City Centre News

Parkside Village construction is well on its way

December 27th, 2010

Driving on Burnhamthorpe Road West or Confederation parkway, you can’t help but to notice the two larger than life cranes hard at work building one of the many buildings that will make the Parkside Village Project by Amacon. The second thought that comes to your mind is how quickly Mississauga... Read More

Erin Mills mall sold

December 23rd, 2010

Some business publications reported today that Ontario Pension Board bought Erin Mills Town Centre. The centre is sold for $370 million. The 911,150-sq.-ft. mall, located at the corner of Erin Mills Pkwy and Eglinton Ave. Cadillac Fairview owned the centre lately. The real estate arm of the Ontario... Read More

Budget expected 2.3 per cent tax hike

December 13th, 2010

Meeting of the City’s Budget Committee was held and councillors and staff discussed about the anticipated 2011 increase in budget and they figured out about $77 on a home assessed at $350,000. The City’s director of finance, Patricia Elliott-Spencer told to the Committee members that a ... Read More

City of Mississauga Economic Development Office Won Two Awards

November 25th, 2010

Yesterday, The City of Mississauga presented two impressive awards at the meeting of Council, appreciating the work of the City’s Economic Development Office (EDO). A first place marketing award was given EDO team’s Business Location Advantages brochure from the Economic Developers Association o... Read More

Transit Service Construction Continues in Mississauga

November 19th, 2010

A ceremony was organized to mark the start of construction of Tomken Station, along the Mississauga bus fast transit corridor. This project will start service in spring 2013 for the improvement of local and inter-regional bus operations. It will cover 18 kilometers across Mississauga along the Highw... Read More

Mississauga’s hospitals get increased funding

November 9th, 2010

Queen’s Park is giving $19.5 million in added funding to Mississauga’s two hospitals and offer services in their recently-completed redevelopment places, Mississauga South MPP Charles Sousa announced at Credit Valley Hospital (CVH). It is the part of the Ontario government’s Post-construct... Read More

Mayor Hazel McCallion’s reign to continue

October 25th, 2010

Mayor Hazel McCallion, 89, has won the election competition tonight and took 76 per cent of the vote. She will remain in office for a 12th consecutive term. Dave Cook took eight per cent vote among 14 candidates and remained second. But not the whole thing went according the mayor’s way. At 76... Read More

“AAA” Credit Rating from Standard and Poor’s – Seven Years in a Row is received by The City of Mississauga

October 21st, 2010

The City of Mississauga has got Standard and Poor’s uppermost credit rating of “AAA” status. According to the credit rating agency, “AAA” status demonstrates the City’s capability to face financial commitments. In yesterday’s report, standard and poor’s credited the City’s positive... Read More

Advance voters turn out in huge numbers for municipal elections

October 20th, 2010

If advance poll numbers are any clue, voter make for Monday’s municipal election will be very high. Last week during 4 days of voting, some 14,000 inhabitants made their choice for Mississauga’s next mayor, their local councillor and school board trustee – a 58 per cent increase over 2006... Read More

Museums of Mississauga Receive Award of Excellence

October 18th, 2010

Ontario Museums Association gave the Award of Excellence to The Museums of Mississauga for the Benares DVD Project which intended to increase accessibility of the historic Benares site. The project has a 13-minute DVD introduction to the site in English and French, with English subtitles for hearin... Read More