{"id":932958,"date":"2026-10-14T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932958\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:26:11","slug":"brampton-park-to-be-renamed-after-kalair-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932958\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton park to be renamed after Kalair family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A park in Brampton will be renamed in honour of two long-time residents from the Kalair family.<\/p>\n<p>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-brampton.escribemeetings.com\/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=175188\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city council motion<\/a> in August, the park\u2019s renaming is set to take place on Oct. 16. The city will officially rename Eastbourne Park to Kalair Family Park.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said the renaming of the park is to honour the legacy of Muhammed Nawaz Kalair and Muhammed Aslam Kalair. He said the two brothers laid the foundations for Brampton\u2019s Muslim community. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor added that the renaming is also happening in celebration of Islamic History Month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslamic History Month is an opportunity to recognize the history, traditions and people who have helped shape Brampton for generations,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Both brothers established Brampton\u2019s first mosque in 1977, along with an elementary Islamic school with 300 enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791998771_274_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A park in Brampton will be renamed in honour of two long-time residents from the Kalair family. After&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-932958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}