Four Brantford-Brant trustees under fire for trip to Italy will not return to school board

There will be a new slate of Catholic school board trustees representing Brantford and Brant County after long-time trustee Dan Dignard withdrew his candidacy in the upcoming municipal election.Dignard was one of four trustees who travelled to Italy in July 2024 to purchase about $100,000 worth of custom art for a new high school under construction on Powerline Road in Brantford. The publicly-funded trip, which included travel costs of about $50,000, sparked outrage after details about lavish m