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2018 Mississauga Urban Design Awards
Mississauga prides itself on ensuring that good urban design is a priority in all developments within the city. Urban design is the art of shaping the interaction between people and the places through the arrangement, appearance and functions of cities. It addresses the natural and built environments and influences the process that leads to successful cities. Or, more succinctly,...
Sue McFadden is out as chair of the Peel Regional Police Services Board (PSB)
Thursday July 19, 2018, shocked many in the political and policing communities, none more so than McFadden, the councillor for Ward 10 in Mississauga, who didn’t mince words in a statement Friday expressing her disapproval and frustration with the decision.
“I am thoroughly disappointed with the unilateral action taken by the Peel Police Services Board to purport to remove me...
City of Mississauga Hiring Workers for 2018 Municipal Election
Looking to earn some extra money, give back to the community and gain valuable experience? The City of Mississauga is hiring for the upcoming municipal election on Monday, October 22, 2018. Overall, the City requires more than 2,500 staff to work Election Day.
“Election Day is not only an important day for our city and residents, it’s also a huge...
‘She hasn’t been in contact with any family or friends’: Young Brampton woman disappears
Peel Regional Police and family members of a young Brampton woman are concerned for her safety after she disappeared without a trace.
Samantha Cain, 24, lives in Brampton, but was last seen in the area of Hurontario Street and The Queensway just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4.
She is described as bi-racial, 5-foot-7, 110 pounds with a thin build,...
‘Escalating violence’: Video captures vicious fight at popular Brampton plaza
Brampton MPs are meeting with Peel Region’s police chief and the city’s mayor to address what they are calling “escalating violence” in the city, including two startling incidents recently that have been caught on video.
The most recent incident caught on video appears to have occurred at College Plaza, near Sheridan College’s Brampton campus at the corner of McLaughlin Road...
Mayor Crombie’s Statement on Reducing Plastic Pollution
“Every year, more than 22 million tonnes of plastics find their way into the Great Lakes – our most precious natural resource and our main source of drinking water. By 2050 based on current trends, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. This is unacceptable, and as the leader of Ontario’s third largest City, I am...
ONTARIO PAINTED BLUE
Doug Ford elected as Ontarios new premier. Liberals after years of ruling Ontario shrinked to just 7 seats. Green made history, got it's leader Mike Schreiner, elected first ever seat in the legislature. The provincial NDP failed to realize its dream of forming government, but still scored enough seats to become the Official Opposition.
Brampton woman charged in stabbing in apartment building lobby
A 22-year-old Brampton woman has been charged with assault causing bodily harm after another woman was stabbed in a Brampton apartment building lobby Wednesday (May 30).
Peel Regional Police said they are not releasing the name of the accused because the attack was domestic-related.
The 26-year-old victim was stabbed in the lobby of an apartment building on McLaughlin Road, near Ray...
School bus crashes in Mississauga with children on board
Three children under the age of 12 have been taken to a local hospital with minor injuries after their school bus flipped onto its side on Britannia Road at Glen Erin Drive Monday morning (June 4), Peel Regional Police report.
Police said it was a single-vehicle crash. Britannia Road eastbound was re-opened around noon after the service's Major Collision Bureau...
Police knocking on doors after early-morning shooting in Brampton
Peel Regional Police knocked on doors in a residential Brampton neighbourhood on Sunday after an early-morning shooting.
Police are looking for surveillance video from the area of Pluto Drive and Simmons Boulevard, where a man was shot in front of a house at about 3:20 a.m.
The victim was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been released, according...