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Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit pursuing next steps to merge with Brant County Health Unit
A merger could be on the horizon for our local Health Unit. In a release, the county announced that the Boards of Health for the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit and Brant County Health Unit have reached a decision to pursue the next step by signing a letter of intent to merge. The Ministry of Health, back in August, anno...
Apr 26, 2024
Norfolk resident facing charges for damaging a home in Simcoe and uttering threats
A Norfolk resident is facing mischief and threat related charges after causing damage to a home in Simcoe. Police got the call Tuesday of someone actively damaging the outside of a home on Highway 3 and when officers showed up, they discovered this person had made repeated threats to the other individuals living in the...
Apr 26, 2024
OPP talk new changes to speed limits on certain 400 series highways
When the maximum speed limit hits 110 kph on sections of certain 400 series highways this July, OPP SGT. Kerry Schmidt with the highway safety division says the stunt driving threshold will not change. July 12th is when the new posted maximum speed limits will be in place on most of the sections of 400 series highways ...
Apr 26, 2024
Talks continue as representatives try to hammer out treaty to eliminate plastic waste
Canadian negotiators are at a downtown Ottawa convention centre today with representatives from 174 other countries trying to hammer out a treaty that will outline how to eliminate plastic waste across the world. The treaty is sometimes referred to as the Paris agreement for plastics and aims to eliminate plastic waste...
Apr 26, 2024
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Friends of the Library is hosting a Shredding Day in Port Dover
Are you gearing up for spring cleaning? Norfolk Shredding is once again helping the Friends of the Library, Port Dover Branch with a document shredding day. There is a suggested donation of $10 per box, with proceeds going towards programming at the Port Dover Branch as well as across Norfolk County. The truck will be ...
Apr 26, 2024
This Sunday is National Day of Mourning
The National Day of Mourning is dedicated to remembering workers who've lost their lives on the job April 28 marks a time to reflect on workers who have tragically lost their lives or faced injuries while on duty. This year's theme, "Safe work now!", underscores the critical need for immediate action to enhan...
Apr 26, 2024
Local bookstores excited for Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
If you've been eyeing up a book, tomorrow (Saturday) is your chance to go and get it. Both Beach Reads Bookshop in Port Dover and Firefly and Fox in Simcoe are excited to take part in Canadian Independent Bookstore Day. Beach Reads is excited to have special gifts, indie merch, in-store specials, and double loyalty po...
Apr 26, 2024
Legislator prohibited from voting after refusing to remove keffiyeh at Queen's Park
Sarah Jama -- an independent Ontario legislator -- says wearing a keffiyeh in Ontario's Legislature despite a ban is the least she can do to show solidarity with the thousands of Palestinians who have died in the Israel-Hamas war and the thousands more who continue to face a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. That's why she ...
Apr 26, 2024
Special Olympic Ontario Provincial Games to take place in Brantford next year
The 2025 Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Games are coming to Brantford! They will take place in July of next year. Special Olympics Ontario has a unique partnership with police agencies, with each Games since 1996 being hosted by a police service. Next year, Brantford Police will partner with Six Nations Police and...
Apr 26, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: April is Oral Health Month with a focus on healthy teeth in kids
April is Oral Health Month in Canada and the Oral Health Team at Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) is using this month to talk about "friendly" dental visits. These visits are free and available at HPPH dental clinics for children who are three years old and younger. We spoke with Registered Dental Hygienist A...
Apr 26, 2024
Ontario set to do away with sick notes for short absences and provide more resources to help ease paperwork burden on doctors
Ontario says it's launching a program intended to help ease the paperwork burden on doctors. The province says it's expanding a service to more than 150 primary care providers that can summarize or transcribe conversations with consenting patients. The government points to research indicating such a service reduced the...
Apr 25, 2024
Free Landscape Construction course being offered in Caledonia this summer
A free Landscape Construction course to community members 19 and over is coming this summer in Caledonia. Haldimand County, in partnership with City School by Mohawk, will be providing this program with no post education required. In the Landscape Construction course, Introduction to Decks & Fences, students will l...
