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Tuesday August 19 2008

Darren Van Zandbergen from Team DND takes part in the charged fire hose challenge at Garden Square this past weekend as firefighters from all over Canada were put through their paces to see who is the fastest, strongest and best in the Blazin'competition.



It could take months to confirm man killed in propane blast was from Brampton Tuesday August 19 2008
Torstar News Service

It could be months before the body found last week at the site of a propane plant explosion in Toronto is identified.

Part-time Sunrise Propane employee Parminder Saini, 24, of Brampton has been missing since the explosions more than a week ago forced thousands of north Toronto residents to evacuate their homes.

Saini came to Canada in December on a student visa, according to reports, and was attending Sheridan College in Brampton. His family is in India and they are anxiously awaiting word of his fate.

However, Toronto police say positive identification of the body found in the burnt rubble two days after the explosions has not yet been made. Police are tight-lipped about the identification process, saying only that the identification process is ongoing.

Back in India, Saini’s family is ...





Brampton man charged in Mississauga murder Tuesday August 19 2008
PAM DOUGLAS
A Brampton man has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a friend in Mississauga Friday afternoon.

An argument in a children’s playground behind an apartment building at 1290 Rathburn Rd W., turned violent just before 6 p.m. and Farhan Ali Omar, 22, who lived in the building, was stabbed.

He was rushed to hospital where his condition deteriorated overnight and he was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

Peel police arrested Tristan Landriault, 20, near his Brampton home shortly after the stabbing.
Farhan Omar was no angel, family members said after the murder.

But they say he didn’t deserve to die, knifed three times in the back, in what they call a “moment of madness” among friends.

Relatives say Omar had gone inside to change his bloody clothes to ...



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Murder rate in Brampton hits a record high
Tuesday August 19 2008
PAM DOUGLAS It has been a deadly year in Brampton so far as the city reached a record number of murders.


 
Health Coalition plans to bring concerns right to province’s doorstep
Tuesday August 19 2008
Peter Criscione Calling the provincial government arrogant and unresponsive, the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) ...

 
Local supply teacher lauded by Ontario's educators
Tuesday August 19 2008
A Peel board supply teacher has been named Occasional Teacher of the Year by the Elementary ...

 
Anti-poverty groups urge province to revamp social assistance policies
Monday August 18 2008
Peter Criscione Anti-poverty groups in Peel have called on Queen’s Park to change provincial social assistance ...

 
City crosses its fingers after visit by Communities in Bloom judges
Sunday August 17 2008
By PAM DOUGLAS And now we wait.

The Communities in Bloom judges have come and gone, and now it's a waiting ...

 
Region forms committee to oversee business during summer hiatus
Friday August 15 2008
By PETER CRISCIONE Peel Region council may be on hold for the summer but business must go on.

As such, the ...

 
Grits pump cash into Peel RIDE
Friday August 15 2008
PAM DOUGLAS The provincial government has given Peel police more cash to boost the department’s year-round RIDE ...

 
Stolen suds and hot tubs recovered
Friday August 15 2008
PAM DOUGLAS A beer truck stolen here and found in nearby Georgetown has led police to the arrest of two men and ...

 
Five large propane distributors located in Brampton
Thursday August 14 2008
PAM DOUGLAS Five Brampton companies are licenced to handle propane in quantities similar to that of the Sunrise ...

 
Chrysler considering four-day work week for Brampton facility
Thursday August 14 2008
By PETER CRISCIONE A four day work week may be in the cards for Chrysler's Brampton Assembly Plant as the company ...

 
Library workers reach tentative deal
Thursday August 14 2008

An 11th-hour proposal has resulted in a tentative labour agreement for Brampton library workers, ...

 
Bridge will also bump up to four lanes
Thursday August 14 2008
By ASHLEY GOODFELLOW A project to widen the south stretch of Kennedy Road to four lanes will include the expansion of a ...

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