Petunia the Clown paints a Canadian flag on the arm of Tarnjot Brar, 3, in the Kids’ Zone during Canada Day celebrations at Chinguacousy Park Tuesday. Canadian rock icon Burton Cummings was the big attraction when he rocked the park for a 75-minute show prior to the 10 p.m. fireworks display. See more photos, page 18. For a video of the Canada Day fun, visit www.thebramptonguardian.com.
Photo by Bryon Johnson
MCPL Janet Culig from the 23rd Field Ambulance Corps in Hamilton was on hand to add camouflage paint to participants at Larkspur Public School’s Spring Fling recently. The event included fire trucks, an army ambulance and a police car. For $5 visitors also had the chance to enjoy a barbecue lunch.
Photo by George Beshiri
Khalifa Shettima, left, is ready for his first flight in a single engine plane as pilot Peter Pasieka readies the plane for take-off. Khalifa was one of the nearly 300 kids that participated in the Young Eagles Day recently held at the Brampton Air Field.
Photo by George Beshiri
Four-year-old Avonio Spence sits in the seat of a NASCAR car to get the feel of a race car with Victory Lap representative Dan McCann beside him. The NASCAR car was at the Quarry Edge Drive Wal-Mart recently to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network. Last year, the tour raised $500,000 and organizers are hoping to hit the $1 million mark this year. The tour is entitled The Victory Lap Charity Program.
Photo by George Beshiri
Provincial inspection reports analyzed by The Canadian Press found three-quarters of the 616 nursing homes across Ontario have been cited for violating provincial standards that ensure residents are well fed, clean and free of pain.
Eleven Brampton nursing homes combined for 105 violations in 2007, according to the CP findings.
Officials found more than half of the problems had to do with the quality of care seniors receive, with the rest pointing to things like the administration of drugs and documentation.
Among the homes cited is Tullamore nursing home— located at 133 Kennedy Rd., South, just south of Queen Street East— where inspectors reported 16 residents...
Glenford Asan Reid was pronounced dead at the scene of the Monday night shooting where more than 100 partygoers had gathered at the south Brampton home. A 37-year-old Toronto man was also injured by gunfire that rang out at the Woodsend Run house, but sustained wounds considered non-life threatening and is expected to make a full recovery.
Despite a packed house of revelers, police have had "minimal cooperation" from potential witnesses, said Peel Regional Police Insp. Norm English. Many of the partygoers fled before police arrived.
Investigators have so far been unable to establish a motive or gather any suspect information, English said.
Police were...
Two Brampton residents are facing possible bylaw charges for illegally setting off...
Airport officials scale back test flights over Brampton
Being on Brampton's bad side just isn't worth it.
That is the position taken by...
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