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For over 50 years, Dependable Emergency Vehicles has been a proud Brampton-based manufacturer serving fire departments and municipalities across Ontario and beyond. What began as a commitment to quality craftsmanship has grown into one of Canada’s respected builders of custom fire and emergency apparatus — all designed, engineered, manufactured, and supported right here in our

Ontario’s $6.4 billion post-secondary funding package signals a major shift in education policy, lifting the tuition freeze and expanding in-demand seats. But sweeping changes to OSAP, including reduced grants and higher reliance on loans, raise deeper questions about affordability, productivity, and the long-term civic and economic costs of narrowing access to higher education.

The 2026 municipal budgets in Brampton and Vaughan tell two very different stories about growth, risk, and fiscal strategy.  On the surface, both cities are touting restraint. Vaughan is proposing a 0% property tax increase on their portion of the tax bill. Brampton has also adopted a 0% increase on their portion, notwithstanding the dedicated 1% levy increase for a second hospital. But beneath those headlines lie fundamentally different assumptions