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• Coronavirus: Peel Region mayors call for move to red zone in province’s colour-coded framework

  Peel Region -- made up of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon -- was moved into the strictest "grey lockdown" category of the province's pandemic framework on Monday.

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  Mar 11
• Coronavirus: Peel Region seeing ‘holiday surge at worst time,’ says public health

  To put Brampton's 17.4 per cent in perspective, the World Health Organization says positivity rates should be kept at around three per cent or less.

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  Jan 13
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• ‘I was shocked:’ Brampton neighbourhood has higher COVID-19 positivity percentage than any other in GTA

  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.

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  Nov 18, 2020
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• Fines issued after hundreds gather in Brampton, mayor says

  "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.

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  Nov 15, 2020
• Community members meet with Mississauga, Brampton mayors over police-involved shootings

  "We are here to demand justice, we are here to demand answers, and we are here to demand the mayors take a stand."

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2020
• Brampton mayor says bylaw charges laid after officers break up party with 200 people

  Mayor Patrick Brown said in a tweet that the property owners are facing bylaw charges.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2020
• City of Brampton to reopen parks to the public on Thursday

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

  Health

  Jun 10, 2020
• Brampton tries to crack down on backyard parties as temperatures get warmer

  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.

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  Jun 5, 2020
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• Caledon school council chair fired over tweet called Islamophobic

  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.

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  May 6, 2020
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• Brampton mayor concerned after 105-year-old grandmother’s pleas for water at nursing home go unanswered

  "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."

  Health

  May 1, 2020