Brantford band wins international music award

Brantford’s Joan Minnery is over the moon with excitement as her band SIVLE received a prestigious music award last month. The band’s original single Sing It Like Pearl – a tribute to Janis Joplin – won Best Band Single at the 2024 International Singer-Songwriters Association Awards held in Atlanta, Georgia. “In the Indie industry this […]

Apple unveils AirPods that can work as hearing aids – The Washington Post

Apple unveils AirPods that can work as hearing aids  The Washington PostThe AirPods Pro 2 will soon double as hearing aids  The VergeApple introduces groundbreaking health features to support conditions impacting billions of people  AppleiPhone 16 release live: Apple launches new model with AI features  The TelegraphApple AirPods Pro to have ‘clinical’ hearing aid  RTÉ News

Why I pressed Trudeau on genocide

Like many journalists, I have a love-hate relationship with my profession. After graduating from J-school in 2003, I moved halfway across the country to take my first job as a newspaper reporter, only to leave months later feeling unfulfilled and wondering if journalism was for me.  Eventually, I returned to school and dabbled in the […]

19-year-old clocked going 139 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone

Brant County OPP have charged a 19-year-old Kitchener man with stunt driving following Sept. 5 traffic stop on Ayr Road. Police say an officer was conducting speed enforcement just after 2 p.m. and spotted a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was going 139 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. […]