The Shopper’s Drug Mart Run for Women, brought to you by the LOVE YOU by Shoppers Drug Mart™ program is the largest fundraising initiative for mental health services in the Halton community. Although this is not a new initiative for Shoppers Drug Mart, it is NEW for the Milton community as this is only the second year Milton District Hospital Foundation has been included as one of the beneficiaries. Milton District Hospital Foundation is encouraging the community to register to run/walk and show the other regions in this nationwide event what Milton can do!

Dr. Carolyn Malec, Community Family Physician and Hospitalist at Milton District Hospital says, “I’ve been participating in the Run for Women over the past few years with other physicians, friends and family. As a family physician,

Many of you know Milton’s local Name Magician -Tyler Fergus. Tyler has been performing Magic for over 21 years and he has made it his passion to help others through his magic.

On May 1st Magician Tyler Fergus partners with the Milton Lions Club to raise awareness and money for the Darling Home for Kids. This event was conducted virtually through Zoom online.

When it comes to helping others Tyler Fergus is sure to jump on board without question

Cadet Petty Officer 2nd Class Aidan Seepersaud from 304 RCSCC CHAUDIERE in Milton attended the 2021 Cadet Activity Program.

This is his personal account, in his own voice, while participating on CAP (Cadet Activity Program), which was a fully online program offered to cadets across Ontario by Cadets Canada, during the spring break, 12-19 April, and PO2 Seepersaud represented Milton. For brevity part of his submission has been removed for publication space purposes.

“I enjoyed the CAP program, mainly because of the flexibility of the activities and that it was self-led, letting me do what I would like to do. Along with the fact it was more educational in different aspects, that led me down rabbit holes, that ended up teaching me more than I expected to learn.”

There’s no doubt that the collective heart of Milton is geared towards helping fellow citizens. How often do we hear of random acts of kindness like someone paying for a complete stranger’s morning coffee in the drivethru lane, locating a lost dog, cat or budgie that has wandered away from home or the donation of clothing and other essentials to families in need. Milton’s reputation is founded on its pay-it-forward culture.

But like many communities, Milton has its share of malevolent hate crimes and behaviours that affect its citizens to greater or lesser degrees. Addressing this aspect of the social fabric is vital according to Kara Hart, Bail Program Manager at the John Howard Society of Peel Halton-Dufferin and Kimberly Cato, Psychotherapist, Founder and CEO of True Roots Counselling Service in Oakville, who together have initiated the Halton Coalition for Prevention of Hate Crimes (HC4PHC) in Halton Region.

HC4PHC is a fledgling organization informs Kara. “HC4PHC started working as a collaborative in December of 2020. We are still very new, but we have been very busy since our inception due to a number of hate-related incidents and crimes throughout the region.”

Necessity has always been the mother of invention and there is arguably nothing within the last century that has challenged the ingenuity of artists in producing and showing their work as COVID-19.

The Fine Arts Society of Milton (FASM) has done some hard thinking about how local artists can continue to exercise their creative impulses and to share their works with the public in a safe and easy way.  FASM is now proud to announce the launch of the FASM Gallery at FASMgallery.com

The benefits are many with this latest initiative. Artists can continue their practice and are able to post directly to the website either for display or for sale. Customers can be assured of a COVID safe transaction purchase will be sent directly to their chosen address.

Aarav has been working towards creating new music and songs throughout the pandemic. He is now learning music engineering as a part of his co-op program.

Winning the Youth Artist of the Year award will encourage him to improve his musical skills and pursue his dreams. He is an active member of the community and practices guitar at Rick Imus Music Studio in Milton. With Rick, he performed at the Milton Truck Plaza, Lighting up Allendale and the Coldest Night of the Year. He also performed at the Town’s Culture Days event and the Italian Club’s Drive-thru concert. Aarav won first place at the Craig Kielburger Secondary School talent show.

Each year, Milton proudly raises and flies the Pride Flag during Pride Month to show our commitment to all members of the community to feel represented and welcomed. This year, to celebrate Pride Month and the 2SLGBTQ+ community, Milton is showing its support by adding the Pride rainbow through select crosswalks and benches, while continuing to raise the Pride Flag.Each year, Milton proudly raises and flies the Pride Flag during Pride Month to show our commitment to all members of the community to feel represented and welcomed. This year, to celebrate Pride Month and the 2SLGBTQ+ community, Milton is showing its support by adding the Pride rainbow through select crosswalks and benches, while continuing to raise the Pride Flag.

The Month of April has also been declared Sikh Heritage Month at the Town of Milton with a proclamation by Mayor Krantz followed by the Sikh Flag raising at Town Hall. By proclaiming the month of April as Sikh Heritage Month, the Town recognizes the important contributions Sikhs have made to the Milton community, economy, political and ethnic fabric. Milton has a crowing and vibrant Sikh community that also come together to celebrate Vaisakhi in April also known as Khalsa Day, signifying the creation of the Khalsa and the Sikh articles of faith.