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Paradise Lost is found on one side of PAMA the Brampton Art Gallery Yesterday, Brampton's Main Street received a striking makeover as a massive two-story art piece found its place outdoors on the side of PAMA, the public art gallery and museum located on Main Street, just across from Gage Park. This awe-inspiring creation, named "Paradise Lost," is the creative art of Caribbean Canadian artist Chris Louis and Dillon Douglas ( pictured ), and it promises to inject a new level of intrigue into the daily commutes of motorists. "Paradise Lost" is a triptych artwork spanning three outdoor banners, portraying a journey from a thriving, healthy Earth to a desolate wasteland. Bursting with repetitive and overlapping motifs, some whimsical and others peculiar, Douglas and Louis guide us through a humbling exploration of monumental human failures. Their intention is to serve as a stark warning of the grim potential for our own future. The official launch of "Parad...

Breaking Borders, one gang neighbourhood at a time By Stephen Weir. 97 year-old Salena has had no formal medical training. For the past 70-years she has been the go-to woman when a street gangbanger has been shot. She lives in the Egipto neighbourhood - one of four street gang communities inside Bogota's cultural epicentre of La Candelaria. When someone gets shot in Egipto and refuses to get medical help outside of the hood, Salena steps in. " I cut them open with whatever is at hand " she told me through a translator. " I dig out the bullet and put them back together. I made a cream that keeps infection out of the wound for a week!" These days Salena doesn't haven't to work her magic. The gangstas of Egipto have laid down their weapons, stopped mugging tourists and shooting up the other gangs. Now they are allowing small tour groups in to see their vibrant secret community, meet the locals and learn about their plans for the future. ...