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Brampton mayor calls for more federal help after asylum seeker found dead in Peel Region
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoBrampton Mayor Patrick Brown is calling for more federal help to house asylum seekers, saying a man...
Region of Peel commits more money to protect greenspaces as developers line up to bulldoze land
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month 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 ...
Federal government gives $7M to Peel Region for reception centre to welcome asylum seekers
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoThe federal government says it will provide Peel Region with $7 million to help it open a new...
Immunization rates among Peel students have plummeted since the pandemic
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month 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 ...
Mayor Bonnie Crombie renews call for Mississauga to separate from Peel Region
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoMississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is renewing her call for the city to separate from Peel Region,...
Chemicals continue to pollute Peel’s waterways; Region awaits guidelines from Health Canada to keep...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoSynthetic chemicals, widely found in everyday consumer products such as food packaging, carpets and textiles, are leaching into Peel’s waterways—and pouring out of residents’ taps. The Region ...
Rising crime in Peel has some regional councillors supporting $46M police budget increase
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA request by Peel Regional Police for a $45.9-million increase in their 2023 budget is getting...
Peel secures temporary shelter for asylum claimants in Mississauga
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month 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 ...
‘One cannot simply build their way out of this crisis’: Peel criticizes use of taxpayer dollars to...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks ago“One cannot simply build their way out of this crisis.” The statement is plastered across a recent report to the Region of Peel outlining the implications of the latest federal and provincial ...
Parrish sits down with Housing Minister, signals forward-looking relationship between Mississauga’s...
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoThe new leader inside Mississauga City Hall is making good on one of the vows she repeated throughout the recent mayoral by-election. Carolyn Parrish pledged to establish a strong relationship ...