Apr 25, 2024
A wild weather rollercoaster as we jump from freezing temperatures to summer heat
Get ready for some weather whiplash this week - it's about to heat up Norfolk County is in for meteorological whiplash as winter and spring battle it out. After days of frost and freeze threats, temperatures are set to soar this weekend, bringing summer-like conditions to the region. Spring's volatile transition is on ...
Apr 25, 2024
Ontario set to increase speed limits on select provincial highways
Ladies and Gentleman... start your engines! The Ontario government is raising the speed limit permanently from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on 10 additional sections of provincial highways in Ontario. This will include Highway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford (approximately 26 km) and then Highway 403 from Brantford to Hamilton...
Apr 25, 2024
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18-year-old arrested after allegedly making threats towards Delhi District Secondary School community
An individual has been charged following an investigation into an incident involving Delhi District Secondary School. Just after midnight yesterday (April 24th), the Norfolk OPP investigated an incident involving Delhi District Secondary School on James Street in Delhi. It was determined that a short time earlier, a gr...
Apr 25, 2024
Norfolk County connects more people municipal drinking water supply in Port Dover
Good news in Port Dover - Norfolk County has completed work on all Port Dover properties identified in 2023 as having irregular connections to the municipal drinking water supply. Beginning in 2019, following a moratorium, new properties were required to install cisterns and purchase water until additional capacity was...
Apr 25, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: NCCW set to show Norfolk is the new "Stomping Grounds" for wrestling fans this weekend
The show begins at 2 p.m. Ticket information can be found here.
Apr 25, 2024
Unilever getting out of the ice cream business leaving questions over what the future of the Simcoe plant will look like
Unilever has announced that it is getting out of the ice cream business. In a press release Unilever stated it needs to focus on its portfolio with categories that have complementary operating models. Ice Cream has a very different operating model, and as a result the Board has decided that the separation of ice cream ...
Apr 24, 2024
Environment Minister says global treaty to end plastic waste needs to put limits on plastic production
Canada's environment minister says a global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it doesn't include some limits on plastic production. As the fourth round of international negotiations kicked off in Ottawa this week, Steven Guilbeault said a watered-down agreement that doesn't limit production wo...
Apr 24, 2024
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Vanessa woman wins $50K
A big win for a Vanessa woman. Donna Nagy won $50,000 early this year playing Merry Millions. Donna says she's been playing the lottery for about 20 years, and she bought this ticket on the advice of the store clerk. The winning ticket was purchased at Pioneer on the Run on Church Street in Delhi. She is still deciding...
Apr 24, 2024
Equifax looking at ways to help renters with credits and financial services
Equifax Canada says it's exploring how rent data could factor in to credit scores to help make credit and financial services accessible to more people. The agency says it's been testing small volumes of rental payment data for a while, and has found that including "alternative data" could establish or enhance...
Apr 24, 2024
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RIDE Checks happen year round - two impaired drivers taken off the roadway in Tillsonburg
RIDE checks happen year round. Two people found that our the hard way in Tillsonburg on April 20th when they pulled up to one on Broadway. Between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. police stopped multiple vehicles and checked for driver sobriety, with two drivers given a roadside approved screening device test that came back as...
Apr 24, 2024
Protesters ejected from Queen's Park after motion to overturn keffiyeh ban once again fails
Protesters unfurling the keffiyeh at the Ontario legislature in open defiance of a Speaker's ban on the scarves and were ejected from the public galleries today. N-D-P Leader Marit Stiles had tried for a second time to get the legislature to pass a unanimous consent motion to overturn the ban. But a few members of the ...
Apr 24, 2024
Police investigating after someone called 911 over 1000 times
Ontario Provincial Police say they are trying to find out who is responsible for making more than a thousand 9-1-1 calls in Norfolk Country. It began at approximately 12:15 a.m. Monday morning, officers from the Norfolk County OPP responded to a 9-1-1 hangup call at a location on James Street in Delhi. Officers were un...
Apr 24, 2024
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: A Cornhole Club is coming to Simcoe
It's something that used to just be played in backyards and at campgrounds as a fun pastime. But cornhole is really taking off! Having played around the area, Jeremy Helmer is organizing a new cornhole club in Simcoe, which starts in early May. Helmer says he felt there was a void for this area and wanted to get more p...
