The art of creation
Artist Aditi Swaminathan works in her studio on a new watercolour. Artists were participating in the annual Studios of Brampton tour last weekend. The fourth annual event was a free, self-guided tour that enabled the public to meet Brampton artists, view their studios and watch as they worked.
Photo by George Beshiri
Friday October 10 2008
Artist Aditi Swaminathan works in her studio on a new watercolour. Artists were participating in the annual Studios of Brampton tour last weekend. The fourth annual event was a free, self-guided tour that enabled the public to meet Brampton artists, view their studios and watch as they worked.
Photo by George Beshiri
Watch this area for federal ELECTION RESULTS
About five per cent of voters visit advance polls Friday October 10 2008
About five per cent of local voters seized the opportunity to cast ballots in advance of Tuesday's federal election.Elections Canada released the preliminary estimates of voters who participated in advance polls held Oct. 3, 4 and 6. According to those numbers, 20,758 votes were cast in Brampton's four electoral ridings.In Bramalea-Gore-Malton there were 4,676 ballots; in Brampton-Springdale there were 5,496 voters at advance polls; 5,053 voters came out in Brampton West; and early polls brought out 5,533 in Mississauga-Brampton South.The turnout amounts to 20,758 of the 378,786 registered voters in Brampton's four ridings and a little below the advance poll turnout recorded during the last federal election.The rest of Brampton will have an opportunity to vote Tuesday at polling stations from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 ...
Couple finds gun in backyard, just steps from school Friday October 10 2008
By PAM DOUGLAS
A tacit example of the increasing prevalence of guns on the streets of this city landed right on Nigel Sookram's back doorstep last week- just feet from an elementary school playground.Sookram said he was shocked to discover a rusting .38 calibre handgun and some bullets wrapped in a decaying plastic bag and hidden in his backyard.The 36-year-old and his family just moved a month ago to the Morton Way home, backing onto Morton Way Public School northwest of Steeles Avenue and McLaughlin Road.He was doing some landscaping with his brother Thursday afternoon when they found the weapon hidden under the hollow cement step he uses to step outside his back sliding door onto his patio."I was shocked, frozen, everything in one," Sookram said when he realized it was the butt of a handgun sticking out of the ragged ...
Knights Table needs sustainable funding
Friday October 10 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS As dozens of Brampton's less fortunate citizens sit down to a turkey dinner with all the ...
Businesses and services closed for Thanksgiving celebrations
Friday October 10 2008 As Bramptonians gear up for Thanksgiving weekend celebrations, residents should keep in mind that ...
Brampton becomes sister to Miami Beach
Friday October 10 2008 By ASHLEY GOODFELLOW The future of Brampton's arts and culture community just got a little brighter, thanks to the ...
Trustees approve changes to expense account policy
Thursday October 9 2008 By ROGER BELGRAVE A Catholic school board committee has approved policy changes controlling trustee expense accounts ...
Last Farmers' Market Saturday
Thursday October 9 2008 There will be pumpkin decorating at the final Farmers' Market of the season tomorrow in ...
Smart buses are coming to Brampton
Thursday October 9 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS Brampton's buses are about to get smarter.A $12 million contract signed by the city this ...
Peel Region must find creative ways to beef up social housing stock, councillors told
Thursday October 9 2008 By PETER CRISCIONE The Region has to better streamline its approval processes and find creative ways to finance ...
Father of girl shot through door weeps at sentencing hearing
Wednesday October 8 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS Amretta Singh's devastated father wept as he told a Superior Court judge how his daughter's ...
Highrise proposal one step closer to OMB hearing
Wednesday October 8 2008 The deadline has passed and the developer has not made any changes to its controversial application ...
Brampton's average assessment increase is 15 per cent
Tuesday October 7 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS It's the one time homeowners hope the value of their houses has not skyrocketed....
New study suggests access to certain surgeries better in Central West LHIN
Tuesday October 7 2008 A new study compiled by one of Canada's leading sources of comparable health data show's ...
Catholic high school teachers ink new contract
Tuesday October 7 2008 By ROGER BELGRAVE Catholic school teachers and the local school board have reached a new long-term labour contract....
Friday October 10 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS As dozens of Brampton's less fortunate citizens sit down to a turkey dinner with all the ...
Friday October 10 2008 As Bramptonians gear up for Thanksgiving weekend celebrations, residents should keep in mind that ...
Friday October 10 2008 By ASHLEY GOODFELLOW The future of Brampton's arts and culture community just got a little brighter, thanks to the ...
Thursday October 9 2008 By ROGER BELGRAVE A Catholic school board committee has approved policy changes controlling trustee expense accounts ...
Thursday October 9 2008 There will be pumpkin decorating at the final Farmers' Market of the season tomorrow in ...
Thursday October 9 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS Brampton's buses are about to get smarter.A $12 million contract signed by the city this ...
Thursday October 9 2008 By PETER CRISCIONE The Region has to better streamline its approval processes and find creative ways to finance ...
Wednesday October 8 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS Amretta Singh's devastated father wept as he told a Superior Court judge how his daughter's ...
Wednesday October 8 2008 The deadline has passed and the developer has not made any changes to its controversial application ...
Tuesday October 7 2008 By PAM DOUGLAS It's the one time homeowners hope the value of their houses has not skyrocketed....
Tuesday October 7 2008 A new study compiled by one of Canada's leading sources of comparable health data show's ...
Tuesday October 7 2008 By ROGER BELGRAVE Catholic school teachers and the local school board have reached a new long-term labour contract....
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