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Local NewsWanted: volunteers to help sell daffodils
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The Brant-Norfolk unit of the Canadian Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to sell daffodils later this month. A sign of spring and the Cancer Society's "symbol of hope" for more the 50 years, the daffodil is a big seller for the local society.
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Local NewsPair sent to prison in robbery
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A man and a woman who robbed a 69-year-old vegetable farmer are headed to penitentiary. Kenneth Halliday, 39, of Brantford, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison and time served for his part in the home-invasion style robbery last November of the Middle Townline Road farmer.
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LifestyleVegas a la carte
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You know the old saying what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas? Not the food! After a whirlwind tour and dining marathon, I discovered there's more to Vegas than slots, sin and sensational shows -- the place has an excess of awesome eateries.
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SportsEagles score often against Dutchies
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The Brantford Golden Eagles are one win away from advancing in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's Mid-Western Conference playoffs. Brantford can clinch a spot in a best-of-seven semifinal series with a win on Thursday at the civic centre at 7:30 p.
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SportsSpeedy opponent ousts Trojans
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North Park Collegiate's run at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations senior boys basketball AAA championships in Kingston is over. The Trojans were eliminated Tuesday after a 42-28 loss to a tough Toronto team from Jarvis Collegiate that was played at Queen's University.
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NationalSuspect known as a 'nice guy'
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The 70-year-old man identified as the suspect in the shooting death Monday of a Huron OPP constable is a retired logger whose marriage recently fell apart, a work colleague says. The SIU Tuesday identified the suspect as Fred Preston of Burk's Falls, Ont.
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Local NewsMoney shuffled to pay for treatment plant fix
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The city will take $5 million from its water treatment reserve fund to help pay for repairs to the Holmedale water treatment plant, after council approved a resolution to that effect on Monday night.
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EditorialLetters to the editor
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You can pay but climate change won't go away The other day, when I was flipping channels hoping to find some intelligent comments on the budget, I happened to hear Jack Layton criticize: "There is nothing in the budget about climate change.
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EditorialMohawk considers all options for future
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Mohawk College is proud to have served students and employers in Brantford since the early 1970s, when we were the first postsecondary institution to open our doors in the city.
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EntertainmentBroadening his horizons
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Robert Pattinson admits he was in denial when he signed up for the tragic-rebel/romance film,Remember Me. Yes,Twilighthad just come out.
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Local NewsGroups push for greenbelt expansion
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A push to get the Dalton McGuinty government to approve a major expansion of the greenbelt westward through Brant County and in other directions in southern Ontario is gaining fresh energy with the entry of new groups and controversial development activities.
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Local NewsOMB to decide fate of Penman project
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Developers seeking to build an apartment complex on the former Penman brownfield site and the project's opponents are heading to a full Ontario Municipal Board hearing in July On Tuesday, a pre-hearing co-ordinator heard Tuesday that differences remain over the proposed development of the vacant
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Local NewsFunding set aside for waterfront plan
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City council is setting up a multi-million-dollar reserve fund, after all, to pay for projects under the proposed waterfront master plan. Council has reversed itself two weeks after defeating on a 5-5 tie vote a resolution from Coun.
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