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Region of Peel commits more money to protect greenspaces as developers line up to bulldoze land
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoIn the face of rapacious development pressure to gobble up the last of Peel’s pristine lands, the Region has moved to protect some of it for conservation and public use. Regional Council voted ...
Peel secures temporary shelter for asylum claimants in Mississauga
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoTo support the surge in asylum claimants looking for help through Peel’s emergency shelters—a wave that has pushed the already burdened system well past its breaking point—the Region has secured ...
Staff comments suggest Caledon Mayor Annette Groves’ plan for 35k homes may not be viable; she...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoAfter months of advertising and advocating for her highly controversial plan to rezone 12 parcels of land for the construction of 35,000 new homes, Caledon Mayor Annette Groves has gone quiet ...
Mayor-elect Carolyn Parrish has already flashed the ‘charm and force’ that will define Mississauga’s...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks ago“As you all know, I can be quite charming, and you also know I can be quite forceful. We’re going to mix charm and force, and we’re going to take over the world!” For those unfamiliar with Carolyn ...
Immunization rates among Peel students have plummeted since the pandemic
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoLast month, Hamilton Public Health reported a child under the age of five had died after contracting the measles, marking the first death from the preventable virus identified via provincial ...
Facing public backlash, Annette Groves promises vote on 35K new homes in Caledon won’t happen before...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoCaledon Mayor Annette Groves relented Thursday, pledging at a public information meeting that she would not bring 12 contentious zoning bylaws back before council until the fall. While the concession ...
Region demands PCs pay back $4.2M for Transition Board formed to study Ford’s abandoned Peel...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoSince committing to break up the Region of Peel a year ago, Premier Doug Ford and his PC government have marketed the upper-tier municipality’s transition as “a plan that will ensure fairness ...
How will Mississauga’s next mayor tackle the housing crisis?
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThis is the first in a series ahead of Mississauga’s June 10th mayoral election, highlighting the key issues facing voters. Today’s topic is housing. Home is a place of calm, of retreat, of ...
Ahead of first ‘information meeting’ for controversial development plan, Caledon Mayor Annette...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe Town of Caledon is billing them as “community information sessions”; a chance for the town to “offer additional clarity” and “furnish detailed information into the proposed amendments.”
Peel Region calls on Ontario to pay for transition board's bills
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoPeel regional councillors are asking Doug Ford's government to pay for the provincially appointed...
