Tag: Brantford
-
Company fined $220K for crane mishap that killed worker
- Archives
A numbered Ontario company was fined $220,000 after a worker was killed at a Brantford plant in March 2022. The company — 2236376 Ontario Inc. of Fort Erie — operates in a partnership as Patriot Forge Co. on Henry Street in Brantford. The company processes metal parts. The company pleaded guilty and was convicted on…
-
Driver of concrete truck injured in crash that toppled vehicle: OPP
- Archives
The driver of a concrete truck was taken to hospital after the vehicle was knocked on its side in a crash east of Aylmer, Elgin County OPP said.
-
Prison for Stratford man, 73, who attacked three women with machete
- Archives
Almost three years after a Stratford man traumatized three women in a violent machete attack, he was sentenced in Superior Court.
-
Smuggler of $12M in cocaine ‘abused this country’s hospitality’: Judge
—
by
- Archives
A Brampton man sentenced to more than 10 years in prison was chastised by a Brantford judge for taking advantage of Canada’s “hospitality.” Jugrapreet Singh was nabbed at the Windsor border with almost 100 kilograms of cocaine after being investigated by Brantford police. The 24-year-old will almost certainly be deported after his 10 1/2-year sentence,…
-
Moving violation: Transplanted house ends up in ditch
—
by
- Archives
A house being moved on a trailer along rural Southwestern Ontario roads near Brantford crashed into a ditch Tuesday morning, police say. The home – which was being transplanted to a new location, not an uncommon sight – crashed into the ditch near McGill Road, a rural area just south of Brantford, following what was…
-
Prison for attacker in baseball-bat homicide over missing cellphone
—
by
- Archives
BRANTFORD – A brutal attack at a tent encampment here last year resulted in the death of one man and the imprisonment of another, all over a missing cellphone.
-
Southwestern Ontario rubber factory billed $666K over mega-fire
—
by
- Archives
A Southwestern Ontario rubber factory is being billed $666,000 for costs related to fighting a fire that burned for two days at its plant.
-
Judge: This Southwestern Ontario city is ‘one of the most violent’ in Canada
—
by
- Archives
An Ontario Court judge put the Brant Crown’s office on notice that she wants more details about gun cases in Brantford, which she dubbed “one of the most violent cities in the country.”
-
Prison for man who plotted fatal robbery, but wasn’t there when it happened
—
by
- Archives
BRANTFORD – A plot to rob a man of drugs and money turned into a flood of violence that left two men dead and another stabbed in a jailhouse attack.
-
Woman celebrates 100th birthday alongside her big sister, age 105
—
by
- Archives
BRANTFORD – Renie Wilson had a special guest attend her 100th birthday bash – her 105-year-old big sister, Lottie Ciccolini. The sisters, both residents of Briarwood Gardens in Brantford, were the star attractions at the party held Sunday at the Brant Naval Veterans Association club. The duo enjoyed a birthday cake, a sip of wine…