A skate giveaway will be held at the downtown library on Feb. 15 from 4 p. m to 7 p.m. The old and gently used skates have been donated through a program organized by Brantford Parks and Recreation and the Brantford Public Library.[...]

There's only one word to describe the BCSSAA senior girls volleyball semifinal between the Assumption College Lions and Pauline Johnson Collegiate Thunderbirds. Incredible.[...]

The Quit Smoking Clinic at the Brant County Health Unit aims to help smokers kick the habit in 2012. The clinic offers one-to-one counselling with a public health nurse and free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for eligible participants to aid in their quit attempt.[...]

Police say they have concluded an extensive investigation of a sexting scandal involving teenaged girls in Norfolk but no charges will be laid. “As of right now, I don’t expect anyone to be charged,” said Acting Detective-Sergeant Jason Dunn of the Norfolk OPP.[...]

Ontario Conservatives — stung by the political fallout over the Ipperwash police shooting of a native protester — are reluctant to take all steps needed to protect the public in the Caledonia standoff, an activist says.[...]

Environment Canada has issued a weather alert for Brantford and Brant County extending across much of Southern Ontario. A sharp Arctic cold front will cross Southern Ontario this evening.[...]

Foul play is not suspected in the death of a Turkey Point man who was located Thursday night in the channel at the west end of Cedar Drive. David Gertig, 32, of 919 Clubhouse Road, was reported missing Wednesday around 7:20 p.m.[...]

The local business community is shocked and saddened over the sudden death of entrepreneur and green innovator Michael Clawsie.[...]

Two-dozen protesters descended on Brant MP Phil McColeman's constituency office Thursday, as part of nationwide demonstrations against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's musings about hiking the eligibility age for Old Age Security to 67.[...]

A 39-year-old Victoria Street man was sentenced on Thursday to time served plus 12 months in jail for a series of crimes, including setting fire to the downtown nativity scene, breaking in to a towing company compound and driving under the influence of marijuana.[...]

Residents adjacent to a railroad in the city's southeast are getting more than they bargained for when it comes to disruptions from train whistles.[...]

Ah, love! As couples are gearing up for Valentine's Day, it's a great chance to focus on some local lovebirds who are pretty delighted to have found each other in this big, crazy world of ours. One is a tale of a match made in heaven while the other is a story of late -- but great! -- love.[...]

Brantford man arrested for the theft of two vehicles after stealing keys from locker rooms at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. On February 7, 2012, shortly after lunch a set of keys were stolen from a dressing room at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre while the victim was playing hockey.[...]

A change of leadership at Brant United Way will see current campaign director Kristin Pass take over as the agency's executive director on Feb. 21. Current executive director Brad Park is leaving to assume the role of CEO of United Way Oakville.[...]

The Brantford area bucked the population trend in Ontario by swelling 8.7% in last year's census, becoming the 10th fastest growing region in Canada. In Ontario, growth slowed to 5.7% between 2006 and 2011 - the lowest increase in nearly three decades.[...]

Habiba and Imtiaz Ahmed are mired in a bureaucratic bog after a contractor found what turned out to be human aboriginal remains while excavating a basement for their dream home on Oxbow Road.[...]

It's a goal Stevanne Cross will never forget. Down 5-0 to the North Park Collegiate Trojans on Wednesday and in the middle of a now winless girls high school hockey season, the Grade 10 Pauline Johnson Collegiate student got her stick on a rebound and placed it past goalie Kassie Edwards .[...]

If one game epitomizes the need for the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association to change its basketball rules, it was Tuesday's Brant County high school senior boys quarter-final between the Paris Panthers and Assumption College Lions.[...]

To say this week's road trip for the Brantford Blast is important may be an understatement. After finally breaking through last Saturday with a 6-2 win over the Whitby Dunlops, Allan Cup Hockey's No. 1 team, the Blast travel to Orillia on Friday and Norwood on Sunday.[...]

Norfolk OPP have laid charges in connection with a suspicious fire near Vittoria Jan. 31. Norfolk firefighters were called to a brick bungalow on Hillcrest Road that afternoon to extinguish a serious fire that caused $100,000 damage.[...]