Flu season fails to surface in Norfolk    
Posted 5 days ago
Residents of Haldimand and Norfolk are enjoying a mild flu season to go along with their mild winter. This is normally the peak of the flu season, but the threat from H1N1 swine flu has faded while traditional seasonal flu strains are nowhere in sight. [more]

St. Frances earns high marks in report     
Posted 5 days ago
Delhi's Catholic elementary school has been named as one of the top schools in the area by the Fraser Institute. St. Frances Cabrini school was awarded a score of 8.3 out of 10 and placed third in the right-leaning think-tank's annual rankings of schools in the Brant Haldimand Norfolk area. [more]

Action centre to open doors for workers    
Posted 5 days ago
While the doors of Delhi Industries will close at the end of this month, a new set of doors will open for employees of the industrial fan manufacturer. [more]

Orwellian-style play garners regional berth    
Posted 5 days ago
What began as a five-minute dramatic sketch created in Argentina has blossomed northward into a full-fledged political play, netting Delhi District Secondary School's (DDSS) first berth in the regionals of the Sears Drama Festival. [more]

New affordable housing still a possibility    
Posted 5 days ago
A Simcoe businessman is vowing to continue his fight for more affordable housing in Delhi after his proposal was declined in the last round of provincial funding. [more]

Mark March 31 on your calendar   
Posted 5 days ago
An inadvertent scheduling faux pas has put two popular community fundraisers head to head on March 31. That evening, the Delhi Tobacco Museum is holding its annual Spring Fling charity auction while the Delhi District Chamber of Commerce is putting on its annual Trivia Challenge Night. [more]

Social housing key to unlocking potential    
Posted 5 days ago
It is said that the true testament of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members — that sliver of a community's population ravaged by growing frailty, mental illness and poverty. [more]

Youth in Houghton area face special problems   
Posted 5 days ago
It started off four years ago as a simple complaint. A woman living in the southwest section of Norfolk County was upset about a bush party that had pushed up against her backyard. The health unit became involved, investigated, and realized this incident was just the tip of the iceberg. [more]