Brampton Guardian

6 days ago | bramptonguardian.com | Itai Buenahora

It hasn’t been done since 1963  — the Toronto Maple Leafs have now held a 2-0 series lead in two different playoff series during one postseason following another impressive showing in Game 2 at Scotiabank Arena. In front of another buzzing, sellout home crowd, the Maple Leafs had to weather an early storm in front of a desperate Florida Panthers team that put forth an early onslaught towards Joseph Woll, who has taken over the crease.

6 days ago | bramptonguardian.com | Andrew Palamarchuk

Nearly half of all 911 calls in the province are for non-emergencies. A new campaign, launched Thursday in Peel Region Headquarters in Brampton, hopes to change that. The initiative, run by the provincial Emergency Services Steering Committee (ESSC), is dubbed “When Every Second Counts” and is billed as the first-ever provincewide campaign aimed at tackling 911 misuse.

6 days ago | bramptonguardian.com | Evelyn Harford

Health Canada has issued an expanded product recall notice for Igloo 90-Quart Flip & Tow Rolling Coolers sold in Canada. Customers are told to immediately stop using the recalled coolers and contact Igloo to receive a replacement handle. The recall, which was , added the Igloo Latitude 90 QT Roller with model numbers 34785 and 34692. Many other model numbers and coolers have already been recalled. The updated recall is an expansion of the initial Feb. 13 product recall.

6 days ago | bramptonguardian.com | Esme Fox

“Sha ri shi. Shiki fu i ku. Ku fu i shiki.” The sounds of the monks’ chants reverberated through me. I didn’t know what the words meant, but somehow they brought me a measure of peace. Following the other guests, I knelt before a small bronze bowl, took a pinch of fragrant incense and then put it up to my head several times before throwing it in.

6 days ago | bramptonguardian.com | Glen Petrie

I’d always wanted to scuba dive, but my distrust of water after a near-drowning in childhood relegated the goal to my “someday” list. That someday arrived when I had time to kill in Dauin-Zamboanguita, a dive community on the island of Negros in the Philippines, while my partner was volunteering in community health care there. A series of protected reefs run along the coast, many of them accessible from the beach.