Milton News

There has been a lot of drama happening around the proposed velodrome to be built for the 2015 Parapan American Games near Toronto.

Statistics Canada counted 477,160 urban residents in Waterloo Region in May, 2011.

A census subdivision is a city or town with a population of at least 5,000 with legal boundaries and a government.

Canada's largest metropolitan region continues to sprawl with two of its distant suburbs among the nation's three fastest growing municipalities, revealed new census data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.

The plane zipping Prime Minister Stephen Harper westward this week with a gaggle of journalists and corporate executives could be seen as a sort of metaphor for Canada's new demographic - and political - reality.

The town council in Milton, Ontario voted January 30 to proceed with building an indoor velodrome for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games - see official TO2015 release below.

What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable.

The Deck youth drop-in centre, 900 Nipissing Rd., is open from 3 to 5:45 p.m. for all ages.

A Toronto 2015 Pan Am officials have given Milton councillors to the end of January to determine if they want to take a spin on a potential velodrome facility.