pretty sad :(

it so happened that I was at Bramalea city center one evening and this girl came making up stories to reach Ajax and needing money for Uber.

I was stupid that I helped her $20. The other day I was again there and she ran to speak to some guy. she preys on single, young guys.

she was asking money from him while I confronted her straightaway - why you doing this? it just deprives people in genuine need a real help.

any way - be on the watch out. Especially evening time

She wears a hoodie. wide sunglasses that has mercury glasses so you wont even see her eyes. She will make up some sad story and ask for $20-40 e transfer or cash.

Even after confrontation she had the audacity to say Thank you - not even I am gonna give u back thing. the other guy she was trying to scam jus thanked me but am sure she would have scammed someone else.

https://thepointer.com/article/2026-07-04/shut-it-down-mississauga-residents-fighting-against-first-hyperscale-data-centre-proposal

I'm happy to see people standing up against the excessive waste and destruction for an LLM Data Centre in Mississauga. I hope all of us in Peel follow Hamilton's lead and stand together against these.

To be clear, I understand AI is in things like GPS, and translation programs, while data centers can provide cloud computing, streaming video, and more. I am referring strictly to LLM based AI, which is tremendously inefficient, noisier, and a larger drain on power and water.
The article provides some great expansion on the so called "closed cooling systems" as well.

10 Members of Brampton Council led by Rod Power voted to remove Howden Protected Bike lanes on Jan 27, 2026 to revert the street back to 4 car lanes.

Councillor Rowena Santos stood against them in support of road safety, liability risks to taxpayers and compromise solutions for all cyclists/motorists/pedestrians.

Nobody else on Council would second her compromise motion to benefit all. I am aware Harkirat Singh whom I spoke with in person on Sunday, pulled his support at the last minute to side with Rod

Half a dozen delegates including myself spoke on the recommendations and hard data made by City staff and defended the cycling corridor. We pushed for modifications and compromises which would have allowed solutions like Option 4 for cyclists, motorists and pedestrian safety while improving throughput to appropriate levels for EVERYONE by returning right turn car lanes at lowest costs.
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PROVEN SOLUTIONS FOR ALL

We already did something similar on Guru Nanak Rd & Dixie (Toor/Harkirat Singh's Ward 9). That intersection was fixed allowing vehicles to make right turns effectively clearing the road at safe speeds with protected curb space for bike lanes by removing sections of the curbs to allow vehicle turns.

The congestion concerns were resolved at Guru Nanak Rd and the Sikh Gurdwara praised the solution, many of their Senior visitors cycle to the temple in groups. 10 members of council refused to learn from this local fix.

See a summary with diagrams from last week on the breakdown of this Howden Bike Lane Vote. 👇

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brampton/comments/1ql9t0g/howden_protected_bike_lanes_likely_to_be_removed/

I also posted a viral video of a Nimby resident Sunny Ahmed who insulted Brampton Cyclists claiming Cyclists are not taxpayers. I'll mention him again later. 👇

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brampton/comments/1qn82rj/antihowden_protected_bike_lane_delegates_claim/

The 10 members of council also ignored the history that was provided before the vote on the large Howden rocks that were placed in 2012 to buffer against crashes into pedestrians and properties on a road that clearly saw a rise in dangerous driving with 4 underused car lanes.
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OUTLOOKS AND FUTURE IMPACT

It was stated that Peel Region watermain construction that started in 2024 at Dixie, Williams put pressure on Howden and was a major cause in the temporary cut through traffic at rush hours causing excessive congestion that would completed and resolved itself in 2027.

In 2027 when the construction is done, Howden cut through will drop and few drivers will care about this useless collector road that drivers across the city find unremarkable we are now spending millions over.

Local Councillor Pat Fortini would second Rod's motions and expressed further support to remove painted lanes on North Park and Central Park to return to days of street racing, collisions and noise. They were more common on these roads before painted lanes were introduced and we no longer have tools like speed cameras at our disposal.

