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Simcoe, Ontario. Canada
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
3 years
Haldimand Norfolk Board of Health votes 8-1 to move forward with Dr. Matt Strauss's appointment as acting medical officer of health
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Transport Canada says Santa Claus has passed his pre-flight inspection and is set for take-off.
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The Simcoe Reformer
3 years
Simcoe resident Mike VanNetten has been released from a Hamilton hospital where he has spent several weeks being treated for COVID-19.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Haldimand-Norfolk's Medical Officer of Health recommends "kindergarten-aged children in our health unit not be required to wear masks.”
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
7 years
Almost 5,000 people at @timhicksmusic concert @norfolkfair (not fake news)
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
3 years
Farmers of Ontario’s Garden tractor convoy making its way along Norfolk Street in Simcoe to the fairgrounds. Drawing attention to Norfolk farming industry in 'crisis'
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The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Amy Martin has been elected as the new mayor for Norfolk County
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The Simcoe Reformer
3 years
Former NHL tough guys lend moral support to Simcoe family struggling with the fallout from the pandemic.
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2 years
Saying he is “outraged” over the shooting death of Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique is calling for changes to the bail system to protect officers and communities.
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The Simcoe Reformer
6 years
Who let the cows out? Meadow Lynn Farms near Simcoe did. Cattle run and jump for joy after being released to graze in the meadow for the first time this spring @MeadowLynnFarms @NorfolkFarms
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The Simcoe Reformer
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More than 200 people including OPP officers and civilians were in Dunnville this morning for a memorial bike ride in honour of Const. Greg Pierzchala who was killed in the line of duty.
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
5 years
Simcoe's Jason Gordy has won the gold medal in bowling at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi
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3 years
Brad Adams and supporters arrived in Simcoe as part of his 10-day 233km Ride for the Registry to encourage people to register on the Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell registry #shannonscellmates #orangebows
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Susan Judd & Amanda Dooney of Ride the Bine named Norfolk's Young Entrepreneurs of the Year #NCSym18 #norfolk
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Const. Ed Sanchuk, the popular and highly-visible community services officer for the Norfolk County OPP, is moving to a new position at the OPP’s West Region headquarters in London.
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3 years
A Norfolk group is organizing a protest for Saturday in Simcoe in solidarity with a convoy of truckers who are heading to Ottawa.
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2 years
Bobbi Ann Brady, a long-time Progressive Conservative supporter and executive assistant to Haldimand Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett, has announced she will run as an independent in the upcoming provincial election
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“This boy, this incredible young man with big dreams and high hopes and an incredible love of life, deserves justice,” Andrea King said of her son Alex Dalton, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on April 23.
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5 years
SCS students have staged a walkout of classes heading to Toby Barrett's office to protest the education cuts.
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Independent candidate Bobbi Ann Brady has been elected to represent the people of Haldimand Norfolk at Queen’s Park.
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4 years
A Turkey Point native has been drafted by the Buffalo Beauts National Women’s Hockey League team.
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Simcoe Composite School is the 2023 Young Canada Day champs at the Norfolk County Fair. The win ended Delhi’s long-running reign
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The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Canadian music icon Sarah McLachlan attracts large audience (about 2,500) to Burning Kiln Winery in St. Williams as part of their Concerts in the Vineyard series @BurningKilnWine
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@Simcoe_Reformer
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4 years
Parade of champions in Haldimand County this morning. .... #haldimand @HaldimandCounty
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Together we are strong ❤️. Thank you West Haldimand General Hospital. We will see you on Monday Haldimand War Memorial Hospital❤️
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Norfolk farmer Brett Schuyler has won his appeal of the 3-worker cap on bunkhouses during COVID-19 isolation period of 14 days.
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Toronto Six goaltender Elaine Chuli of Waterford took time to thank family and friends as she basks in the glow of the team winning the Isobel Cup
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
5 years
A Norfolk County woman has asked Mike Holmes to help her transform a warehouse into a fully accessible gymnastics space.
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The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Voters in Norfolk County have decided to “turn the page” and “start a new chapter,” Mayor-elect Amy Martin says
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@Simcoe_Reformer
The Simcoe Reformer
3 years
UPDATE: Walking out of Hamilton General Hospital under his own strength is one thing Simcoe's Mike VanNetten will not soon forget
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4 years
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6 years
Stelco commits $182G to welding education at schools in Norfolk, Haldimand, Brantford #stelco @GEDSB @bhncdsb
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Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett says he has recovered from COVID-19 and his wife is home after treatment in Burlington hospital
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132 walkers and 19 volunteers helped raise more than $50,000 for Youth Unlimited at the Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser on Saturday in Simcoe #cnoy
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Janet Dickson, a teacher at Waterford District High School, played The Last Post at the Waterford Remembrance Day service #RemembranceDay2021 #waterford @GEDSB
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The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Dr. Matt Strauss, Haldimand-Norfolk’s acting medical officer of health, has announced he will be leaving his post effective April 1.
