September 2025 Edition
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Legal action threatened against Regeneration Brampton
Read more: Legal action threatened against Regeneration BramptonFor more than 25 years, Regeneration Outreach Community has offered vital food programs, addiction supports and food programs. For the past 10 years it has occupied space at Grace United Church in downtown Brampton. The City of Brampton and Region of Peel have benefited from Regeneration’s frontline knowledge to shape policy and programs, which have…
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A letter regarding Regeneration Outreach
Read more: A letter regarding Regeneration OutreachI’m a resident of the “Alexander, Union, and Church Streets” community in downtown Brampton. On July 17 a group of my neighbours attended a special city council meeting claiming to represent our neighbourhood, but I was not represented. At the meeting, this group vilified the Regeneration Outreach Program, Grace United Church, and the many people…
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I did everything right
Read more: I did everything rightLuis worked in the corporate world for almost 35 years and did “everything right”. He describes his life as comfortable – he provided for his family and made “astute, prudent financial decisions”, paying off his house and saving money in his nest egg for retirement. His career was demanding, and he loved it. He felt…
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Sharon’s Story
Read more: Sharon’s StorySharon just celebrated her 49th birthday. She’s lived in Canada for 38 years. For the last six, she’s been in a cycle of homelessness, moving from place to place. “It started after my mom passed away. Shortly after that, my marriage broke down, and then I was on my own,” Sharon says. “Since I was…
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The path to belonging
Read more: The path to belongingWhat does belonging mean to you? You might answer this in a few words, or perhaps you have a story that goes with it. Reflexively, I answered this as “community and connection,” but reflecting deeper from the many identities I hold, it’s much more than that. What do those words really mean? People are complex…
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Five years of Cooksville Free Food Tables
Read more: Five years of Cooksville Free Food Tables“It was March 26, 2020 that we set up our first Free Food table – a wintry day, 2 weeks into the COVID lockdown”, says Mr. William Graham, MS E.d. Graham, an octagenarian Veteran who saw WWII combat action, and his wife Shirley, a retired educator, set up two “Free Food” tables on Dundas Street…
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Q&A with Councillor Martin Reid
Read more: Q&A with Councillor Martin ReidThe Peel Youth Charter was created in October of 2007. Eleven signatories unanimously adopted the Charter on behalf of civic and policing partners. In 2018, the Peel Poverty Action Group advocated for a re-endorsement of the Charter, with greater youth involvement. Mississauga Ward 9 Councillor Martin Reid says that he wants to revisit and update…
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