Apr 24, 2024
Registered Nutritionist talks about the benefits of intermittent fasting
Intermittent fasting has emerged as a leading trend in health and fitness, with growing research supporting its potential benefits for weight management, brain health, and overall well-being. While its popularity continues to soar, understanding the different approaches to intermittent fasting is crucial for individual...
Apr 23, 2024
Police investigating after 13 camping trailers were broken into in Port Dover
13 camping trailers broken into in Port Dover. Various items were stolen from the Radical Road seasonal camping site after someone forced their way into the trailers. The call came in on Saturday. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Apr 23, 2024
Ontario NDP Leader to discuss next steps today to try an overturn keffiyehs rule at Ontario legislature
Ontario's N-D-P leader is expected to discuss a ban this morning that prevents people at Queen's Park from wearing keffiyehs. A party statement says Marit Stiles is expected to lay out the next steps in overturning the ban on the checkered scarf typically worn in Arab cultures that can symbolize solidarity with Palesti...
Apr 23, 2024
Scammer, pretending to be from the Ontario Government, arrested in St. Williams
A scammer caught in Norfolk. On Tuesday of last week, a Norfolk resident received a phone call from someone claiming to be a Government of Ontario employee stating the resident had to pay $25,000 or face imprisonment. They were then instructed to bring the money to a specific individual at a local business - where the ...
Apr 23, 2024
Negotiators to discuss global treaty to end plastic waste
Negotiators from more than 170 countries will be in downtown Ottawa today to discuss a global treaty to end plastic waste. The treaty is sometimes referred to as the Paris agreement for plastics and aims to eliminate plastic waste by 2040. The representatives will try to agree on how to limit the most common types of p...
Apr 23, 2024
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OPP assisting Six Nations Police with death investigation
The OPP are assisting the Six Nations Police Service with a death investigation. On April 12th, a deceased individual was located on 2nd Line near Chiefswood Road. Investigators do not believe there is a risk to public safety. Residents in the area will continue to see an increased police presence as the investigation ...
Apr 23, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Norfolk Agricultural Society keeping rock and roll going in Norfolk County
Rock and Roll in Norfolk County! The Norfolk Agricultural Society announced the lineup last week for the Fairgrounds Festival this June, bringing four well-known rock bands to the area. On Friday (June 14th), the Canadian rock superstars 54•40 will be hitting the stage along with the Sam Roberts Band. For Saturday...
Apr 23, 2024
MP Leslyn Lewis says Conservatives will be voting non-confidence following federal budget
Haldimand-Norfolk MP Leslyn Lewis is not a fan of the Liberal's federal budget. Posting to social media, she said her and her fellow Conservatives' were looking for a budget that was based in common sense and compassionate with the main goal of make life more affordable. She said the proposed budget does not accomplish...
Apr 22, 2024
Abel Enterprises hosting a SMASH-IT fundraiser for Mental Health Week
Abel Enterprises is hosting a fundraiser for Mental Health Week and it's shaping up to be a smashing good time. They are bringing back their popular Smash Room, giving community members a chance to make a donation and go to town breakable items. It will take place at their building located on the Queensway West from Ma...
Apr 22, 2024
OPP warn of new online gaming scam
The rise in the use of online gaming has led to a big opportunity for scammers. You are being warned by the OPP to be on the lookout for a fraudulent gaming advertisement depicting an online gaming platform hosted by Casino RAMA. When clicked, the fraudulent advertisement redirects the user to a false application downl...
Apr 22, 2024
It's Earth Day: Help your used batteries gain a new life as golf clubs, pots and pans or even new batteries
Making an impact on Earth Day, or any day, can seem daunting, but seemingly small actions can make a big difference. Did you know that your household likely has close to a hundred batteries in it right now? So have a look around your house today with your kids, collect those depleted batteries and drop them off for rec...
Apr 22, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Whistling Gardens recognized on an international level
Whistling Gardens being recognized on the world stage. Recently, the International Garden Tourism Conference took place in British Columbia, with Whistling Garden Founders Darren Heimbecker and his wife Wanda being invited to guest speak at the event. He told us they were blown away to find out that, while they were th...
Apr 22, 2024
Brady responds to Ford's statement that she "won't have a job next election"
You won't have a job next election. Those were the words shot from the Premier to Haldimand Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady on Wednesday after she questioned him on the carbon tax - wanting to know what the government is actually doing to address it instead of just using the word whenever they can. She compared the governm...
