For weeks, several municipal leaders have been signaling the need to help those who don’t have the luxury of isolating at home if they develop symptoms of COVID-19.

Police say investigations revealed that a transport truck struck a pedestrian who was near the truck when it was pulling away.

Brampton makes up less than half of Peel's population, but accounts for more than 60 per cent of its COVID-19 cases.

Police said they were called to a residence in the area of James Potter Road and Steeles Avenue West at 6:24 a.m.

Emergency crews were called to the area of Rutherford Road and Stafford Drive around 2:45 p.m. 

A northeast Brampton neighbourhood has topped a list for the highest number of COVID-19 test positivity rate at 19 per cent — during the first week of November.

Police say officers were called to McMeeken Drive at around 3:15 a.m. on Saturday morning for a reported hit-and-run.

All appointments at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing centre at South Fletchers Sportsplex in Brampton on Monday are cancelled.

"We know that Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas is a very important celebration in the South Asian community but with the COVID numbers so high, we just can't have any crowds gathering right now," Mayor Patrick Brown said.

On Thursday, investigators executed a search warrant at an apartment on Atherley Road, where they arrested three men.