Here is the first instalment of updates from our Ward 5 Candidates.
This is a very big week for Ward 5 with the final hearing on the Cainsville Employment Land Use Strategy and final vote by Council.
Sonia has not sent us any updates by the time of this publishing.
The County of Brant is asking residents to take a closer look at their energy bills as it develops a Community Energy Plan for the county. The County’s point is simple: before you can save energy, it helps to know where you’re using it. That means asking what’s running when nobody needs it, whether lights or equipment are being left on, whether heating or cooling is working harder than necessary — and what actually makes up your energy bill. The questions apply to homes, farms and businesses alike. You
The five candidates in the Brantford—Brant South federal by-election met for a debate at Rogers TV on Monday, November 9 — and you can now watch the full recording. The debate was organized by the Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant and the Brantford Home Builders’ Association, and recorded for broadcast on Rogers TV in the days leading up to Election Day. On stage: Kevin Davis (Conservative), Joy O’Donnell (Liberal), Dave Carrol (Independent), Brad Ward (NDP) and Kathryn Kissinger (Green). A note on the timing: nominations for the by-election don’t close
The County of Brant asked residents to name five of its snowplows — one for each ward — and the votes are in. The Grand Snowplow Naming Contest drew creative entries from across the county this fall, and the five winning names are now official. Here are the winners, ward by ward: Ward 1: Control Salt Delete Ward 2: Dolly Plowton Ward 3: Plowie Mandel Ward 4: Brant New Plow Ward 5: Snow Princess How it worked: residents submitted one name for the plow in their own ward (names
The first week of the Brantford—Brant South federal by-election campaign is in the books. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the by-election on Sunday, November 1, for Monday, December 7, 2026, to fill the seat left vacant when Conservative MP Larry Brock resigned on September 18. Five candidates have now been named, and the first debate is tonight. Kevin Davis — Conservative Davis, the sitting mayor of Brantford, was appointed the Conservative candidate on September 20. Here’s what Davis posted this week: He is expected to take part in tonight’s
If you are voting for the first time, or you just moved to Canada, this one is for you. You will hear people talk about the “left” and the “right” during an election, and it can sound like everyone else already knows what that means. Here it is, in plain words. Left and right in one minute Think of it as a line. On one end is the left. On the other end is the right. In the middle is the centre. Every political party sits somewhere on that
A short history of federal elections in Brant and Brantford Brantford and the County of Brant have voted together — and separately — for more than a century. The riding names have changed, the boundaries have moved, and the seat has swung between parties, but the same communities have been sending an MP to Ottawa since Confederation-era ridings were first drawn. With a by-election coming on Monday, December 7, 2026, here is how we got here. The early years: two ridings, then one county riding In the early federal
