In an effort to promote healthy and active living in the city, a local wellness clinic is striking a partnership with the City of Brampton and Investors Group to put up a series of 6 information seminars that tackle the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

Titled Healthy, Wealthy&Wise 2010, the 6-part information session is a project of Wallis for Wellness, a health facility in Brampton, and is aimed at providing the public with tips and strategies on how to be healthier and more active.

Each session will cover a unique subject and will come with educational materials, an interactive activity with professional trainers, and some hands-on lessons on exercise techniques.

All 6 workshops take place on a Thursday evening from 7 to 8 in the evening. Participants not only get to learn valuable lessons on health, they’ll also receive a goodie bag stuffed with educational materials and health products. Furthermore, everybody gets a door prize during the end of each workshop, and a grand prize will be given away at the end of the series.

So what’re you waiting for? Register now! Call Wallis for Wellness 905-840-3486 or send them an e-mail at mwallis@wallisforwellness.com for more information.

To defend the seizure of two dogs by local officials last month, the Brampton City government has hired the services of Toronto-based lawyer Barnet Kussner from the law firm Weirfoulds. This development has caused the owners of the dogs to feel that the odds are stacked against them.

According to Rui Branco, the owner of Brittany, who has been held by the city since her seizure last January 13, the upcoming court battle now feels like a David versus Goliath story.

And there might be some truth to his opinion. Weirfoulds is a tenured lawyer who specializes in legal advice for municipal and other governments in areas such as contracts, land planning, and more.

Branco said that he’s exhausted all efforts to get the dogs back home, leaving him with no other choice but to head to court. It’s a depressing situation he said, he has to pay for the lawyer’s fees, while his taxes as a resident of Brampton are being used to pay for the opposition’s legal counsel.

Joining him is Maria Gaspar, whose family owns Bruno. The two have tried to convince city officials that their dogs are boxer and American Bulldog mixes after an Animal Control Officer from the city seized their dogs after classifying them as Pitbulls, which are banned in the city.

Akin Busari is an extremely talented and skilled singer/songwriter from the city of Brampton. But he’s not just about raw talent. Busari says that his love for music is heavily inspired by significant causes. To him, all it takes to make the world a better place is for everyone to help each other and do their part.

According to the 25-year old, anti-violence is one of the causes he’s most passionate about, and the music he creates often touches on the subject. Busari’s music is a blend of light reggae, R&B, hip-hop, and even world music. Each song is undeniably packed with meaning and soul.

Such is Busari’s dedication to his cause that it’s led him perform for the Connect 2 End Violence campaign, an initiative of the Peel Region. The campaign was aimed at spreading the message of anti-violence, be it domestic or youth related.

Busari is gearing up to release his debut record, True Stories, over the next few months. He will also be representing the City of Brampton this Saturday, the 20^th of February, at a relief concert for Haiti which will be held in Toronto.

You can check him out for yourself if you’re in the area,

For more information on Akin Busari, you can logon to www.akinbusari.com.

Patients suffering from cardiac arrest in the city of Brampton will soon be brought over to the neighboring Trillium Health Centre Mississauga, giving them access to more advanced treatments designed for their condition.

In a memo issued to paramedics in Brampton by Peter Dundas, Director of Peel’s Paramedic Services, he announced that representatives from Trillium and the William Osler Health System have put pen to paper, agreeing to allow the bypassing of their facility for patients suffering from STEMI, or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Emergency response teams in the Peel region have been directed to transport heart attack patients directly to the cardiac catheterization laboratory in Trillium, without having to make a stop at Brampton Civic Hospital first. The new directive is effective on the 1st of March.

The move is in response to the requests of Brampton physicians towards local health officials, asking them to update cardiology services and treatments in the city by having a new angioplasty program.

At present, patients suffering from heart attacks are immediately brought to Brampton Civic’s E.R. for a dose of powerful drugs that break down blood clots. However, this kind of treatment is considered unreliable and outdated.
With the new directive, paramedics hope they can save more lives in time.