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The Simcoe Reformer
10 years
SCS students pay tribute to movie Cool Runnings with their Halloween costume. @SCSStuCo http://t.co/Ikwlq8nijl
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7 years
The Breadwinner - Film based on book by Simcoe author receives Oscar nomination
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2 years
“Farmers and people in Haldimand-Norfolk realize that land is finite. They know that once it's paved over and developed that it’s lost.” MPP Brady introduces private member's bill to protect farm land
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The Simcoe Reformer
5 years
SCS students protesting the Ontario education funding changes.
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5 years
The OPG Nanticoke Generating Station was demolished just after 8 a.m. this morning.
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The Simcoe Reformer
1 year
Retired commercial fisherman Richard Marshall reeled in more than $2-million in the Hagersville Catch the Ace draw on Thursday night.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Greg Wise of The Gibbled Goose is named Norfolk’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year @NorfolkCountyCA @TheGibbledGoose #ncsym20 #waterford
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Norfolk firefighters held a special funeral procession Tuesday afternoon in Simcoe to honour the late Joey Bomberry.
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2 years
Officers show support for OPP officer Grzegorz Pierzchala who was killed in the line of duty near Hagersville on Tuesday. (David Ritchie video)
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Large show of support from other police officers as the body of #OPP Constable Grzegorz "Greg" Pierzchala arrives at The Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto. @OPPCommissioner @TPSMyronDemkiw
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The Simcoe Reformer
6 years
Beautiful sunset over the Waterford Ponds. Yet another wonderful view in Norfolk County. #Norfolk @NorfolkTour
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The Simcoe Reformer
1 year
Bike ride being held April 15 in memory of OPP Const. Greg Pierzchala, who was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 27 near Hagersville.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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School spirit is alive and well at Young Canada Day at Norfolk County Fair 2023 #ncf
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The Simcoe Reformer
4 years
Norfolk County students are filling the ever-growing positions in agriculture as other summer jobs become obsolete.
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4 years
For the fourth day in a row, the Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit has reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the area.
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The Simcoe Reformer
1 year
Installation of the rainbow crosswalk got underway on Thursday at Union and Norfolk streets in Simcoe
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3 years
Three Norfolk friends have taken the plunge into playwriting.
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The Simcoe Reformer
2 years
Video taken in Port Dover on Friday.
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Steve Hives
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Wild on the Lake Erie shore today
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7 years
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This year’s Simcoe Panorama River of Lights is on. @SimcoeChristmas
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Famous tugboat - Theodore Too - will make Port Dover its summer home once the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
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The Simcoe Reformer
4 years
Norfolk council directs Mayor Kristal Chopp to re-acquaint herself with policies and procedures related to council code of conduct following discussion of “shit sandwich” episode and latest integrity complaint regarding it. Vote is 8-1.
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A favourite family treat is becoming a favourite home business in Port Dover.
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7 years
Friends, family and teammates mourn loss of young athlete killed in weekend crash
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2 years
Norfolk County farmers Jenn and David VanDeVelde have been named Ontario's Outstanding Young Farmers
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An estimated 300 people took part in the Every Child Matters Walk for Solidarity in downtown Simcoe on Thursday. Red and orange flowers were placed in Wellington Park in honour of Indigenous children who died and survivors of residential schools.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Waterford Pumpkinfest
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Norfolk's own Landon McCallum chosen 15th overall in #OHLDraft
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Ontario Hockey League
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Congrats to forward Landon McCallum of @brantfordminor selected 15th overall by the @Sudbury_Wolves in the 2019 #OHLDraft :
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A young Ukrainian family forced to flee their war-ravaged country has been embraced by the Port Dover community. #PortDover
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5 years
Welcome to town. New gateway sign unveiled in Simcoe @NorfolkCountyCA
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Waterfowl sing along as the bells ring out from the Carillon Tower in downtown Simcoe on a snowy winter morning
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The Headless Horseman is expected to mark Halloween with a return visit to Port Ryerse tomorrow afternoon (Video from 2022)
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1 year
The tobacco tying competition at today's 133rd Langton Fair. The winning time (1:18) tying two sticks of tobacco was Jeanet Barrett, Margaret and Irene Andries.
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A London hospital foundation has received its largest single donation ever, a $20-million gift from the late Archie Verspeeten of Delhi
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Delhi’s Marek Vanacker was selected in the first round (27th overall) of the NHL draft on Friday night, making Norfolk County history.