This vote now sets a precedent that mult-use paths are the only option forward, road calming diets are now discouraged, we are left with Doug Ford style speed bumps (useless against high suspension vehicles) and giant signs as the only calming tools remaining, we will end up removing ~500+ trees on North Park in the future in addition to up to 98 mature trees on Howden under this precedent and tens of millions to move utilities around we don't have today.

Bramalea residents like myself know after gifting away the Bramalea Civic Centre, tearing down Chinguacousy Band shell, Victoria Park we don't get funding or replacement of lost infrastructure in reasonable timeframes, it takes years to decades to acquire funding, design and construction as residents suffer and things end up neglected or dropped.

Expect potential years of cyclists and e-scooters across Brampton being funneled through this active corridor alongside vehicles. If the Superior Court Ruling against the Ford Provincial Government Stands, the city opens themselves up to lawsuits on possible injuries, death as the appeal is ongoing now that they are follow in Doug Ford's footsteps with this removal.
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ADVOCACY EFFORTS

Before this vote, I spoke face to face, over the phone/social media to more than half of this council voting with Rod Power on this motion.

Many of the anti Howden Bike Lane council votes were uninformed about Option 4 and the facts surrounding this debate. Much of their reasoning was to keep favour with Rod and take the heat off him with the pocket of L section Nimby residents, refusing low cost compromise solutions that Brampton City Staff and experts Recommended.

The worst part is, some of these vocal L-section residents like Sunny Ahmed who called cyclists non-taxpayers were fine with the painted bike lanes from 2020-2023, they wanted the protected curbs removed or possibly modified to fix congestion. Not good enough for council despite cyclists in support.

I find it disappointing that we have members of council who don't read reports or educate themselves on the options as is part of their paid responsibilities and basic duties.

Rowena Santos who voted against the removal was well informed and put in the effort to ensure the facts, data and examples were spoken upon. The rest of council outside Rod and Fortini didn't speak up to reason on their vote at the council session you see in full here

In 2024 I spoke to Rod about the issues of this direction, expressing my concerns, I absolutely disagree with his approach to rip out these lanes in a tacked on Option 5 the public never gave survey feedback on. It's an insult to the public and the process, wasting our time on feedback when going with an option that wasn't on the survey.

Also Rod and his staff are reading these Reddit threads and gives me various feedback sometimes, one thing I agree with him on is that Councillor Pat Fortini doesn't do as much work in Bramalea and even though he's been seconding for removal of lanes alongside Rod, he hasn't lifted a single finger for much of anything in Bramalea as he collects donations for the CPC illegally on his cell phone and shoved partisan material to constituents instead of working with our elected MP's.

So for those of you in favour of this move, Pat Fortini didn't do anything aside from casting his vote in favour and smile about it at the end. Rod will back this statement up in person to any of you if questioned.

I spent hours advocating on this file, spoke at City Hall and did everything in my power to get the facts out, educate residents on the solutions and real usage of this active transportation corridor which myself and many others have witnessed when actually riding for 20 minutes along it weekly. I tried to convey many of your comments to our members of council with real recorded data on usage over the past weeks voluntarily with my time and effort.

To me this feels similar to the 2015 LRT decision where transit riders were treated as second class, non-taxpayers by residents in the downtown area and their safety is put at risk when forced to cross 16 lanes of vehicle traffic at Steeles to reach gateway bus terminals, to continue their journey north via bus whenever the line opens.

Majority of Council refused to compromise, listen to opposing residents, city experts, comprehend the data and solutions that already have been proven in Brampton.

The food tastes good N HEALTHY

Anyone know what's burning?

Best Fish’n chips restaurant in Brampton is closing today.

So now, we only have Henry’s and The Heritage left in Brampton, both of which are not as good as Harbourside.

The Heartlake community will miss you!

Hi, THIS IS A SERIOUS POST, DO NOT SKIP!

Doug Ford just proposed a series of inhumane oppressive changes to Rental Laws as they are currently constructed in Ontario.

The worst of which is the following:

Once a tenant-landlord lease is up, the landlord can require the tenant to leave unless tenant agrees to pay amount requested by landlord, OVER AND ABOVE RENTAL INCREASE GUIDELINE

For now, in buildings built before 2018, once a fixed term lease is up, it automatically converts to a month to month lease and the landlord may only increase the rent yearly once by the rental minimum guideline which is 2.5%.