Apr 19, 2024
Multiple groups and politicians calling on the Speaker of Ontario's legislature to reverse ban on keffiyehs
A national Muslim Canadian advocacy group is calling on the Speaker of Ontario's legislature to reverse a ban that prevents people at Queen's Park from wearing keffiyehs a checkered scarf typically worn in Arab cultures that can symbolize solidarity with Palestinians. The National Council of Canadian Muslims says banni...
Apr 19, 2024
Edged weapon pulled out during dispute in Simcoe
An individual has been charged following an investigation into an assault involving the brandishing of an edged weapon. On Wednesday the Norfolk OPP investigated an assault on Evergreen Hill Road in Simcoe. It was determined that four individuals were involved in a dispute on public property, during which one of them b...
Apr 19, 2024
Norfolk Potters Guild hosting their Spring Sale
The Norfolk Potters Guild is hosting their annual Spring Sale. Running today and tomorrow, the popular event sees people flock down to First Baptist Church. They are open today from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cash, credit, and debit are accepted. Written by Matt LeBlanc
Apr 19, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: The Wolves are perfect for Simcoe Little Theatre
Simcoe Little Theatre is thrilled to announce the staging of "The Wolves," an exploration of adolescence, teamwork, and the journey to self-discovery through the lens of a teenage girls' soccer team. Director Jason Mayo explains that the audience gets to eavesdrop on conversations prior to soccer games and pr...
Apr 19, 2024
Fairgrounds Festival announces their summer lineup
The Fairground Festival is ready to rock this summer. They have announced their line up for another rock-centric concert. On the Friday (June 14th), the Canadian rock superstars 54•40 will be hitting the stage along with the Sam Roberts Band. For Saturday (June 15th), Theory of a Deadman and Saint Asonia will hit ...
Apr 18, 2024
Urban boundary expansion touches on interesting developments across Norfolk County
The discussion of urban boundary expansion brought many different voices to the table at council chambers. Many developers were eager to talk about growth in all parts of Norfolk County. Cheryl Shindruk spoke to council about the proposed large development in Delhi where the Golf Club sits. This large project would be ...
Apr 18, 2024
"You won't have a job next election." Premier Ford sends strong message to MPP Brady after heated exchange
Things got heated at Queen's Park. Haldimand Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady addressed the Premier on the Carbon Tax, saying the government was doing little to help people in Ontario. Instead, they were just throwing around the word Carbon Tax any chance they could get. We will be speaking with Brady this morning in respon...
Apr 18, 2024
Gas prices set to reach highs not seen since 2022
Gas prices in Norfolk and all around Ontario are set to increase to levels not seen since August of 2022, when more of the country eased pandemic restrictions. Canadians for Affordable Energy President Dan McTeague predicts that prices in our listening area will jump a whopping 14 cents per litre, not only here but cle...
Apr 18, 2024
Fairground Festival lineup to be announced today
Lots of people will be hitting that refresh button this morning on the Norfolk Agricultural Society's social media pages. That is because, at 10 a.m., they are announcing the line up for their summer Fairground Festival. 2-day Festival Passes go on sale tomorrow at 10 am with single day passes going on sale May 1st. Th...
Apr 18, 2024
Mischief investigation in Simcoe
Police are seeking assistance from the public in identifying an individual connected to a recent mischief incident in Simcoe. Tuesday afternoon Norfolk OPP investigated a report of mischief on John Street in Simcoe. It was discovered that early Sunday morning, an unidentified individual, who appeared to be female, atte...
Apr 18, 2024
St. Vincent De Paul Community Kitchen celebrating 40 years today
St. Vincent De Paul Community Kitchen is having a celebration 40 years today. They are inviting the community down to the kitchen for their last day open until the fall. You can stop by between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. Written by Matt LeBlanc
Apr 18, 2024
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: The Good Bread Company now in the heart of Port Dover
The Good Bread Company serving up the same delicious goods but at a new location. Proprietor and Lead Custodian, Leanne Cotton talks about the humble beginnings of what has become a very popular bread store. You'll can keep up with all things happened at The Good Bread Company here. Written by Loreena Dickson.
Apr 18, 2024