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Foster mom to more than 100

Since 1986, Brampton’s Shirley Nash and her late husband John have sponsored more than 100 children in countries around the world through the Christian Children’s Fund. On the table are photos of some of the children the family has helped.
Photo by Ken Hay

Traffic stopper

Traffic ground to a halt on Hwy. 410 Wednesday night after a transport truck without a trailer lost control and rolled into the centre median during rush hour. There was heavy rain at the time and there were no reports of injuries— only frayed patience.
Photo by Sean Magenniss

Murdered couple laid to rest

Rahim and Nazifa Shahghasy were laid to rest Monday at Brampton Memorial Gardens. More than 200 mourners, some of whom had flown in from Australia and the United States, attended the service.
Photo by Ken Hay

Citizen of the Year

Brampton Guardian Publisher Ken Nugent, left, and Mayor Susan Fennell present John Cutruzzola with The Brampton Guardian's 2007 Citizen of the Year Award during a ceremony Thursday night. For his dedication and love of Brampton, his volunteer work with the Salvation Army Family Life Resource Centre, the local business community, several city committees, and for the time, money and artistic donations he has contributed over the years, Cutruzzola received the honour.
Photo by Bryon Johnson

Random act of violence claims couple

Rahimullah Shahghasy, 53, of Brampton was stabbed to death Wednesday while trying to save his wife, Nazifa, 52, from a man wielding two kitchen knives with 9- to 10-inch blades, according to Peel police homicide Insp. Norm English. Police are looking at the possibility the stabbing was a carjacking gone horribly wrong.
Submitted photo

Good Samaritan stabbed to death

A Good Samaritan was stabbed to death when he tried to prevent the killing of a woman during an apparent domestic dispute at a Brampton plaza this afternoon. Police were called to the plaza, in the McLaughlin Road and Williams Parkway area, around 12:25 p.m. A woman and a man had been fighting, and the man appears to have stabbed the woman, police said. When a passer-by tried to intervene, it appears the man stabbed him as well, before trying to take his own life, police said.
By George Beshiri





Corruption charges against local Catholic school trustee dropped
ROGER BELGRAVE - The Brampton Guardian
Tuesday May 13 2008
BRAMPTON -

Corruption charges against a local Catholic school trustee and three former executives with the public school board have been dropped.

Fraud charges against Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Trustee Tony da Silva, 58, were withdrawn in a Brampton courtroom this morning. Da Silva, along with co-defendants James Gollert, 69, Gary Hollo, 59, and John Danson, 61, were vindicated almost one-year after being charged in connection with a multi-million dollar fraud involving federal government grants.

All are former teachers with the Peel District School Board and senior managers with its Centre for Education and Training (CET), created by the board as a not-for-profit corporation providing career-training services. Da Silva, Hollo and Danson are retired directors, while Gollert, who served as chief...





Man charged in stabbing
By Pam Douglas, Staff writer - The Brampton Guardian

BRAMPTON - A 23-year-old Brampton man has been charged with aggravated assault in the stabbing of a grocery store employee early Monday morning.
Peel police arrested Mahmood Bayet a block away from the No Frills store on Clementine Drive, at Mavis Road south of Steeles Avenue.  He was held for a bail hearing.
Investigators said a man walked into the store at 8:30 a.m. He said he had a job interview, and was inquiring about work, when he began arguing with an employee in one of the grocery aisles.
The employee, a 33-year-old Brampton man, was stabbed and the suspect ran out. He was taken to hospital and was reported in stable condition. The wound is not considered life threatening.





Brampton Regional News Releases
Left turn ban sought to improve intersection safety
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
By Pam Douglas, Staff Writer
BRAMPTON - A downtown Brampton intersection with a higher-than-typical rate of traffic collisions will be...
Drive centre worker charged
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
BRAMPTON - A man working at a Brampton driver testing centre has been accused of helping issue legitimate...
School’s sports equipment lost when shed set on fire
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
BRAMPTON - Central Peel Secondary School lost most of its sports equipment when someone set fire to a shed...
CAW, Chrysler talks to begin
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
BRAMPTON - Contracts talks between automaker Chrysler LLC and the Canadian Auto Workers union will start...
Foster mom to more than 100
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
By Priya Ramsingh
BRAMPTON -

This Mother’s Day, many children around the world may be looking to Brampton and feeling...

Many local children not ready for kindergarten
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday May 11 2008
By Roger Belgrave
BRAMPTON - Survey results suggest almost a third of children in Brampton kindergarten classrooms face...
Police invite residents to explore law enforcement
The Brampton Guardian
Friday May 9 2008
By Pam Douglas, Staff Writer
BRAMPTON - Police displays and kids activities are part of tomorrow's annual Police Day festivities, 10 a.m....
Councillors say Hwy. 427 plan falls short
The Brampton Guardian
Friday May 9 2008
By Peter Criscione, Staff Writer
BRAMPTON -

Current plans to extend Hwy. 427 a few kilometres further north doesn't go far enough to...

Brampton ranks No. 1 for highest development charges
The Brampton Guardian
Friday May 9 2008
By Pam Douglas, Staff Writer
BRAMPTON -

The City of Brampton makes no apologies for having the highest development charges in the...

Students hosting plant sale May 15
The Brampton Guardian
Friday May 9 2008
BRAMPTON - Horticulture students at North Peel Secondary School invite local residents to their annual plant...
Charges laid in execution-style killing
The Brampton Guardian
Wednesday May 7 2008
By Pam Douglas, Staff Writer
BRAMPTON - Three Brampton men have been accused in the kidnapping and execution-style murder of a young...


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