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The budget includes a 4.5-per-cent levy on property tax bills, including a 14-per-cent increase in the Peel police budget to help hire more officers and reduce 911 call wait times.

Bonnie Crombies first strong-mayor budget could soon officially pass after an amended version of the city’s 2024 fiscal plan was approved by council earlier this month

Two Mississauga councillors are planning to run to replace Bonnie Crombie as mayor of the city, and other council members are considering runs at the big seat, the Mississauga News has learned.

Peel councillors are looking for ways to reduce the regions 4.5 per cent levy.

Leading Ontario’s Liberals will come with a steep learning curve as Crombie works to rebuild a party that couldn’t win the 12 seats needed for official party status in the last two provincial elections.

Mississauga is joining calls for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the deadly Israel-Hamas war, which has so far killed 13,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis according local officials

A push to cut minimum parking requirements for new housing developments along Mississauga’s LRT line failed at a recent city council meeting but the issue will return.

A push to cut minimum parking requirements for new housing developments along Mississauga’s LRT line failed at a recent city council meeting but the issue will return.

Several large cities, including Toronto and Calgary, have moved to do away with exclusionary zoning, but a small group of cities is pushing against the trend

In a contentious session, Mississauga council failed to pass a motion supporting, “in principle,” four-unit residences Wednesday, Oct. 11 but instead voted for city staff to report back on the