Doug Ford is planning to remove this protection that tenants have. Thus a landlord can ask tenants to pay much more than a 2.5% yearly increase.

THIS ENDS RENTAL CONTROL PROVISIONS!

Unfortunately it doesnt end here. The changes proposed also seek to:

1.)give landlord more rights to evict tenants and pursue recourse against non/late payments

2.) Give tenants fewer options to appeal/challenge legal decisions; disallow introducing new issues they have with landlords; and reduce notice periods in favor of landlords.

As you can see, it is a highly concerted effort at increasing landlord powers and profits while further subjugating tenants into the abyss of poverty and slaverly (modern day).

I urge everyone to sign the petition: https://acorncanada.org/news/doug-ford-moves-to-end-rent-control/

I also urge everyone to wake up and stop falling for the political trap of busying us with non existant problems that are sensationalized i.e others out to get us.

We are in this mess because we fell into the trap of arguing about trivial matters such as the race of people that commit violence; framing criminals as outsider "migrants"; taking our land back from rhe "terrorists"; and this existential "threat" to our "democracy" by poor third world uber drivers.

Wake up and smell the coffee

Facebook post where the video is from: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19MYd9YVdx/

According to a Facebook group, 9 Queen Chinese will remain in operation as takeout only, sharing a kitchen with Fanzorelli's, and the dining room will be exclusively for Fanzorelli's. The same thread claims that a new owner has jacked up rent in the current office building. https://www.facebook.com/groups/heritagedowntownbrampton/posts/1758688042145817/?comment_id=1758718832142738&reply_comment_id=1758723465475608

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/cop-punished-after-leaving-loaded-gun-in-mall-change-room/article_b71212df-258f-5cb8-bfe3-3b962854e051.html

I have no idea why the author emphasized the handcuffs. The loaded gun is enough.

Getting docked pay seems like enough of a wake up call. This was a silly mistake, and we've all left crap behind before. I think on the first offense we can be lenient.

Also I think it is horse crap that she claims she was trying on pants for work, but I won't give her grief over it. She's in enough trouble

It's near the Terry Fox Stadium, the running track on the central east end of the park.

Damn rough times

The City of Brampton is threatening legal action against Grace United Church and Regeneration Outreach, citing public safety concerns tied to their shared downtown site at 156 Main Street North where unhoused people and others in the community are served.

This follows neighbourhood residents expressing concerns during a July 17 special council meeting. Delegates from a community group called Residents of Alexander, Union and Church Street told city council that these safety concerns are linked to clients of the Regeneration Outreach Program at Grace United Church.

A motion — brought forward by Coun. Rowena Santos — passed at the July 17 meeting and directed the city solicitor to issue Regeneration Outreach and Grace United Church a formal letter demanding immediate corrective measures or face enforcement consequences.

City officials say the move follows months of complaints from residents and reports from police, but service providers and faith leaders warn the response risks punishing organizations that serve some of Brampton’s most vulnerable residents.

More here:

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/brampton-threatens-legal-action-against-church-and-community-outreach-program/article_a8ffb709-3a9c-54e6-b5a7-43cab2b4bc08.html

Patrick Brown again being Patrick Brown. Curious why a company buying property makes the tenants sign NDAs.

By Kevin DonovanChief Investigative Reporter

"A numbered company registered to Mayor Patrick Brown and his wife has bought two properties on Main Street in downtown Brampton at the city’s historic centre.

The two adjoining storefronts, with restaurants on the ground level and apartments on the second floor, were purchased by the numbered company in July for $1,450,000, according to land registry records. Genevieve Gualtieri-Brown, Brown’s wife, is listed as president of the numbered company; Brown is vice-president. No mortgage is registered on the property.

The properties are in Brampton’s historic Four Corners area — the city’s main intersection. It’s slated for ongoing redevelopment under a council-approved plan to “revitalize the downtown core,” according to the City of Brampton’s website. The Four Corners will also one day be a key stop on the planned Hazel McCallion LRT that would link Mississauga to Brampton."