Items that will remain off-limits include playgrounds, structures, sports field amenities, pools, splash pads, washrooms and drinking water systems within the parks.

The mayor of Brampton, Ont., says warm weather has made some residents reckless when it comes to physical distancing, noting fines were issued in connection with 19 backyard parties over the last week.

Ravi Hooda made the comment in reply to Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who announced a by-law would allow mosques to play daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers during Ramadan.

"As we judge ourselves on this pandemic, I think one of the gaping holes is how we've treated the elderly in this country and I see it first-hand through my own grandmother."

Aileen Carroll, a former city councillor, Liberal MP and MPP in Barrie, Ont., passed away on Sunday at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre.

The City of Brampton has revealed another "municipal speed camera coming soon" sign in the city's north end warning motorists that an automated speed enforcement (ASE) camera is coming to the neighbourhood.

"I'm losing patience. I want to actually see the police have the resources and the tools to do their job."

“Now that we’ve finished processing the scene and gathered our evidence, I can tell you there [were] 136 shell casings recovered from that scene,” police Chief Chris McCord said.

On Wednesday, Brampton city council voted 11-0 in favour of advertising careers with local police and fire services to those affected by Quebec's new secularism law.

The city said residents will be receiving postcards in the mail in early May which they are then asked to sign and send to Premier Ford's office.