The Simcoe Reformer

Skip to Content Brantford woman has key role in Parton's Imagination Library program in Canada •   • Jeanne Smitiuch (left), senior regional director for Canada for the imagination Library met country music legend Dolly Parton several times, including here in 2016. SUBMITTED PHOTO An outpouring of grief has flooded social media platforms and conversations with the passing on Tuesday of the Dolly Parton, arguably the Queen of Country Music.

Skip to Content • A view of the Joyceville Institution, north of Kingston on Friday December 11, 2020. /The Kingston Whig-Standard A criminal with a cell phone in Kingston’s Joyceville prison accidentally alerted Brantford Police to a local drug dealer back in 2024. Nolan E.

•   • Chief Margaret Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. /BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR U.S. President Donald Trump may move to rename of the American side of Lake Ontario but Margaret Sault says the Great Lake will remain Lake Ontario on this side of the waters.

Police are investigating a sudden death after a body was found in the water at a marina in Port Rowan. •   • /File Police are investigating after a body was found in the water at a marina in Port Rowan. Norfolk County OPP responded to a call for service at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

Skip to Content Norfolk County residents will be spoiled for choice in this fall’s municipal election. •   • /Getty Images Norfolk County residents will be spoiled for choice in this fall’s municipal election. A last-minute entrant brought the total number of candidates running for mayor in the rural county to seven. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

The Simcoe and District Chamber of Commerce is searching for a new executive director with due to Karen Matthews'  impending retirement. •   • Karen Matthews has announced she will retire as the executive director of the Simcoe and District Chamber of Commerce later this year. /Staff The Simcoe & District Chamber of Commerce is searching for a new executive director due to the impending retirement of Karen Matthews.

Skip to Content • Linda DeJonghe File Fingers crossed, I should be back to accurate vision by the end of the month. It seems an eternity since I had cataracts removed. Surgery was easy. I wouldn’t want anyone to be fearful or decide against this surgery. It was quick, painless and what a difference it has made. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

• Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe. File Norfolk General Hospital will receive just over $2.63 million from the Ontario government to complete infrastructure repairs and upgrades. The one-time funding is being provided through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund for the 2026 to 2027 funding year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

The provincial government is investing $29,000 to assist the Town of Tillsonburg with healthcare recruitment. •   • FILE The provincial government is investing $29,000 to assist the Town of Tillsonburg with healthcare recruitment. The town announced recently it would receive 50 per cent of the total $58,000 project cost to support a new recruitment marketing campaign aimed at attracting family physicians and other health care professionals to the community.

Delhi’s Trevor Barnucz wasn’t born with a fishing rod in his hands, but it didn’t take him long to master the art. •   • Delhi's Trevor Barnucz will represent Canada at the 2026 Tri Nations Zimbabwe youth invitational in December. /FACEBOOK Delhi’s Trevor Barnucz wasn’t born with a fishing rod in his hands, but it didn’t take him long to master the art.