Category City Life

Inspired in Lakeview

Words by Don McVie Residents of Lakeview in Mississauga’s southeast corner have invested a great deal of energy in recent years envisioning a major retrofit for their post-industrial waterfront community. Inspiration Lakeview is a large and ambitious process to further the City’s plan to redevelop… Continue Reading →

City at a Crossroads

Words by James Tonin “In the beginning, my ambition was to transform what was essentially a bedroom community of Toronto into a city with an economic base where people could live, work, play, be educated and entertained.” With those words, Mississauga Mayor… Continue Reading →

Being Cool with Change

Let’s reach an age of reason. Words by Don McVie

The Wake-Up Call

The time for inertia is over. Words by Don McVie It’s a sad reflection on human nature that even decent, well-intentioned people like us require a great big jolt of reality before we will reset our priorities. Our July 8… Continue Reading →

Special Delivery

A local developer takes the plunge and tries to do something positive with Port Credit’s postal station. Words by Mike Douglas The development industry is loaded with risk and frustration. A good example of this is in the challenges faced… Continue Reading →

For the Record: Understanding Mississauga’s BRT

Words by Chris Carriere In our last issue, we covered the Hurontario-Main LRT (Light Rail Transit) project. As our For the Record series continues its ongoing examination of issues that taxpayers need to understand, we’re taking a first look at… Continue Reading →

For the Record: Air Rail Link

On September 17, Premier Dalton McGuinty visited the first part to be built of the new Air Rail Link between Pearson International Airport and Union Station in downtown Toronto. Construction is well underway— it’s expected to be in service for… Continue Reading →

Applied Energy Works

Born in downtown Toronto, Ron Starr’s family kept moving west, eventually landing in Etobicoke. He bought and customized his first car at age 15, sold it at 16 and soon a pattern was set: buy them, fix them up and sell them. He left… Continue Reading →

A Resident’s View

  A Resident’s View Words by Don McVie The Merriam Webster dictionary defines prosperity as “the condition of being successful or thriving”. Our community prosperity might be thought of in terms of how connected we feel, how many opportunities there are,… Continue Reading →

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