The extended economic impacts of COVID-19 have highlighted the issue of food insecurity in Canada, especially among marginalized people. One Brampton man has created a program to help those affected by giving them access to fresh organic produce.
View More How a Brampton Non-Profit Battles Rising Food Insecurity
The Brampton-based mental health organization SOCH focuses on addressing the stigma that South Asian men in Ontario face when dealing with mental health.
View More Men’s Forum Addresses Mental Health in South Asian Community
In Brampton, and more generally in Peel region, Canadians need to curb their desire to gather. Unless we take public health guidelines more seriously, the worst of COVID-19 may yet lie ahead, writes Surjit Flora.
View More “Our Touchy-Feely Instincts are Doing Us In”
Brampton’s Mubarak Mosque paid tribute to Canada’s fallen troops. The organizers say that events such as this are a great way to integrate newcomers to Canada, who might be bewildered by observances in their new homeland.
View More Inclusive Remembrance Day Events help Integrate Immigrants, say Community Leaders
The federal government announced Wednesday that special flights back to Canada will be offered at an average cost of $2,900, which is far more than the usual average airfare.
View More Government Offers Flight Lifeline for Stranded Travellers, At a Cost
Brampton City Council just voted unanimously to make December Christian Heritage Month. Even councillors feel their efforts could have been used on more pressing matters, such as addressing emerging ethnic tensions in the city.
View More Religious Identity Politics Shrouds Brampton City Council
Kulwant Singh, whose stories are shaped and expressed in vivid detail, exist in his oil paintings
View More FROM LIFE TO CANVAS: Brampton Artist Paints Vivid Journey of Hope & Struggle
Why did GTA voters prefer the Liberals over the Conservatives and the NDP? I spoke to people living in Toronto and Brampton to find out
View More We Don’t Vote for Strangers: Why the GTA Went Red – Pt. I
Singh said only an NDP government will tax the wealthiest Canadians to make life more affordable for working people
View More Jagmeet Singh’s Final Push to Win
The fourth annual Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) came to a close yesterday. Every year during the first week of May, authors congregate in Brampton…
View More Borders Explored at 4th Annual Festival of Literary Diversity