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A mid-double digit high temperature today, possibly reaching double digits Friday!

“[We’ll start seeing improvements] as soon as they can purchase this equipment,” he told iPolitics on Thursday. “Put four in the Port of Montreal, one at the intermodal hub in Brampton, and one at the intermodal hub in Vaughan, then you can shut this down.”

The update will happen at the Peel Regional Police Headquarters at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

Police say their extortion investigative taskforce has made five arrests in a 'disturbing trend' that has targeted primarily the south Asian community in Peel Region.

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown gave his annual State of the City address during a Brampton Board of Trade event on Tuesday (Feb. 6).

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Police in Peel Region are investigating 29 separate cases of attempted extortion targeting South Asian business owners in a rash of crime Brampton’s mayor says is “terrorizing” the community.

Five people have been charged in two separate extortions targeting South Asian business owners in Peel Region.

Victims are typically contacted through social media platforms and payment in Canadian or Indian currency is demanded under threats of violence, which sometimes occurs, police say

Police say they have laid charges and are investigating more than two dozen cases of alleged extortion targeting businesses in Brampton.