Have Your Say in the Ward 5 By-Election! 

I took a drive out toward Scotland earlier this week, and I have to tell you, there is nothing quite like the County of Brant in May. The lush farmland is waking up, the air smells of fresh soil and cedar, and the quiet beauty of our rolling hills reminds me exactly why we choose to call this place home. But as I passed a few of those stunning historic barns: the ones that have stood for a century: I couldn't help but notice that some are starting to

I was sitting on my back porch in St. George the other morning, just as the sun was beginning to peek over the horizon, casting a golden glow over the lush farmland that surrounds us. For a few minutes, it was perfect. The only sound was the distant call of a red-winged blackbird and the gentle rustle of leaves. It’s that quiet beauty that makes so many of us proud to call the County of Brant home. But as our community grows: and it is growing fast: that signature

As the spring sun begins to warm the lush farmland of our beautiful County of Brant, and the Grand River flows steadily under the stunning historic architecture of the Penman’s Dam in Paris, a different kind of energy is starting to stir. It’s the sound of local democracy in action. For months, we’ve been speculating around kitchen tables and at community centers from St. George to Burford about what the future holds for our leadership. Now, the picture is starting to come into focus. The race to become the

I took a drive out past Burford the other evening, just as the sun was dipping below the horizon. If you haven’t done that lately, you really should. There is a quiet beauty in our county that is hard to put into words, the way the light hits the lush farmland, the long shadows stretching across the soy and corn fields, and those grand, stunning historic architecture farmhouses that have stood as sentinels of our history for over a century. But as I drove, I couldn’t help but think