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4 years
What could’ve been a blue Christmas turned into a home-away-from-home holiday affair for nearly 100 migrant workers from Trinidad and Tobago stranded at a Simcoe-area farm, some experiencing a white Christmas for the first time.
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Delhi does it again! Norfolk County Fair overall champs #youngcanadaday @NorfolkFair
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The Simcoe Reformer
7 years
Carrie has some little lambs (and dogs) and she also has a Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence @CarrieWoolley1 @OMAFRAinnovates
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After Wednesday's parade in Ohsweken, fans were able to take photos with Brandon Montour and the Stanley Cup. The lineup outside the arena was LONG!
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3 years
T’was the night before the Norfolk fair and finishing touches were being put here and there.
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2 years
The Headless Horseman rides again in Port Ryerse on Halloween #norfolkcounty
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3 years
AUTUMN IN THE AIR A view of Simcoe’s downtown park system is a sight to behold as trees are beginning to change colour. (Brian Thompson photo)
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Canada's famous hockey dad, Walter Gretzky, has died at age 82
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6 years
Hub proposal makes comeback: Norfolk council votes in favour of reconsidering recreational complex for county
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Port Rowan girl lands TV show about fishing
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Families from war-ravaged Ukraine have found safe haven in a former tobacco research station in Norfolk County.
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The Simcoe Reformer
5 years
Gabby gets two dates for high school prom after mom creates website and video looking for someone for accompany daughter on special night
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John Picard of Norfolk County is being remembered as a business visionary with a strong and successful focus on value-added agriculture.
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Melanie Doerksen (at right) of Charlotteville Brewing has been named Norfolk County Entrepreneur of the Year @Charbrewingco @NorfolkCountyCA #NCSym20
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UPDATE: “We defied all the odds, all of us,” Bobbi Ann Brady tells supporters after being elected as Independent MPP for Haldimand-Norfolk
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The Simcoe Reformer
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A group of neighbours on Yeager Avenue in Simcoe take to the street every Monday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to make noise with bells, pots, and pans to cheer on the frontline workers in the area. The group has been making their socially distanced noise since the end of March.
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Mike Mathews has started his 30-hour run at Norfolk Fairgrounds in Simcoe. He’s raising funds, and awareness for Make-a-Wish Foundation @MakeAWishCA
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Hundreds of people have gathered at the beach in Port Dover to view the solar eclipse
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The Simcoe Reformer
4 years
Haldimand Norfolk gets to enter stage 2 of economic re-opening plan starting on Friday.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Haldimand-Norfolk is moving to yellow-protect in the COVID response framework effective Monday.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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Liberal candidate Kim Huffman and supporters have started gathering at her campaign headquarters in Jarvis to watch the results come in. #HNVotes #elxn43
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Norfolk remembers: Remembrance Day service held at Norfolk War Memorial in Simcoe
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2 years
Theo Hill is preparing to attend the St. Louis Blue's training camp this month after working all summer on his family's farm in Selkirk, Ont.
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3 years
WATERFORD: T’was the week before Christmas and people in town gathered on St. James Street where the parade was found
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Brian Thompson
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Here's a few images from the first-ever Santa Claus parade in Waterford, Ontario organized by the Waterford Lions Club that also stages the town's annual Pumpkinfest parade. @NorfolkCountyCA @Simcoe_Reformer
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Update: the ace has been caught in Hagersville. The ace was in envelope #51 and was won by Richard Marshall. The jackpot was more than $1.7 million.
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SCS grad to attend NFL Women's Careers in Football Forum @KennedyJEHarvey @SimcoeSabres
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Hometown Brew presented with Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Simcoe & District Chamber of Commerce @SimcoeChamber
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Residents over 80 years of age who are living in the community are expected to start receiving COVID-19 vaccines next week, says Haldimand-Norfolk’s medical officer of health.
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The Simcoe Reformer
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It’s no secret that Vittoria is a caring community.
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Vittoria, Ontario
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Residents of #Vittoria are showing their support for frontline workers during the COVID19 virus, and participating in the 7pm noise making. This is what community is about! #NorfolkCounty #GoodVibes @Simcoe_Reformer @myFM989 @RNAO @CHCHTV @CTVNews @CTVKitchener
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Bagpiper Brad Smith leads newly-elected councillors into the Norfolk County council chamber in Simcoe for tonight's swearing in ceremony
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Norfolk County councillor critical of colleagues for panicking in the face of a cancel-culture offensive against the county’s incoming acting medical officer of health.
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Norfolk County is being urged to follow the lead of other municipalities and adopt a bylaw making masks mandatory in enclosed, public spaces.
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