BRAMPTON - Peel Region councillors took time out of Thursday's council meeting to bid a fond farewell to senior staff member Andy Pollock, who has decided to step down from his post as Peel's director of waste management.

BRAMPTON - Brampton Transit recently unveiled an extensive new state-of-the-art facility at Sandalwood Parkway that is aiming to ease some of the demands of the city’s growing population.

BRAMPTON - After more than 20 years as a teacher and religious education and adult faith consultant with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Gillian Federico is finally calling it quits— sort of.

BRAMPTON - A message of hope and pride was delivered to roughly 400 North American Oryias, who assembled at Brampton’s Rose Theatre for the 39th annual Convention of The Orissa Society of the Americas (OSA) on Friday. Orissa is a state in India.

BRAMPTON - Queen's Park has provided the Central West Local Health Integration Network with more than $5 million to ensure residents in Brampton and surrounding areas have better access to community-based health services closer to home.

BRAMPTON - Public school board officials are using government funding to help reduce facility rental fees for local non-profit groups. Peel District School Board received about $2 million from the provincial government to support community use of schools.

BRAMPTON - A fire late Friday afternoon destroyed the Peel Adventist School at 57 McMurchy Ave., South. As of press time it was not known what started the blaze.

BRAMPTON - All of Brampton's nursing homes have been reprimanded at least once for failing to meet provincially mandated standards of care.

BRAMPTON - Homicide investigators are appealing for the public's help in finding the killer of a 31-year-old Brampton man shot dead at a crowded Canada Day eve party.

Two Brampton residents are facing possible bylaw charges for illegally setting off recreational fireworks in celebration of Canada Day this past Tuesday night.

BRAMPTON - Peel police have released a surveillance photograph of a man they say broke into a local golf course and stole $3,000 worth of golf accessories.

BRAMPTON - Catholic Family Services Peel Dufferin (CFSPD) will be receiving a $1 million grant from the Ministry of Community and Social Services. CFSPD created a Capital Campaign Committee earlier this year with the objective of raising $4 million dollars to build a facility.

BRAMPTON - A U.S. plastic container manufacturer has decided to close the doors to its Brampton facility, putting about 90 people out of work. Ball Corp. announced plans to close its Brampton plastics plant by the end of September.

BRAMPTON - It started with a dream and ended with a legacy. After 28 years, a version of Terry Fox’s original Marathon of Hope is back and once again making its way across the country, seeing several visits across the GTA including a stop in Brampton.

BRAMPTON - Terri Kelloway spends almost as much time at the local elementary school as her children. The mother of three was recently presented with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board’s Volunteer of the Year Award.

BRAMPTON - Being on Brampton's bad side just isn't worth it. That is the position taken by officials at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) who have decided to scale back a plan allowing aircraft to fly over certain areas of Brampton at lower altitudes.

BRAMPTON - The provincial government is giving Peel region $2.6 million to help cover the salaries of additional police officers. The money is the government's share of annual salary costs for 221 additional front-line officers hired by Peel Regional Police Service.

BRAMPTON - A new policy for regional programs at local public schools is scheduled for approval in August. The Peel District School Board launched a review of its regional programs more than a year ago.

BRAMPTON - Funeral services were held yesterday for 21-year-old Brampton resident Samantha Haladej who was killed early Friday morning in a head-on collision with a Toronto streetcar.

BRAMPTON - When it comes to recycling, a growing number of Peel Region residents have a hard time determining what materials go into the blue bin and what items should stay out.