoing family matter.”

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Big news from Brantford and Brant County. The administrations have agreed to "pause" the controversial airport annexation project as there's not enough time for the public input process before the October election. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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City, county halt airport annexation plan

Brantford and Brant County are pausing a controversial plan to annex almost 1,000 acres of county land, including the municipal airport.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Brantford's Leslie Bory is both running for mayor this fall and appealing his conviction and sentence from last year for advocating genocide. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Brantford mayoral candidate appealing conviction for advocating genocide

Leslie Bory is running for mayor but concurrently appealing his sentence for advocating genocide and promoting hatred.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Two incidents, two men. One recklessly firing into the air and one with multiple weapons carelessly stashed around a trailer. Both ended up with the same sentence. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Two men given equal time-served sentences for gun charges

Two men arrested for firearm offences on Six Nation each got 30-month time served sentences in court.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Looking for something fun to do with the kids on a wet Sunday afternoon? The Canadian military Heritage Museum is hosting an open house until 4 o’clock.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A drug investigation by Six Nations Police lead to two homes and several vehicles being searched, turning up cocaine, a fake gun and a surprising amount of cash. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Cash, cocaine and fake gun found in drug investigation

Six Nations Police found a substantial amount of cash when they searched homes and vehicles on Six Nations and in Brantford.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A St. George mom of three says taking her concerns about the village's main daycare provider public quickly resulted in her 'termination' from the facility with no recourse. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Mom says her kids dismissed from daycare program after she made concerns public

A St. George woman says she was 'terminated' from the village daycare program after raising concerns about leadership decisions.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A motorcyclist is dead after hitting an unknown object on Fourth Line Road today in Haldimand. www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-n...

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Biker dead after hitting unknown object

A biker was killed after hitting an unknown object on Fourth Line Road on July 29.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The health unit is warning that someone with chickenpox was in the Brantford General emergency room for hours on July 21-22. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Chickenpox exposure at BGH, warns health unit

The health unit says those in the Brantford General's emergency room July 21-22 could have been exposed to the chickenpox virus.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

2025 seems to have been a reset year for Brantford Police, with a new chief in place, a massive renovation going on, some significant investigations and a burgeoning budget. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Report outlines highs and lows for Brantford Police in 2025

Certain crimes -- and the annual police budget went up -- but Chief Jason Saunders said a lot of good was accomplished in 2025.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A Brantford woman was found unconscious while two toddlers roamed her filthy home where drug paraphernalia was within reach. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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Woman passed out with toddlers in home, Brantford court hears

A woman who passed out while using drugs around unsupervised toddlers was sentenced to time served.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Brantford crime in 2025 was a bit confusing. Up, but still down compared to the last decade. Up, but then our 2024 number was adjusted downward, making 2025 look like a bit of a spike. Low compared to Canada averages. But violent crime, definitely up. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Brantford crime index number up but better over 10-year period

Despite the annual crime severity numbers dropping for Canada and Ontario, Brantford's index number for 2025 went up after two years

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are now naming the local men who were charged in the province-wide investigation into child exploitation and pornography. When we name an accused, it's a commitment to follow the case in court. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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Three Brantford men arrested in major child exploitation investigation

Three Brantford man were swept up in a province-wide investigation that resulted in 63 arrests.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Susan Deon, the mother of former minor hockey player Dale Deon has been charged with obstructing a judicial proceeding after her son was convicted of child pornography offences, procuring and exploiting a woman. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n... #BtfdCourt

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Hockey player's mom charged with obstructing justice

Susan Deon, the mother of a former minor hockey player convicted of multiple sexual offences, has been charged with obstructing justice.

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Susan Gamble @sgamble.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Three Brantford men were swept up in a province-wide, multi-police agency initiative that arrested 63 people allegedly involved in child pornography and exploitation. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...

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Three locals arrested in huge child exploitation investigation

Three Brantford man were swept up in a province-wide investigation that resulted in 63 arrests.

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